[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 19, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 58896] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-29575] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 U.S.C. 3303a(a). DATES: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before January 3, 1997. 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-96-18). Medical Expenses and Performance Reporting System (MERS) records at medical treatment facilities. Temporary records proposed for shorter retention periods. 2. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-97-3). Infant delivery room logs (nursing services records). 3. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (N1-59-96-5). Routine and facilitative records relating to the issuance of passports. Passport applications are not covered. 4. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (N1-59-96-30). Overseas Citizen Services Automated Retrieval (OSCAR). 5. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-96- 4). Records Control Schedule 101, Office of the Commissioner. 6. Defense Intelligence Agency (N1-373-96-3). Audits on routine and administrative matters. 7. Delaware River Basin Commission (N1-220-96-12). Subject files and budget files of the U.S. Commissioner (substantive records relating to the Commission's activities are being preserved). 8. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (N1-311-95-1). U.S. Fire Administration grant files (exclusive of final reports, designated for preservation). 9. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (N1-220-97-1). Duplicate copies and reference materials. (Meeting minutes, briefing books, correspondence and publications all proposed as permanent.) Dated: November 12, 1996. James W. Moore, Assistant Archivist for Records Administration. [FR Doc. 96-29575 Filed 11-18-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7515-01-M