[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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