[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1280.4]

[Page 212]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 1280_HANDLING OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND CLASSIFIED MATERIAL
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1280.4  Responsibility for handling of classified documents.

    (a) Responsible Official. Primary responsibility for the handling of 
classified documents shall rest with the Assistant to the Director of 
the Office of Compliance and Consumer Assistance, who is also Emergency 
Coordinator for the Board. All documents bearing the terms ``Top 
Secret,'' ``Secret,'' and ``Confidential'' shall be delivered to the 
Emergency Coordinator or his/her alternate immediately upon receipt. The 
alternate is also an Assistant to the Director of the Office of 
Compliance and Consumer Assistance as set forth in Sec. 1280.4(b) of 
the rules. All potential recipients of such documents shall be advised 
of the name of the Emergency Coordinator. In the event that the 
Emergency Coordinator or his/her alternate is not available to receive 
such documents, they shall be turned over to the Associate Director, 
Office of Compliance and Consumer Assistance, and secured, unopened, in 
the combination safe located in Room 5325 of the headquarters building 
until the Emergency Coordinator or alternate is available. All material 
not immediately deliverable to either the Emergency Coordinator, 
alternate, or the Associate Director, Office of Compliance and Consumer 
Assistance, shall be delivered at the earliest opportunity. Under no 
circumstances shall classified material that cannot be delivered to the 
Emergency Coordinator be stored other than in the designated safe in 
Room 5325 of the STB headquarters building.
    (b) The alternate to the Emergency Coordinator for the receipt and 
handling of documents mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section, shall 
be the other Assistant to the Director, Office of Compliance and 
Consumer Assistance.
    (c) Any person whose position requires access to classified 
information must execute Form SF 189.
    (d) Any contracts with media representatives by personnel with 
access to classified material and involving such material will be 
cleared through the Emergency Coordinator and more than one person shall 
be present during any briefing or interview.