[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60375-60376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29909]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Privacy Act of 1974; as Amended; Revisions to the Existing System 
of Records

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Proposed revisions to an existing system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 552a), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is issuing public 
notice of its intent to modify an existing Privacy Act system of 
records notice, USGS-15, ``Earth Science Information Customer 
Records.'' The revisions will update addresses of the System Location 
and the System Manager.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) requires that the public be 
provided a 30-day period in which to comment on the intended use of the 
information in the system of records. The Office of Management and 
Budget, in its Circular A-130, requires an additional 10-day period 
(for a total of 40 days) in which to make these comments. Any persons 
interested in commenting on this revised system of records may do so by 
submitting comments in writing to the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Privacy Act Officer, National Center, MS-
807, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Va. 20192. Comments received 
within two day of publication in the Federal Register (December 21, 
1998), will be considered. The system will be effective as proposed at 
the end of the comment period, unless comments are received which would 
require a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to U.S. Department of the Interior, 
U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Privacy Act Officer, National Center, MS-
807, Reston, Virginia, 20192. Hand deliver comments to the same 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Senior Program Advisor, Data Information Delivery Office, U.S. 
Geological Survey, National Center, MS-508, Reston, Virginia 20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USGS is proposing to amend the system 
notice for USGS-15, ``Earth Science Information Customer Records,'' to 
more accurately and clearly describe the addresses of the System 
Location and the System Manager.

    Dated: October 28, 1998.
Paul R. Celluzzi,
Chief, Corporate Information Technology Branch, Office of Information 
Services.

    Accordingly, the USGS proposes to amend the ``Earth Science 
Information Customer Records,'' USGS-15 in its entirety to read as 
follows:
INTERIOR/USGS-15

system name:
    Earth Science Information Customer Records--Interior, USGS-15.

System location:
    (1) Data and Information Delivery Office, National Mapping 
Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 508 National Center, MS-508, Reston, 
Virginia 20192. (2) Earth Science Information Centers (for specific 
locations contact the System Manager).

Categories of individuals covered by the system:
    Individuals who have requested Earth Science information directly 
from, or whose requests have been forwarded to the Earth Science 
Information Office or its sponsored field centers. The system also 
contains records concerning individuals in their entrepreneurial 
capacity, corporations, and other business entities whose records are 
not subject to the Privacy Act.

Categories of records in the system:
    Contains name, address, credit card number and expiration date (as 
provided), customer's inquiry, response to inquiry, orders for 
products, appropriate accounting entries, and information on deposits 
with and debts owed the Bureau as a result of customer orders.

Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Executive Order 3206; OMB Circular A-16; 31 U.S.C. 3512.

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    The primary use of the records if for reference by Geological 
Survey (GS) and GS contract employees in processing customer inquiries, 
orders, and complaints. Disclosure outside the Department of the 
Interior may be made to: (1) The U.S. Department of Justice or in a 
proceeding before a court or adjudicative body when (a) the United 
States, the Department of the Interior, a component of the Department 
or, when represented by the Government, an employee of the Department 
is a party to litigation or anticipated litigation or has an interest 
in such litigation, and (b) the Department of the Interior determines 
that the disclosure is relevant or necessary to the litigation and is 
compatible with the purpose for which the records were compiled; (2) 
disclose pertinent information to an appropriate Federal, State, local, 
or foreign agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, 
enforcing, or implementing a statute, regulation, rule, or order, where 
the disclosing agency becomes aware of an indication of a violation or 
potential violation of civil or criminal law or regulation; (3) a 
congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an 
inquiry the individual has made to the congressional office.

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disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
    Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b)(12), disclosures may be made to a consumer reporting agency as 
defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f) or the 
Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).

Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 
and disposing of records in the system:
storage:
    Maintained in manual form in file folders, correspondence may be 
recorded on microfilm and key information recorded on magnetic disk or 
on magnetic tape in some instances.

Retrievability:
    Stored by account number, indexed by name and zip code.

Safeguards:
    Maintained in GS or GS contract areas occupied by GS or GS contract 
personnel during working hours with the building locked and/or guarded 
during off hours.

Retention and disposal:
    Retained and disposed of according to Bureau Records Disposition 
Schedule, RCS/Item 1500-07.

System manager(s) and address:
    Senior Program Advisor, Data and Information Delivery Office, 
National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, MS-
508, Reston, Virginia 20192.

Notification procedure:
    Inquiries should be addressed to the System Manager. See 43 CFR 
2.60.

Record access procedures:
    Same as above. See 43 CFR 2.63.

Contesting record procedures:
    A petition for amendment should be addressed to the System Manager 
and must meet the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.

Record source categories:
    Customers on whom record(s) are maintained and GS or GS contract 
information researchers.

[FR Doc. 98-29909 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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