[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50473-50475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14123]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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). Once 
approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on 
what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government 
business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing 
value in the National Archives of the United States and the 
destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking 
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published 
for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not 
previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of 
records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments 
on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before 
October 10, 2006. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA 
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare appraisal 
memorandums that contain additional information concerning the records 
covered by a proposed schedule. These, too, may be requested and will 
be provided once the appraisal is completed. Requesters will be given 
30 days to submit comments.

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ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in 
this notice by contacting the Life Cycle Management Division (NWML) 
using one of the following means:

Mail: NARA (NWML), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
E-mail: [email protected].
FAX: 301-837-3698.

Requesters must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses 
after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule, and must 
provide a mailing address. Those who desire appraisal reports should so 
indicate in their request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle 
Management Division (NWML), National Archives and Records 
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 
Telephone: 301-837-1539. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year Federal agencies create billions 
of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control 
this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing 
retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA's 
approval, using the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for Records 
Disposition Authority. These schedules provide for the timely transfer 
into the National Archives of historically valuable records and 
authorize the disposal of all other records after the agency no longer 
needs them to conduct its business. Some schedules are comprehensive 
and cover all the records of an agency or one of its major 
subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office 
or program or a few series of records. Many of these update previously 
approved schedules, and some include records proposed as permanent.
    No Federal records are authorized for destruction without the 
approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is 
granted only after a thorough consideration of 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 whether 
or not they have historical or other value.
    Besides identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions 
requesting disposition authority, this public notice lists the 
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or indicates agency-
wide applicability in the case of schedules that cover records that may 
be accumulated throughout an agency. This notice provides the control 
number assigned to each schedule, the total number of schedule items, 
and the number of temporary items (the records proposed for 
destruction). It also includes a brief description of the temporary 
records. The records schedule itself contains a full description of the 
records at the file unit level as well as their disposition. If NARA 
staff has prepared an appraisal memorandum for the schedule, it too 
includes information about the records. Further information about the 
disposition process is available on request.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (N1-95-05-3, 4 items, 
3 temporary items). Correspondence of a routine nature and records 
relating to management of correspondence. Proposed for permanent 
retention are recordkeeping copies of correspondence pertaining to 
significant policy issues and program functions.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-06-6, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Incapacitation pay case files relating to Reserve 
component soldiers who become ill or injured in the line of duty. 
Included are such records as endorsement and approval documents, 
investigation data, claims forms, medical documents, and pay vouchers. 
This schedule authorizes the agency to apply the proposed disposition 
instructions to any recordkeeping medium.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-06-12, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Records relating to training, proficiency, and 
certification of air traffic control personnel. This schedule 
authorizes the agency to apply the proposed disposition instructions to 
any recordkeeping medium.
    4. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (N1-560-06-5, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Reports 
covering activities, investigations, and special missions of Federal 
Air Marshals.
    5. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard (N1-26-06-3, 4 
items, 4 temporary items). Inputs, outputs, master files, and system 
documentation associated with an electronic information system used to 
track personal legal services for civil matters provided to eligible 
Coast Guard personnel and their dependents.
    6. Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command (N1-NU-06-2, 
91 items, 58 temporary items). Records relating to F-14 aircraft design 
validation, maintenance, airworthiness, engineering changes, 
modifications, quality assurance, ground support, and engines and 
equipment. Included are paper records for which digitized versions are 
proposed for permanent retention. Also included are quarterly progress 
reports, extra copies of technical reports, and records relating to 
aircraft service changes, equipment repair, inspection and calibration 
instrumentation, and engine and spare parts inventory. Proposed for 
permanent retention are recordkeeping copies of general aeronautical 
and astronautical project files, technical reports, aircraft designs 
and specifications, test data, air worthiness and suitability records, 
and master files and documentation associated with electronic 
information systems used to maintain and track aircraft inventory and 
engineering changes.
    7. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (N1-59-06-9, 2 
items, 2 temporary items). Inputs and master files associated with a 
Web-based electronic information system used by citizens to register 
their travel plans in other countries.
    8. Department of the Treasury, Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence (N1-56-06-2, 3 items, 2 temporary items). This schedule 
reduces the retention period for reference files and increases the 
retention period for document control logs, which were previously 
approved for disposal. Proposed for permanent retention are 
recordkeeping copies of finished intelligence products.
    9. Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1-
483-06-1, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Records relating to Year 2000 
computer conversion activities, including policy and planning 
documents, administrative records, system implementation records, and 
copies of congressional testimonies.
    10. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (N1-412-06-27, 3 
items, 2 temporary items). This schedule authorizes the agency to apply 
the existing disposition instructions to final deliverables, products, 
and reports, regardless of recordkeeping medium. Paper recordkeeping 
copies of final deliverables and reports for Superfund site-specific 
activities and final deliverables and reports not related to 
environmental programs were previously approved for disposal. Paper 
recordkeeping copies of final deliverables and reports for all 
environmental programs except Superfund site-specific were previously 
approved as permanent. (Copies of final deliverables and reports for 
Superfund site-specific activities are preserved in Superfund site 
files, which were previously approved as permanent.)

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    11. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Appeals Board 
(N1-412-06-28, 1 item, 1 temporary item). This schedule authorizes the 
agency to apply the existing disposition instructions to Environmental 
Appeals Board case files regardless of recordkeeping medium. Paper 
recordkeeping copies of these case files were previously approved for 
disposal.
    12. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (N1-412-06-30, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). This schedule authorizes the agency to apply 
the existing disposition instructions to waste water construction and 
state revolving fund grant files, regardless of recordkeeping medium. 
Paper recordkeeping copies of these grant files were previously 
approved for disposal.
    13. National Archives and Records Administration, Congressional 
Affairs and Communications Staff (N1-64-06-1, 5 items, 5 temporary 
items). Records relating to the agency's internal and external Web 
sites. Included are web management records such as style sheets, 
scripts, and supporting code, and content records such as textual, 
graphical, video, and audio files.
    14. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, Agency-wide (N1-
220-04-12, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Backup data for an electronic 
information system used to manage information relating to the Nahata 
Dzill' New Lands Chapter, including data on residents, property leases, 
and grazing permits. Proposed for permanent retention are the system 
master files and outputs.
    15. United States Information Agency, Motion Picture and Television 
Services (N1-306-98-2, 52 items, 5 temporary items). Budget execution 
and fund control records, purchase orders and procurement reports, and 
subject files lacking historical significance. Proposed for permanent 
retention are recordkeeping copies of subject, country, program, 
contract, film treatment, production, and specialized files.

    Dated: August 21, 2006.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
 [FR Doc. E6-14123 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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