[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19136-19137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10067]


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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 
Services.

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 propose the destruction of records not 
previously authorized for disposal, or 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: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before 
June 2, 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 Civilian Appraisal Staff (NWRC), National 
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 
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.

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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 Interior, Bureau of Land Management (N1-49-96-
1). Artwork created for and used in production of posters.
    2. Department of Justice (N1-60-97-1). Computer security records.
    3. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service 
(N1-85-97-1). Crew lists and related documentation.
    4. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary (N1-398-
97-1). Political appointee application files.
    5. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-96-
6). Revisions to Records Control Schedule 106, Office of the Chief 
Counsel.
    6. Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy (N1-
220-97-8). Comprehensive schedule.
    7. Environmental Protection Agency (N1-412-94-4). Comprehensive 
schedule for Regional offices.
    8. Environmental Protection Agency (N1-412-95-4). Office of Water 
comprehensive schedule
    9. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (N1-474-96-2). 
Comprehensive schedule for the Office of General Counsel.
    10. General Services Administration, Public Building Service (N1-
121-97-1). Reduction in retention period for asbestos program records.
    11. General Services Administration (N1-269-96-3). General 
management and planning records.
    12. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-97-10). Routine and duplicative 
legal records.
    13. Postal Rate Commission (N1-458-96-3). Commenter letters, 
routine administrative files and records maintained outside of official 
mail classification docket files.
    14. President's Council on Sustainable Development (N1-220-97-9). 
Comprehensive schedule.
    15. Securities and Exchange Commission (N1-266-96-3). Records 
supporting collection and disbursement of filing fees.

    Dated: April 14, 1997.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Record Services, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-10067 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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