[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR8.15]

[Page 73]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 8_CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/ACCESS
--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B_Classification/Declassification of Information
 
Sec.  8.15  Mandatory review for classification.

    (a) All information classified by the Department of Transportation 
under Executive Order 12958 or predecessor orders shall be subject to a 
review for declassification if:
    (1) The request for review describes the information with sufficient 
specificity to enable its location with a reasonable amount of effort; 
and
    (2) The information has not been reviewed for declassification 
within the prior two years. If the information has been reviewed within 
the prior two years, or the information is the subject of pending 
litigation, the requestor will be informed of this fact, and of the 
Department's decision not to declassify the information and of his/her 
right to appeal the Department's decision not to declassify the 
information to the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel.
    (b) All information reviewed for declassification because of a 
mandatory review will be declassified if it does not meet the standards 
for classification in Executive Order 12958. The information will then 
be released unless withholding is otherwise authorized and warranted 
under applicable law.