There are two considerations for the committee related to this amendment.
When the act was constructed, it was built in such a way as to contemplate the collection of technical information and information related to commercial interests and whatnot. The intention was that it would work with related pieces of legislation, such as those governing the agencies associated with it, which may, in some cases, already have requirements around the retention and disposition of information.
The other consideration I would point out is that the amendment reads “for as long as is necessary”. Typically, in statute we would see a time frame attached to the retention period.
I would offer those two considerations up to committee.