[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55017-55018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27090]


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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

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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 
December 9, 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 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-96-29). Medical diagnostic 
records relating to special cardiographic procedures.
    2. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-97-1). Authorization for 
early disposal of short-term temporary records due to closure of Reese 
Air Force Base and other bases.
    3. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug 
Administration (N1-088-96-3). Update of comprehensive schedule of 
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
    4. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging 
(N1-439-96-2). Pre-conference reporting system of the White House 
Conference on Aging.
    5. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
96-2). Elimination from the FBI retention plan of duplicative and/or 
unneeded general criteria for selection of excepted case files.
    6. Department of State, Bureau of Administration (N1-59-96-17). The 
publication Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts.
    7. Department of State (N1-59-96-29). International Merchant 
Purchase Authorization Card (IMPAC) files for all bureaus and offices 
except Office of Finance.
    8. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser (N1-76-96-2). 
Source documentation collected in preparation of U.S.-Iran claims.
    9. Environmental Protection Agency (N1-412-96-4). Source data files 
relating to in-house radiological research.
    10. Federal Communications Commission (N1-173-96-1). Reduction in 
retention period for congressional correspondence.
    11. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-64-96-2). 
Updates to the NARA comprehensive records disposition schedule.
    12. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-96-7). Audiovisual records 
pertaining to routine administration functions.
    13. Social Security Administrative (N1-047-96-4). Referral and 
monitoring agency records of beneficiary treatments for alcohol and 
drug addiction.

    Dated: October 10, 1996.
James W. Moore,
Assistant Archivist for Records Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-27090 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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