[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18146-18148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9018]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

36 CFR Part 1253

RIN 3095-AB08


NARA Facilities; Addresses and Hours

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration proposes to 
amend its regulation that lists NARA facilities and hours when the 
public and other Federal agency staff may use the records in those 
facilities. This proposed rule includes corrections to email addresses 
for the Presidential libraries, corrections to phone and fax numbers, 
and in some cases, modifies the hours that these facilities are open 
for research. In addition, NARA is also proposing a uniform policy on 
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room facility closings for Federal holidays in order to standardize 
them throughout NARA. This proposed rule affects members of the public 
who do research at NARA facilities.

DATES: Comments are due by June 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to Regulation Comments Desk (NPOL), 
Room 4100, Policy and Communications Staff, National Archives and 
Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 
They may be faxed to 301-713-7270. You may also comment via email to 
[email protected]. Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 
the preamble for additional information on email submissions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Richardson at telephone number 
301-713-7360, ext. 240, or fax number 301-713-7270.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed regulation includes 
information on several changes that have occurred since the last update 
to 36 CFR part 1253. Listings of Presidential libraries, records 
centers, and regional archives are revised to include corrected 
telephone and fax numbers, and research hours, and for Presidential 
libraries, email addresses.
    NARA is also proposing a uniform policy on research room facility 
closings for Federal holidays that are on a Saturday. NARA has always 
closed its research room facilities on Federal holidays and this 
remains unchanged. However, NARA is proposing that when a Federal 
holiday occurs on a Saturday but the official observance is on the 
preceding Friday, the facility will close on the Saturday as well as 
the preceding Friday. Previously, closing the research room facilities 
on a Saturday when one of the Federal holidays occurred on that day, 
but was observed on the preceding Friday, was done on an ad hoc basis. 
The proposed policy standardizes the practice throughout NARA. The only 
dates that would be affected by the proposed policy are January 1st, 
the Fourth of July, Veteran's Day, and December 25th. These instances 
do not occur very often: In 2001 and 2002, there are no instances; in 
2003, there is one instance on the Fourth of July; in 2004 there are 
two instances on December 25th and January 1st ; and in 2005 and 2006 
there is one instance on Veteran's Day. This proposed policy applies to 
the research room facilities in the Washington, DC, area which are open 
Saturday and research rooms in some of the Presidential libraries and 
regional archives services facilities which may also be open on 
Saturday.
    Please submit email comments within the body of your email message 
or attach comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Please also include ``Attn: 
3095-AB08'' and your name and return address in your Internet message. 
If you do not receive a confirmation that we have received your email 
message, contact the Regulation Comment Desk at 301-713-7360, ext. 226.
    This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action for the 
purposes of Executive Order 12866 and has not been reviewed by the 
Office of Management and Budget. As required by the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, I certify that this proposed rule will not have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. This 
regulation does not have any federalism implications.

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1253

    Archives and records.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, NARA proposes to amend 
part 1253 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, chapter XII, as 
follows:

PART 1253--LOCATION OF RECORDS AND HOURS OF USE

    1. The authority citation for part 1253 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2104(a).

    2. Amend Sec. 1253.3 by revising paragraphs (a) through (j) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 1253.3  Presidential Libraries.

* * * * *
    (a) Herbert Hoover Library is located at 210 Parkside Dr., West 
Branch, IA (mailing address: PO Box 488, West Branch, IA 52358-0488). 
The phone number is 319-643-5301 and the fax number is 319-643-5825. 
The email address is [email protected].
    (b) Franklin D. Roosevelt Library is located at 4079 Albany Post 
Rd., Hyde Park, NY 12538-1999. The phone number is 845-229-8114 and the 
fax number is 845-229-0872. The email address is 
[email protected].
    (c) Harry S. Truman Library is located at 500 W. US Hwy 24, 
Independence, MO 64050-1798. The phone number is 816-833-1400 and the 
fax number is 816-833-4368. The email address is 
[email protected].
    (d) Dwight D. Eisenhower Library is located at 200 SE Fourth 
Street, Abilene, KS 67410-2900. The phone number is 785-263-4751 and 
the fax number is 785-263-4218. The email address is 
[email protected].
    (e) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library is located at Columbia Point, 
Boston, MA 02125-3398. The phone number is 617-929-4500 and the fax 
number is 617-929-4538. The email address is [email protected].
    (f) Lyndon Baines Johnson Library is located at 2313 Red River St., 
Austin, TX 78705-5702. The phone number is 512-916-5137 and the fax 
number is 512-916-5171. The email address is [email protected].
    (g) Gerald R. Ford Museum is located at 303 Pearl St., Grand 
Rapids, MI 49504-5353. The phone number is 616-451-9263 and the fax 
number is 616-451-9570. The email address is [email protected]. 
Gerald R. Ford Library is located at 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 
48109-2114. The phone number is 734-741-2218 and the fax number is 734-
741-2341. The email address is [email protected].
    (h) Jimmy Carter Library is located at 441 Freedom Parkway, 
Atlanta, GA 30307-1498. The phone number is 404-331-3942 and the fax 
number is 404-730-2215. The email address is [email protected].
    (i) Ronald Reagan Library is located at 40 Presidential Dr., Simi 
Valley, CA 93065-0699. The phone number is 800-410-8354 or 805-522-8444 
and the fax number is 805-522-9621. The email address is 
[email protected].
    (j) George Bush Library is located at 1000 George Bush Drive West, 
College Station, TX 77845. The phone number is 979-260-9554 and the fax 
number is 979-260-9557. The email address is [email protected].
    3. Revise Sec. 1253.5 to read as follows:


