[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: 40CFR11.3]

[Page 186-187]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 11_SECURITY CLASSIFICATION REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 11652--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 11.3  Responsibilities.

    (a) Classification and Declassification Committee: This committee, 
appointed by the Administrator, has the authority to act on all 
suggestions and complaints with respect to EPA's administration of this 
order. It shall establish procedures to review and act

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within 30 days upon all applications and appeals regarding requests for 
declassification. The Administrator, acting through the committee, shall 
be authorized to overrule previous determinations in whole or in part 
when, in its judgment, continued protection is no longer required. If 
the committee determines that continued classification is required under 
section 5(B) of Executive Order 11652, it shall promptly so notify the 
requester and advise him that he may appeal the denial to the 
Interagency Classification Review Committee.
    (b) Director, Sec. rity and Inspection Division, Office of 
Administration: The Director, Sec. rity and Inspection Division, is 
responsible for the overall management and direction of a program 
designed to assure the proper handling and protection of classified 
information, and that classified information in the Agency's possession 
bears the appropriate classification markings. He also will assure that 
the program operates in accordance with the policy established herein, 
and will serve as Sec. etary of the Classification and Declassification 
Committee.
    (c) Assistant Administrators, Regional Administrators, Heads of 
Staff Offices, Directors of National Environmental Research Centers are 
responsible for designating an official within their respective areas 
who shall be responsible for:
    (1) Serving as that area's liaison with the Director, Sec. rity and 
Inspection Division, for questions or suggestions concerning security 
classification matters.
    (2) Reviewing and approving, as the representative of the 
contracting offices, the DD Form 254, Contract Sec. rity Classification 
Specification, issued to contractors.
    (d) Employees; (1) Those employees generating documents 
incorporating classified information properly originated by other 
agencies of the Federal Government are responsible for assuring that the 
documents are marked in a manner consistent with security classification 
assignments.
    (2) Those employees preparing information for public release are 
responsible for assuring that such information is reviewed to eliminate 
classified information.
    (3) All employees are responsible for bringing to the attention of 
the Director, Sec. rity and Inspection Division, any security 
classification problems needing resolution.