CFR > Title 49 - Transportation > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation > PART 8—CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/ACCESS > SUBPART B—Classification/Declassification of Information (§8.9 to §8.23) > 8.21—Burden of proof.

8.21—Burden of proof.

For the purpose of determinations to be made under §§ 8.13, 8.15, and 8.17, the burden of proof is on the originating Departmental agency to show that continued classification is warranted.