(a) Authorized holders of RD and FRD shall not confirm or expand upon the classification status or technical accuracy of classified information in the public domain.
(b) Unauthorized disclosure of classified information does not automatically result in the declassification of that information.
(c) If the disclosure of classified information is sufficiently authoritative or credible, the Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer shall examine the possibility of declassification. [62 FR 68509, Dec. 31, 1997, as amended at 71 FR 68737, Nov. 28, 2006] Subpart C_Generation and Review of Documents Containing Restricted Data
and Formerly Restricted Data