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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

 

Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration, Office of Records 
Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request 
for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 
publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency 
requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Records 
schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant preservation 
in the National Archives of the United States. Schedules also authorize 
agencies after a specified period to dispose of records lacking 
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published 
for records schedules that (1) propose the destruction of records not 
previously authorized for disposal, or (2) reduce the retention period 
for records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public 
comments on such schedules, as required by 44 USC 3303a(a).

DATES: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before 
April 8, 1994. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA 
will send a copy of the schedule. The requester will be given 30 days 
to submit comments.

ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified 
in this notice to the Records Appraisal and Disposition Division (NIR), 
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408. 
Requesters must cite the control number assigned to each schedule when 
requesting a copy. The control number appears in the parentheses 
immediately after the name of the requesting agency.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year U.S. Government agencies create 
billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. In 
order to control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare 
records schedules specifying when the agency no longer needs the 
records and what happens to the records after this period. Some 
schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or 
one of its major subdivisions. These comprehensive schedules provide 
for the eventual transfer to the National Archives of historically 
valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records. Most 
schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or a 
few series of records, and many are updates of previously approved 
schedules. Such schedules also may include records that are designated 
for permanent retention.
    Destruction of records requires the approval of the Archivist of 
the United States. This approval is granted after a thorough study of 
the records that takes into account their administrative use by the 
agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private persons 
directly affected by the Government's activities, and historical or 
other value.
    This public notice identifies the Federal agencies and their 
subdivisions requesting disposition authority, includes the control 
number assigned to each schedule, and briefly describes the records 
proposed for disposal. The records schedule contains additional 
information about the records and their disposition. Further 
information about the disposition process will be furnished to each 
requester.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (N1-241-90-
5). Electronic and textual records of the Automated Patent Search 
System.
    2. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (N1-370-93-2). Comprehensive records schedule for the 
Arabian Gulf Program Office.
    3. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and 
Improvement (N1-441-94-1). Data filed relating to kindergarten, 1971-
1975.
    4. Department of Education, Routine and facilitative financial and 
administrative records relating to the Federal real property assistance 
program (N1-441-93-5).
    5. Department of Health and Human Service, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (N1-442-91-11). Comprehensive schedule for 
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health electronic 
records.
    6. Department of Health and Human Service, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention. (N1-442-91-12). Comprehensive schedule of 
electronic records of the Center for Infectious Diseases.
    7. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 
National Institutes of Health (N1-443-93-1). Medical Staff credentials.
    8. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of the 
Secretary (N1-235-93-1). Completed job satisfaction surveys filled out 
by Departmental employees, 1971.
    9. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (N1-57-93-1). 
Hard copy seismograms.
    10. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines (N1-70-93-1). 
Revisions to the records schedule for the Division of Organization and 
Management.
    11. Department of Labor, Office of the Executive Secretariat (N1-
174-93-3). Miscellaneous subject files, 1991-1993.
    12. Department of State, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs (N1-
59-94-2). Compliance tracking system used by the Office of Defense 
Trade Controls.
    13. Department of Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1-483-
92-7). Records of the Controller's Division.
    14. Department of Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1-483-
93-16). Summary reports on financial institutions.
    15. Department of Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1-483-
93-18). Summary reports produced by the Branch Office Survey System.
    16. ACTION, Office of Management and Budget (N1-362-94-3). General 
correspondence of the Inspector General.
    17. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides (N1-412-
93-3). Records relating to the National Pesticides Survey.
    18. National Archives and Records Administration (N2-107-94-1). 
Routine and facilitative records accumulated by the Office of the 
Secretary of War.
    19. National Archives and Records Administration (N2-145-94-1). 
Routine sound recordings used for training by the Agricultural 
Stabilization & Conservation Service.
    20. Peace Corps (N1-490-93-2). Volunteer training evaluation files 
relating to projects in El Salvador and Honduras, 1965-67.
    21. Securities and Exchange Commission. (N1-266-93-1). Records 
relating to the Study of Investment Trusts and Companies, 1935-38.
    22. Tennessee Valley Authority, Resource Group (N1-142-92-17. 
Computer cassette tapes and engineering drawings relating to the 
Ammonia from Coal Project.

    Dated: February 10, 1994.
Trudy Huskamp Peterson,
Acting Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 94-3917 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
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