[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 10, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 10CFR1016.32]



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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY

 

          CHAPTER X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

 

PART 1016_SAFEGUARDING OF RESTRICTED DATA--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1016.32  Classification and preparation of documents.



    (a) Classification. Restricted Data generated or possessed by an 

Access Permit holder must be appropriately marked. CG-UF-3, ``Guide to 

the Unclassified Fields of Research,'' will be furnished each permittee. 

In the event a permittee originates classified information which falls 

within the definition of Restricted Data or information which he is not 

positive is not within that definition and CG-UF-3 does not provide 

positive classification guidance for such information, he shall 

designate the information as Confidential, Restricted Data and request 

classification guidance from the DOE through the Classification Officer 

at the Operations Office administering the Permit, who will refer the 

request to the Director, Office of Classification, U.S. DOE, Washington, 

D.C. 20545 if he does not have authority to provide the guidance.

    (b) Classification consistent with content. Each document containing 

Restricted Data shall be classified Secret or Confidential according to 

its own content.



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    (c) Document which custodian believes improperly classified or 

lacking appropriate classification markings. If a person receives a 

document which, in his opinion, is not properly classified, or omits the 

appropriate classification markings, he shall communicate with the 

sender and suggest the classification which he believes appropriate. 

Pending final determination of proper classification, such documents 

shall be safeguarded with the highest classification in question.

    (d) Classification markings. Unless otherwise authorized below, the 

assigned classification of a document shall be conspicuously marked or 

stamped at the top and bottom of each page and on the front cover, if 

any, and the document shall bear the following additional markings on 

the first page and on the front cover:



                             Restricted Data



    This document contains Restricted Data as defined in the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954. Its transmittal or the disclosure of its contents in 

any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited.



    (e) Documentation. (1) All Secret documents shall bear on the first 

page a properly completed documentation stamp such as the following: 

This document consists of -- pages. Copy No. -- of -- Series --.

    (2) The series designation shall be a capital letter beginning with 

the letter ``A'' designating the original set of copies prepared. Each 

subsequent set of copies of the same documents shall be identified by 

the succeeding letter of the alphabet.

    (f) Letter of transmittal. A letter of transmitting Restricted Data 

shall be marked with a classification at least as high as its highest 

classified enclosure. When the contents of the letter of transmittal 

warrant lower classification or requires no classification, a stamp or 

marking such as the following shall be used in the letter:



When separated from enclosures handle this document as ----.

    (g) Permanently fastened documents. Classified books or pamphlets, 

the pages of which are permanently and securely fastened together, shall 

be conspicuously marked or stamped with the assigned classification in 

letters at least one-fourth (\1/4\) inch in height at the top and bottom 

on the outside front cover, on the title page, on the front page, and on 

the inside and outside of the back cover. The additional markings 

referred to in paragraph (d) of this section shall be placed on the 

first page and on the front cover.

    (h) Physically connected documents. The classification of a file or 

group of physically connected documents shall be at least as high as 

that of the most highly classified document therein. It shall bear only 

one overall classification, although pages, paragraphs, sections, or 

components thereof may bear different classifications. Each document 

separated from the file or group shall be handled in accordance with its 

individual classification.

    (i) Attachment of security markings. Documents which do not lend 

themselves to marking or stamping shall have securely affixed or 

attached a tag, sticker, or similar device bearing the appropriate 

security markings.