[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR3a.81]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 3a_NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3a.81  Transmittal of classified material.

    (a) A continuous receipting system, using copies of FPC Form 55, 
will record all transfers of classified items between elements or 
officials within the FPC. Receipts for transmittal of classified items 
from the central registry to the first recipient will be acknowledged on 
copy number one (original) of FPC Form 55. This copy will be returned to 
and become part of the central register, where it will remain as an 
active record until the item is either destroyed or transmitted outside 
the FPC control registry system. Receipts for subsequent transmittals 
through the FPC will be recorded on the remaining copies of FPC Form 55.
    (b) A recipient will acknowledge receipt and assumption of custody 
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classified material exactly as it is described on FPC Form 55. If it is 
determined that parts are missing, it is incorrectly numbered, or 
otherwise recorded in error on FPC Form 55. The recipient will not sign 
for the material but will return it promptly to the transmitting 
element, notifying them accordingly.
    (c) Whenever a classified or protected document is being internally 
transmitted, or is in use, it will be covered by either FPC Label 19, 
Top Secret Cover Sheet (yellow); FPC Label 20, Secret Cover Sheet (red); 
FPC Label 21, Confidential Cover Sheet (blue), or FPC Label 22, Official 
Use Only (Limited Official Use) green. In addition, the red back sheet, 
FPC Label 23, will be used. With the exception of the FPC Form 55, no 
transmittal paper or other material will be placed over the label, and 
no writing will be applied thereon.
    (d) The transmission or transfer of custody of classified material 
outside of the FPC Washington offices or the Regional Offices will be 
covered by FPC Form 1284, Classified Document Receipt and/or Tracer, 
prepared in duplicate (one post card and one paper copy). The post card 
will be enclosed, along with the material being transferred, in the 
inner envelope, wrapping or container, and the paper copy retained in 
the central registry pending return of the signed post card.
    (e) Classified material transmitted outside of the FPC Washington 
offices or the Regional Offices will be dispatched in two opaque 
envelopes or double wrapped in opaque wrapping paper. The outgoing 
material will be prepared for transmission by:
    (1) Preparing and enclosing an appropriate receipt (see paragraph 
(d) of this section) in the inner envelope or wrapping.
    (2) Addressing, return addressing, and sealing or taping the inner 
envelope or wrapping.
    (3) Marking the security classification and other required notations 
on the front and back of the inner cover. If the nature of the contents 
deem it necessary or advisable, the inner cover may be marked with the 
following or a similar notation ``To Be Opened By Addressee Only.'' When 
this notation is used, an appropriate ``Attention'' line must be 
contained in the address on the outer envelope to insure delivery to the 
intended recipient.
    (4) Enclosing the inner envelope or wrapping in an opaque outer 
envelope wrapper containing the appropriate address information. These 
outer covers will not contain any of the markings contained on the inner 
cover. If the outer cover does not fully conceal the markings on the 
inner envelope or wrapper, a sheet of plain paper should be folded 
around the inner wrapper to conceal the markings.
    (f) Transmittal of Top Secret information and material shall be 
effected preferably by oral discussion in person between the officials 
concerned. Otherwise the transmission of Top Secret information and 
material shall be by specifically designated personnel, by State 
Department diplomatic pouch, by a messenger-courier system especially 
created for that purpose, over authorized communications circuits in 
encrypted form or by other means authorized by the National Security 
Council.
    (g) Transmittal of material classified Secret or Confidential to any 
addressee in the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia, the 
State of Hawaii, the State of Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and Canadian Government installations by the FPC Washington offices or 
the Regional offices will be by registered mail only. Transmittal 
outside these specified areas will be as stated in paragraph C(2), 
Appendix B, of the NSC Directive of May 17, 1972.

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