Title 15 - COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

PART 4--DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Subpart A--Freedom of Information Act

Sec. 4.8  Classified Information.

    In processing a request for information classified under Executive 
Order 12958 or any other executive order concerning the classification 
of records, the information shall be reviewed to determine whether it 
should remain classified. Ordinarily the component or other Federal 
agency that classified the information should conduct the review, 
except that if a record contains information that has been derivatively 
classified by a component because it contains information classified by 
another component or agency, the component shall refer the 
responsibility for responding to the request to the component or agency 
that classified the underlying information. Information determined to 
no longer require classification shall not be withheld on the basis of 
FOIA exemption (b)(1) (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1)), but should be reviewed to 
assess whether any other FOIA exemptions should be invoked. Appeals 
involving classified information shall be processed in accordance with 
Sec. 4.10(c).