[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63400-63401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31162]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 
January 12, 1998. 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, 8601 Adelphi Road 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 the Army (N1-AU-97-11). Aircraft maintenance 
records.

[[Page 63401]]

    2. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-16). Routine opinions or 
comments issued by the Judge Advocate General pertaining to minor 
claims, investigations, or cases.
    3. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-17). Civilian misconduct files.
    4. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-20). Temporary Duty Travel 
records.
    5. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-28). Personal property shipping 
and storage records.
    6. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-29). Combined Federal Campaign 
records.
    7. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-31). Deoxyribonucleic Acid 
(DNA) registry records.
    8. Department of the Army (N1-AU-98-2). Microfilm quality test 
reports.
    9. Department of the Army (N1-AU-98-4). Routine Congressional 
correspondence.
    10. Department of Commerce (N1-40-97-2). Budget preparation files, 
administrative management files, and other general administrative 
records.
    11. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (N1-167-97-1). Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) 
program competition proposals.
    12. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (N1-49-
96-6). Routine administrative electronic records dealing with data 
verification, system documentation, tracking systems and data reported 
to higher levels.
    13. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-058-
97-4). Records maintained by the Information Systems organization 
Servicewide, including the Chief Information Officer.
    14. Department of the Treasury (N1-58-97-13). Electronic systems 
used in tax administration activities (RCS 211).
    15. The Corporation for National and Community Service (N1-362-97-
1). Records maintained by the Office of General Counsel.
    16. Defense Logistics Agency (N1-361-98-2). Automated document 
management records to be included with other Defense Automated Printing 
Service Records already approved for destruction.
    17. National Bankruptcy Review Commission (N1-220-98-2). Audio and 
video tapes of media interviews with Commission members, staff, and 
outside observers.
    18. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (N1-431-96-1). NUDOCS interim 
automated test/document search system.
    19. Office of Personnel Management (N1-478-97-1). Office of General 
Counsel's chronological files.
    20. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-96-8). Health Services 
correspondence files relating to administrative and facilitative 
matters.
    21. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-98-1). Board Minutes 
(security copy will be preserved).
    22. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-98-3). Engineering and 
construction project maintenance records for generating plants.
    23. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-98-5). Employment 
applications for apprentice and secretarial non-hires.

    Dated: November 19, 1997
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Record Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-31162 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7515-01-P