[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]


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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.

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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 
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

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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]
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