10 C.F.R. § 1017.7 Identification of unclassified controlled nuclear information.
Title 10 - Energy
(a) Authorities—(1) Controlling Officials. A Controlling Official having cognizance over certain government information is authorized to make a determination that the government information is or is not UCNI. A Controlling Official with overall cognizance over UCNI under consideration for decontrol is authorized to make a determination that the information is no longer UCNI. Each Controlling Official having cognizance over UCNI under consideration for decontrol shall concur in the determination to decontrol the UCNI prior to the UCNI being decontrolled. (2) Designation. The Secretary may designate the Deputy Secretary, the Under Secretary, a Secretarial Officer of the DOE, or a Manager of a DOE Operations Office to be a Controlling Official for government information within his or her cognizance. The Controlling Official may redelegate his or her authority in accordance with the redelegation provisions in the designation of authority from the Secretary. (3) Controlling Officials shall exercise their authorities in strict compliance with the rules, prohibitions, and exemptions described in these regulations. (b) Criteria. Prior to a specific type of information being identified and controlled as UCNI, a Controlling Official shall insure that the information under review meets each of the following criteria: (1) The information is government information. (2) The information is limited to information concerning atomic energy defense programs. (3) The information is within the scope of at least one of the three categories of UCNI in §1017.8. (4) Unauthorized dissemination of the information under review meets the adverse effect test in §1017.9. (5) The information is the minimum amount of information necessary to be controlled to protect the health and safety of the public or the common defense and security. (6) The purpose for controlling the information is not prohibited under §1017.5. (7) The information is not exempt from these regulations under §1017.6. (c) Procedures. A Controlling Official shall report each determination to control or decontrol UCNI to the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs for— (1) Inclusion in the quarterly report required in §1017.11; and (2) Incorporation into guidelines which Reviewing Officials consult in their review of documents and material for UCNI.
Title 10: Energy
PART 1017—IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLED NUCLEAR INFORMATION
§ 1017.7 Identification of unclassified controlled nuclear information.
