Regulations last checked for updates: May 02, 2025

Title 32 - National Defense last revised: Jan 17, 2025
§ 2001.47 - Destruction.

Classified information identified for destruction shall be destroyed completely to preclude recognition or reconstruction of the classified information in accordance with procedures and methods prescribed by agency heads. The methods and equipment used to routinely destroy classified information include burning, cross-cut shredding, wet-pulping, melting, mutilation, chemical decomposition or pulverizing. Agencies shall comply with the destruction equipment standard stated in § 2001.42(b) of this Directive.

authority: Sections 5.1(a) and (b), E.O. 13526, (75 FR 707, January 5, 2010)
source: 75 FR 37254, June 28, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 32 CFR 2001.47