46 C.F.R. § 503.54 Original classification.
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) No Commission Member or employee has the authority to originally classify information. (b) If a Commission Member or employee develops information that appears to require classification, or receives any foreign government information as defined in section 1.1(d) of Executive Order 12958, the Member or employee shall immediately notify the Security Officer and appropriately protect the information. (c) If the Security Officer believes the information warrants classification, it shall be sent to the appropriate agency with original classification authority over the subject matter, or to the Information Security Oversight Office, for review and a classification determination. (d) If there is reasonable doubt about the need to classify information, it shall be safeguarded as if it were classified pending a determination by an original classification authority. If there is reasonable doubt about the appropriate level of classification, it shall be safeguarded at the higher level of classification pending a determination by an original classification authority. [49 FR 44401, Nov. 6, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 23548, May 3, 1999]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 503—PUBLIC INFORMATION
Subpart F—Information Security Program
§ 503.54 Original classification.
