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[Federal Register: June 9, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

32 CFR Part 701

 

Availability of Department of the Navy Records and Publication of 
Department of the Navy Documents Affecting the Public

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule sets forth amended regulations pertaining to the 
Department of the Navy's Freedom of Information Act Program. The rule 
reflects changes in the Secretary of the Navy's procedures.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Doris M. Lama (N09B30P), Office 
of the Chief of Naval Operations, 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 
20350-2000, Telephone: (703) 614-2004/2817.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority cited below, the 
Department of the Navy amends 32 CFR part 701, subparts A, B, C, and D 
derived from the Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5720.42 series, 
which implements within the Department of the Navy the provisions of 
Department of Defense Directives 5400.7 and 5400.7-R series, Department 
of Defense Freedom of Information Act Program (32 CFR part 286). This 
rule is being published by the Department of the Navy for guidance and 
interest of the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1). It has 
been determined that invitation of public comment on these changes to 
the Department of the Navy's implementing instruction prior to adoption 
would be impracticable and unnecessary, and it is therefore not 
required under the public rulemaking provisions of 32 CFR parts 286 and 
701, subpart E. Interested persons, however, are invited to comment in 
writing on this amendment. All written comments received will be 
considered in making subsequent amendments or revisions to 32 CFR part 
701, subparts A, B, C, and D, or the instruction upon which it is 
based. Changes may be initiated on the basis of comments received. 
Written comments should be addressed to Mrs. Doris M. Lama (N09B30P), 
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 2000 Navy Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20530-2000. It has been determined that this final rule 
is not a ``major rule'' within the criteria specified in section 1(b) 
of Executive Order 12291 and does not have substantial impact on the 
public.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 701

    Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of Information, 
Privacy.

    Accordingly, 32 CFR part 701 is amended as follows:

PART 701--AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY RECORDS AND 
PUBLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DOCUMENTS AFFECTING THE 
PUBLIC

    1. The authority citation for part 701 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552.

    2. Part 701 is amended by removing ``(OP-09B30)'' and adding in its 
place ``(N09B30)'', and removing ``CMC (MI-3)'' and adding in its place 
``CMC (ARAD)'', wherever those respective terms appear.


Sec. 701.3  [Amended]

    3. Section 701.3 is amended by removing paragraph (i).


Sec. 701.5  [Amended]

    4. Section 701.5, paragraph (b), is amended by removing ``Director, 
Manpower Management Information Systems Division (HQMC (Code MI))'' and 
adding in its place ``Director of Administration and Resource 
Management (Code AR)''.
    5. Section 701.5, paragraph (e)(2)(i), is amended by removing 
``Naval Intelligence Command'' and adding in its place ``Office of 
Naval Intelligence'', and is further amended by removing ``Naval 
Oceanography Command'' and adding in its place ``Naval Meteorology and 
Oceanography Command''.
    6. Section 701.5, paragraph (e)(2)(iii)(B), is amended by removing 
``Commander, Naval Investigative Service Command'' and adding in its 
place ``Director, Naval Criminal Investigative Service''.
    7. Section 701.8 is amended by removing paragraph (k); 
redesignating paragraphs (l) through (p) as (k) through (o), 
respectively, and revising paragraphs (b) and newly designated (k), to 
read as follows:


Sec. 701.8  Records requiring special handling.

* * * * *
    (b) Naval Investigative Service (NIS)/Naval Criminal Investigative 
Service (NCIS) reports. The Director, Naval Criminal Investigative 
Service, is the release/denial authority for all NIS/NCIS reports. 
Accordingly, a request for a NIS/NCIS report shall be promptly 
readdressed to NCIS and the requester notified of the referral. Direct 
liaison with NCIS prior to the referral is encouraged.
* * * * *
    (k) Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPI). The Director, 
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (N00N/NAVSEA 08) is the release/denial 
authority for all information concerning NNPI. Naval activities 
receiving such requests are responsible for searching their files for 
responsive records. If no documents are located, the naval activity 
should respond to the requester and provide N00N with a copy of the 
request and response. If documents are located, the request, responsive 
records, and a recommendation regarding release should be promptly 
readdressed to the CNO (N00N/NAVSEA 08), who will ensure proper 
coordination and review.
* * * * *


Sec. 701.9  [Amended]

    8. Section 701.9, paragraph (j)(2), is amended by removing ``the 
Records Disposal Manual'' and adding in its place ``SECNAVINST 5212.5C 
(Records Disposal Manual)''.


