[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5579-5580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2157]



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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

36 CFR Part 1258

RIN 3095-AA63


NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Interim final rule.

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SUMMARY: NARA is amending its reproduction fee regulations to correct 
addresses and remove certain photographic reproductions and fees from 
the published fee schedule. These processes will continue to be made 
available; however, alternative methods of providing the reproductions 
of records held by three NARA offices may have different charges than 
those currently published in 36 CFR part 1258. Under a one-year trial 
program intended to improve customer service, [[Page 5580]] the Still 
Pictures Branch, the Cartographic and Architectural Branch, and the 
Nixon Presidential Materials Staff will allow customers to order these 
reproductions directly from NARA-authorized vendors. NARA will provide 
individual notice of the NARA reproductions fees or the availability of 
reproductions from a vendor as we now do for other processes not 
contained in the published fee schedule. This rule will affect Federal 
agencies and members of the public who order reproductions from these 
three NARA offices.

DATES: The effective date of this rule is March 6, 1995. Comment on the 
interim rule must be received by March 31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Director, Policy and Planning 
Division (PIRM-POL), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi 
Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be faxed to (301) 
713-7270.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Hadyka or Nancy Allard on 
(301) 713-6730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This interim rule is being issued as part of 
NARA's program to improve customer service by privatizing the order 
fulfillment process for still photographs, aerial film and maps and 
drawings in the custody of the Still Picture Branch, the Cartographic 
and Architectural Records Branch, and the Nixon Presidential Materials 
Staff. Commencing on March 6, 1995, NARA will permit several vendors to 
set up copying work stations in Archives II located in College Park, 
MD, where the still photographs and cartographic and architectural 
records are housed and made available. During a one-year test period, 
these three units will refer customer requests for reproduction of 
these media to the vendors, who will determine fees, collect payments, 
perform the copying work, and mail the reproductions to the customers. 
Throughout the test period researchers will still have the option of 
making their own copies in the research rooms, within certain 
limitations. Other NARA archival units in the Washington, DC, area, and 
Presidential libraries and regional archives will continue to offer 
their traditional reproduction service for still photographs and 
oversize documents.
    We are revising Secs. 1258.2(c)(5), 1258.11, and 1258.12 to reflect 
the removal of published still photography and oversize electrostatic 
copying processes. We are also revising other paragraphs within 
Sec. 1258.2(c) to reflect changed mailing addresses and the transfer of 
the former National Audiovisual Center from NARA to the National 
Technical Information Service of Department of Commerce, which was 
effective on October 1, 1994.
    This rule is being issued as an interim final rule without prior 
notice of proposed rulemaking as permitted by the Administrative 
Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) when the agency for good cause 
finds that notice and public procedure thereon are impractical, 
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. The new trial 
procedure for ordering still photographs, aerial film and maps and 
drawings will begin on March 6, 1995. It is in the public interest to 
provide this alternative service as early as possible to improve 
customer service.
    This rule is not a significant regulatory action for purposes of 
Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993 and has not been reviewed 
by the Office of Management and Budget. As required by the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, it is hereby certified that this rule will not have a 
significant impact on small entities.

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1258

    Archives and records.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, chapter XII of title 36, 
Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 1258--FEES

    1. The authority citation for part 1258 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2116(c).

    2. Section 1258.2 is amended by revising paragraphs (c)(1) through 
(c)(5) to read as follows:


Sec. 1258.2   Applicability.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (1) National Archives publications, including microfilm 
publications. Prices are available from Publications Distribution 
(NECD), National Archives, Washington, DC 20408.
    (2) Reserved.
    (3) Motion picture, sound recording, and video holdings of the 
National Archives and Presidential libraries. Prices for reproduction 
of these materials are available from the Motion Picture, Sound and 
Video Branch (NNSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi 
Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, or from the Presidential library 
which has such materials (see Sec. 1253.3 of this chapter for 
addresses).
    (4) Machine-readable records. Prices for duplication are available 
from the Center for Electronic Records (NSX), National Archives at 
College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
    (5) Still photography, including aerial film, and oversize maps and 
drawings. Information on the availability and prices of reproductions 
of records held in the Still Pictures Branch (NNSP) and the 
Cartographic and Architectural Branch (NNSC), both located at the 
National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 
20740-6001, and in the Presidential libraries and regional archives 
(see Secs. 1253.3 and 1253.7 of this chapter for addresses) should be 
obtained from the unit which has the original records.
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Sec. 1258.12   [Amended]

    3. Section 1258.12 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph 
(b).

    Dated: January 20, 1995.
Ralph C. Bledsoe,
Acting Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 95-2157 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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