[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 49491-49492] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-24095] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments AGENCY: Office of Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration. ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 November 4, 1996. 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 Achieve of historically valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or [[Page 49492]] 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 record 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. Administrative Office of the United States Courts (N1-116-96-6). Computer output microfiche of docket information stored in the Courtran system, 1978-93. 2. Department of the Army (N1-AU-96-2). Committee management files pertaining to committees for which Army is not the lead agency. 3. Department of Energy, Coordination and Information Center (N1- 434-91-7). Records that are routine or duplicative of those proposed as permanent in microform or electronic media. 4. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (N1-129-1). Records documenting routine and facilitative correctional services, maintained in the Guard Captain and Unit Manager's offices. 5. Department of State, Bureau of Administration (N1-59-96-16). Routine and facilitative records relating to property management. 6. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (N1-436-94-1). Ad hoc management reports and labels generated by the Firearms Licensing System. The master file for this system has been determined to have sufficient archival value to warrant permanent retention by the National Archives. 7. Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1- 483-93-1). Comprehensive schedule for the Dissemination Branch (corporate records). 8. Bonneville Power Administration (N1-305-96-1). Routine records covering waste management, system operations and human resources. 9. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (N1-465-96-1). Records of the Financial Operations Division. 10. United States Information Agency, Office of Personnel and Training (N1-306-96-2). Routine and facilitative records relating to training matters. Dated: August 29, 1996. Michael W. Anderson, Acting Assistant Archivist for Records Administration. [FR Doc. 96-24095 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7515-01-M