[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 47CFR0.504]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 0_COMMISSION ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart D_Mandatory Declassification of National Security Information

 

Sec. 0.504  Processing requests for declassification.



    (a) Responses to mandatory declassification review requests shall be 

governed by the amount of search and review time required to process the 

request. A final determination shall be made within one year from the 

date of receipt of the request, except in unusual circumstances.

    (b) Upon a determination by the bureau or office that the requested 

material originally classified by the Commission no longer warrants 

protection, it shall be declassified and made available to the 

requester, unless withholding is otherwise authorized under law.

    (c) If the information may not be declassified or released in whole 

or in part, the requester shall be notified as to the reasons for the 

denial, given notice of the right to appeal the denial to the 

Classification Review Committee, and given notice that such an appeal 

must be filed within 60 days of the date of denial in order to be 

considered.

    (d) The Commission's Classification Review Committee, consisting of 

the Managing Director (Chairman), the



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General Counsel or his designee, and the Chief, Internal Review and 

Security Division, shall have authority to act, within 30 days, upon all 

appeals regarding denials of requests for mandatory declassification of 

Commission-originated classifications. The Committee shall be authorized 

to overrule previous determinations in whole or in part when, in its 

judgment, continued classification is no longer required. If the 

Committee determines that continued classification is required under the 

criteria of the Order, the requester shall be promptly notified and 

advised that an application for review may be filed with the Commission 

pursuant to 47 CFR 1.115.