[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR11.2]

[Page 186]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 11_SECURITY CLASSIFICATION REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 11652--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 11.2  Background.

    While the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the 
authority to originally classify information or material in the interest 
of the national security, it may under certain circumstances downgrade 
or declassify previously classified material or generate documents 
incorporating classified information properly originated by other 
agencies of the Federal Government which must be safeguarded. Agency 
policy and procedures must conform to applicable provisions of Executive 
Order 11652, and the National Sec. rity Council Directive of May 17, 
1972, governing the safeguarding of national security information.