When an applicant submits a completed EAF, draft or final EIS, or otherwise provides information concerning the environmental impact of a proposed project, the applicant may request that specifically identified information be held confidential upon a showing by the applicant that such information constitutes a trade secret. Prior to divulging any such information, the department shall notify the applicant of its determination of whether or not it will hold the information confidential.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 97.18