[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26903-26904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12324]



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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 July 
3, 1995. 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, College Park, MD 20740. 
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 the Air Force (N1-AFU-95-6). Routine records of 
closing bases.
    2. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (N1-
489-94-1). Records of the Industrial Trade Staff.
    3. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-94-4). 
Revision of schedule for Community Planning and Development records.
    4. Department of Justice (N1-60-95-3). Autopen request file.
    5. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (N1-59-
95-9). Routine, facilitative, and duplicative records relating to 
reporting and research.
    6. Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs 
(N1-59-94-22, -23, and -24). Routine, facilitative, and duplicative 
records relating to international finance and development affairs.
    7. Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs 
((N1-59-94-29, -34, and -35). Routine, facilitative, and duplicative 
records relating to energy, sanctions, and commodities.
    8. Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1-
195-95-1). Records of the Office of the Chairman, Federal Home Loan 
Bank Board, determined during archival processing to lack sufficient 
archival value to warrant permanent retention by the National Archives.
    9. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (N1-463-95-1). Routine 
administrative files relating to pilot and aircraft certifications.
    10. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (N1-463-95-2). Copies of 
patent applications.
    11. Defense Contract Audit Agency ((N1-372-95-2). Agency Management 
Information System reports.
    12. Defense Nuclear Agency (N1-374-95-2). Base operations support 
contractor records of non-program facilitative and routine base 
maintenance functions at Johnston Atoll.
    13. Defense Nuclear Agency (N1-375-95-4). Routine physical security 
inspection reports.
    14. Federal Communications Commission (N1-173-94-1). Radio 
frequency device authorizations.
    15. Federal Communications Commission (N1-173-94-2). Revision of 
Licensing Division records schedule.
    16. National Reconnaissance Office (N1-525-95-1). Comprehensive 
records disposition schedule which provides for disposal of routine and 
facilitative records. Records that document overall policies, plans, 
procedures, and significant activities are permanent.
    17. Social Security Administration (N1-47-95-1, -2, -3). Reduction 
in retention period for Supplemental Security Income Claims Folders, 
Disability Insurance Claims Folders, and Retirement and Survivors 
Claims Folders.
    18. Office of the Secretary of Defense (N1-330-95-4). Reduction in 
retention period of certain laboratory records previously scheduled as 
temporary.
    19. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N1-255-95-1). 
Unidentifiable flight engineering test data, 1961-1972.

    Dated: May 11, 1995.
Trudy Huskamp Peterson,
Acting Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 95-12324 Filed 5-18-95; 8:45 am]
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