[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 190]
[Revised as of July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR159a.62]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 159a--INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM REGULATION--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart J--Disposal and Destruction
 
Sec. 159a.62  Methods of destruction.

    Classified documents and material shall be destroyed by burning or, 
with the approval of the cognizant DoD Component head or designee, by 
melting, chemical decomposition, pulping, pulverizing, cross-cut 
shredding, or mutilation sufficient to preclude recognition or 
reconstruction of the classified information. (Strip shredders purchased 
prior to June 1, 1986 may continue to be used but only in circumstances 
where reconstruction of the residue is precluded. Shredding significant 
amounts of unclassified material together with classified material 
normally will meet this requirement.)