Sec. 701.10  [Amended]

    9. Section 701.10, paragraph (c), is amended by adding after the 
term ``Principal Deputy OGC'' the phrase ``or Deputy General Counsel 
(Logistics),''.
    10. Section 701.10, paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(H), is amended by removing 
the period at the end of the paragraph and adding in its place ``; 
and''.
    11. Section 701.10 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(I) to 
read as follows:


Sec. 701.10  FOIA appeals/judicial actions.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (I) Environmental matters.
* * * * *
    12. Section 701.10, paragraph (d)(2), is amended by removing 
``General Counsel, Navy Department, Washington, DC 20360-5110'' and 
adding in its place ``General Counsel of the Navy, 2211 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA 22244-5103''.
    13. Section 701.25 is amended by revising paragraphs (b) through 
(j) and adding paragraphs (k) through (s) to read as follows:


Sec. 701.25  Exemption (b)(3).

* * * * *
    (b) Confidentiality of identity of employee who complains to the IG 
(5 U.S.C. App., Inspector General Act of 1978, section 7).
    (c) Ethics in Government Act of 1978--Protecting Financial 
Disclosure Reports of Special Government Employees (5 U.S.C. App., 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978, section 207(a) (1) and (2)).
    (d) Civil Service Reform Act--Representation Rights and Duties, 
Labor Unions, 5 U.S.C. 7114(b)(4).
    (e) Authority to Withhold Unclassified Special Nuclear Weapons 
Information, 10 U.S.C. 128. This statute prohibits the unauthorized 
dissemination of unclassified information pertaining to security 
measures, including security plans, procedures, and equipment for the 
physical protection of special nuclear material.
    (f) Authority to Withhold Unclassified Technical Data with Military 
or Space Application, 10 U.S.C. 130.
    (g) Action on Reports of Selection Boards, 10 U.S.C. 618.
    (h) Confidentiality of Medical Quality Records: Qualified Immunity 
Participants, 10 U.S.C. 1102.
    (i) Confidentiality of Financial Records, 12 U.S.C. 3403.
    (j) Communication Intelligence, 18 U.S.C. 798.
    (k) Confidential Status of Patent Applications, 35 U.S.C. 122.
    (l) Secrecy of Certain Inventions and Withholding of Patents 
(specific applicable section(s) must be involved, 35 U.S.C. 181 through 
188.
    (m) Confidentiality of Inventions Information, 35 U.S.C. 205.
    (n) Procurement Integrity, 41 U.S.C. 423.
    (o) Confidentiality of Patient Records, 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2.
    (p) Information regarding Atomic Energy: Restricted and Formerly 
Restricted Data (Atomic Energy Act of 1954), specific applicable 
exemptions must be invoked (e.g., 42 U.S.C. 2161 through 2168).
    (q) Protection of Intelligence Sources and Methods, 50 U.S.C. 
403(d)(3).
    (r) Protection of identities of US undercover intelligence 
officers, agents, informants and sources, 50 U.S.C. 421.
    (s) Examples of statutes which DO NOT qualify under exemption 
(b)(3) include: 5 U.S.C. 552a, Privacy Act; 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq., 
Copyright Act; 18 U.S.C. 793, Gathering, Transmitting or Losing Defense 
Information to Aid Foreign Governments; 18 U.S.C. 1905, Trade Secrets 
Act; and 28 U.S.C. 1498, Patent and Copyright Cases.
    14. Section 701.31 is amended by revising the second sentence of 
paragraph (d)(2); the first sentence of paragraph (f); paragraph 
(g)(1); paragraph (g)(3); the final sentence of paragraph (h)(1); and 
paragraph (m)(5), to read as follows:


