[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 32384-32385] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-15574] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 July 28, 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Miller, Director, Records Management Programs, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, telephone (301) 713-7110. 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 Justice, United States Marshals Service (N1-527- 97-9). District office audit reports and work papers. 2. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (N1-357- 96-1). Reduced retentions for foreign crew manifest and manning estimates. 3. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (N1-357- 96-2). Reduced retentions for cost reports, foreign wage estimates, wage agreements, and payroll. 4. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (N1-357- 96-3). Foreign costs program files. 5. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (N1-357- 96-4). U.S. wage costs program subject files. 6. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (N1-357- 96-5). Reduced retentions for subsidy insurance rates. 7. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service (N1-36-97-1). Reduction in the retention period for Customs declarations forms (CF 6059B) for free declarations. [[Page 32385]] 8. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration (N1-15-97-5). Chapter 30--Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty Educational Assistance Program, and Chapter 34 educational assistance application folders. 9. Federal Emergency Management Agency (N1-311-97-1). Regional nuclear power plant docket case files (headquarters files will be preserved). 10. The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (N1- 220-96-13). Facilitative records, routine correspondence and working papers (substantive program records are designated for permanent retention). 11. Securities and Exchange Commission (N1-266-97-3). Chronological correspondence and project files of the Office of Information Technology and its organizational predecessor, the Office of EDGAR Management. 12. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-97-9). Aircraft equipment maintenance records. Dated: June 8, 1997. Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Record Services, Washington, DC. [FR Doc. 97-15574 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7515-01-P