Sec. 1253.5  National Personnel Records Center.

    (a) Military Personnel Records. NARA--National Personnel Records 
Center--Military Personnel Records is located at 9700 Page Ave., St. 
Louis, MO 63132-5100. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    (b) Civilian Personnel Records. NARA--National Personnel Records 
Center--Civilian Personnel Records is located at 111 Winnebago St., St. 
Louis, MO 63118-4199. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    4. Amend Sec. 1253.6 by revising paragraphs (a) through (f), and 
(h) through (l) to read as follows:


Sec. 1253.6  Records Centers.

* * * * *
    (a) NARA--Northeast Region (Boston) is located at the Frederick C. 
Murphy Federal Center, 380 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA 02452-6399. The 
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are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 
781-647-8104.
    (b) NARA--Northeast Region (Pittsfield, MA) is located at 10 Conte 
Drive, Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 413-445-6885.
    (c) NARA--Mid Atlantic Region (Northeast Philadelphia) is located 
at 14700 Townsend Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096. The hours are 8 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 215-
671-9027.
    (d) NARA--Southeast Region (Atlanta) is located at 1557 St. Joseph 
Ave., East Point, GA 30344-2593. The hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday. The telephone number is 404-763-7474.
    (e) NARA--Great Lakes Region (Dayton) is located at 3150 Springboro 
Rd., Dayton, OH 45439-1883. The hours are 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday. The telephone number is 937-225-2852.
    (f) NARA--Great Lakes Region (Chicago) is located at 7358 S. 
Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60629-5898. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 773-581-7816.
* * * * *
    (h) NARA--Central Plains Region (Lee's Summit, MO) is located at 
200 Space Center Drive, Lee's Summit, MO 64064-1182. The hours are 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 816-823-
6272.
    (i) NARA--Southwest Region (Fort Worth) is located at 501 West 
Felix St., Bldg. 1, Fort Worth, TX (mailing address: P.O. Box 6216, 
Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216). The hours are 8 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday 
through Friday. The telephone number is 817-334-5515.
    (j) NARA--Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) is located at Building 48, 
Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling Street, Denver, CO 
(mailing address: PO Box 25307, Denver, CO 80225-0307). The hours are 
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 
303-236-0804.
    (k) NARA--Pacific Region (San Francisco) is located at 1000 
Commodore Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066-2350. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 650-876-9001.
    (l) NARA--Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA) is located at 24000 
Avila Rd., 1st Floor East Entrance, Laguna Niguel, CA (mailing address: 
PO Box 6719, Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-6719). The hours are 8 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 949-360-2626.
* * * * *
    5. Amend Sec. 1253.7 by revising paragraphs (b), (d), (g), (h), and 
(i) to read as follows:


Sec. 1253.7  Regional Archives.

* * * * *
    (b) NARA--Northeast Region (Pittsfield, MA) is located at 10 Conte 
Drive, Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 413-445-6885.
* * * * *
    (d) NARA--Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia) is located 
at 900 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19107-4292. The hours are 8 a.m. to 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 215-597-3000.
* * * * *
    (g) NARA--Central Plains Region (Kansas City) is located at 2312 E. 
Bannister Rd., Kansas City, MO 64131-3060. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 816-926-6920.
    (h) NARA--Southwest Region (Fort Worth) is located at 501 West 
Felix St., Bldg. 1, Dock 1, Fort Worth, TX (mailing address: P.O. Box 
6216, Fort Worth, TX, 76115-0216). The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 817-334-5525.
    (i) NARA--Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) Textual Research room is 
located at Building 48, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and 
Kipling Street, Denver, CO. The Microfilm Research room is located at 
Building 46, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling Street, 
Denver, CO. (The mailing address: PO Box 25307, Denver, CO 80225-0307). 
The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. The 
telephone number is 303-236-0817.
* * * * *
    6. Add Sec. 1253.8 to read as follows:


Sec. 1253.8  Are NARA research room facilities closed on Federal 
holidays?

    (a) NARA research room facilities are closed on all Federal 
holidays.
    (b) When a Federal holiday is on a Saturday but the official 
observance is on the preceding Friday, the research rooms that are 
normally open on Saturday will be closed on the Saturday as well as the 
Friday.

    Dated: April 5, 2002.
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
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