Sec. 701.31  Addresses for requests for Department of the Navy records.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (2) * * * If unknown, submit requests for Navy contracts to the 
Chief of Naval Operations (N09B30), 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 
20350-2000, and Marine Corps contracts to the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Installations and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 2 Navy 
Annex, Washington, DC 20380-0001.
* * * * *
    (f) Send requests for Navy hotline complaints and all other 
investigations and inspections conducted by the NAVINSGEN to the Naval 
Inspector General, Building 200, room 100, 901 M Street SE., 
Washington, DC 20374-5006. * * *
    (g) * * *
    (1) Send requests for NCIS investigatory records and related 
matters to the Director, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, 
Washington Navy Yard, Building 111, 901 M Street SE., Washington, DC 
20388-5380.
* * * * *
    (3) Send requests for mishap investigative reports to Commander, 
Naval Safety Center, 375 A Street, Norfolk, VA 23511-4399.
    (h) * * * If unknown, submit to the General Counsel of the Navy, 
2211 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22344-5103.
* * * * *
    (m) * * *
    (5) Supply. Send requests for information on naval supply matters 
to the Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, 1931 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA 22341-5360, and for Marine Corps supply matters 
to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, HQ USMC, 2 Navy Annex, 
Washington, DC 20380-0001.
* * * * *
    15. Section 701.31, paragraph (i)(5), is amended by removing 
``Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, Washington, 
DC 20372-5120'', and adding in its place ``Chief, Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery, 2300 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20372-5120''.
    16. Section 701.31, paragraph (j)(1), is amended by removing 
``Chief, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, DC 
20378-5000'' and adding in its place ``Chief of Naval Personnel, 2 Navy 
Annex, Washington, DC 20370-5001''.
    17. Section 701.31, paragraph (k)(1), is amended by removing 
``Commanding Officer, Naval Publications and Forms Center, 5801 Tabor 
Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120-5099'' and adding in its place 
``Aviation Supply Office, Naval Publications and Forms Directorate, 
Customer Service, Code 1013, 5801 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120-
5099''.
    18. Section 701.31, paragraph (k)(2), is amended by removing ``CNO 
(OP-09B30), Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000'' and adding in its 
place ``CNO (N09B30), 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000''.
    19. Section 701.31, paragraph (k)(3), is amended by removing ``Navy 
Department, Washington, DC 20380-0001'' and adding in its place ``HQ 
USMC, 2 Navy Annex, Washington, DC 20380-0001''.
    20. Section 701.31, paragraph (k)(4), is amended by removing 
``Naval Publications and Forms Center, 5801 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, 
PA 19120-5099'' and adding in its place ``Defense Printing Service 
Detachment Office, Customer Service, Building 4D, 700 Robbins Avenue, 
Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094''.
    21. Section 701.31, paragraph (l), is amended by removing ``5000'' 
and adding in its place ``5660''.
    22. Section 701.31, paragraph (m)(1), is amended by removing 
``Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters, Washington, DC 20361-0001'' 
and adding in its place ``1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 
22243-5120''.
    23. Section 701.31, paragraph (m)(3), is amended by removing 
``Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters, Washington, DC 20362-5101'' 
and adding in its place ``2531 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 
22242-5160''.
    24. Section 701.31, paragraph (m)(4), is amended by removing 
``Washington, DC 20363-5100'' and adding in its place ``2451 Crystal 
Drive, Arlington, VA 22245-5200''.
    25. Section 701.31, paragraph (n), is amended by removing 
``Director, Naval Historical Center, Ships' Histories Section, 
Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374'' and adding in its place 
``Director, Naval Historical Center, Ships' Histories Branch, 901 M 
Street SE., Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC 20374-0571''.
    26. Section 701.31, paragraph (q), is amended by removing ``Chief 
of Naval Operations (Code 09B30), Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000 
and Marine Corps matters to Commandant of the Marine Corps, HQMC (Code 
MI-3), Navy Department, Washington, DC 20380-0001'' and adding in its 
place ``Chief of Naval Operations (N09B30), 2000 Navy Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20350-2000, and Marine Corps matters to Commandant of 
the Marine Corps (Code ARAD), HQ USMC, 2 Navy Annex, Washington, DC 
20380-0001''.


Sec. 701.51  [Amended]

    27. Section 701.51, paragraph (b), is amended by removing ``naval 
industrially funded (NIF)'' and adding in its place ``Defense Business 
Operating Fund (DBOF)''.
    28. Section 701.51, paragraph (c), is amended by removing ``NIF'' 
in the two instances where it appears and adding in its place ``DBOF''.

    Dated: June 3, 1994.
Lewis T. Booker, Jr.,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-13966 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]
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