[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17940-17942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6697]


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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 May 
10, 2007 (Note that the new time period for requesting copies has 
changed from 45 to 30 days after publication). 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,

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too, may be requested and will be provided once the appraisal is 
completed. Requesters will be given 30 days to submit comments.

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 (Note that the new time period for requesting 
copies has changed from 45 to 30 days after publication):
    1. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (N1-572-06-1, 3 
items, 3 temporary items). Inputs, outputs, and documentation relating 
to an electronic system that manages and oversees loans, grants, and 
rental subsidies for a multi-family housing program for the low-income, 
elderly, or disabled rural population.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-07-11, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Records relating to training media files accumulated 
at divisions, installations, and lower level echelon activities. 
Included are training schedules, programs, lesson plans, memorandums, 
directives, and similar information. This schedule authorizes the 
agency to apply the proposed disposition instructions to any 
recordkeeping medium.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-07-12, 3 items, 3 
temporary items). Records relating to Army storage and supply activity 
operations. Included are supply item references and warehouse and open 
storage space planning files to include control sheets, location 
sheets, layout plans, diagrams, and cross reference aids. This schedule 
authorizes the agency to apply the proposed disposition instructions to 
any recordkeeping medium.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-07-13, 2 items, 2 
temporary items). Records relating to Corps of Engineers Civil Works 
projects evaluations and reviews. Included are summaries of board 
actions, statements of decisions, monthly status reports on preliminary 
examinations, survey reports, and work plans. This schedule authorizes 
the agency to apply the proposed disposition instructions to any 
recordkeeping medium.
    5. Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (N1-
371-02-7, 24 items, 20 temporary items). Records accumulated by the Ada 
Joint Programming Office related to the development of Ada, DOD's first 
embedded computer programming language. Included are agency reports, 
software development files, educational and training materials, and 
correspondence related to the language's development. Proposed for 
permanent retention are standardization/language control files, agency 
publications and reports, and memoranda of agreements and understanding 
with foreign governments.
    6. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service (N1-446-06-1, 6 
items, 5 temporary items). Security training and education records 
relating to program management, registration requirements, and copies 
of curriculum development master copies. Included are correspondence 
files; requirement reviews; evaluation reports; financial transaction 
records; memoranda agreements; and records relating to a participant's 
profile, including enrollment, training, course, and special access 
histories. Proposed for permanent retention are master copies of course 
content, including curriculum requirements, presentations, and 
examinations.
    7. Department of Defense, Joint Staff (N1-218-06-1, 4 items, 4 
temporary items). Records tracking and controlling top secret 
classified documents. Included are such records as receipts, 
unclassified electronic data, reports and annual snapshots.
    8. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard (N1-26-07-1, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Case files accumulated by coordinators within 
the Family Support Program who counsel Coast Guard members and their 
families. This schedule authorizes the agency to apply the proposed 
disposition instructions to any recordkeeping medium.
    9. Department of Homeland Security, U S. Coast Guard (N1-26-07-2, 4 
items, 4 temporary items). Records maintained by Office of Boat Forces 
relating to equipment maintenance procedures and personal protective 
clothing issued to and returned by members.
    10. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Agency-wide (N1-
207-06-5, 15 items, 6 temporary items). Routine still photographs and 
video recordings and associated finding aids in analog or digital 
format. Proposed for permanent retention are digital and analog 
photographs and video

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recordings of core mission related activities and principal figures of 
the Department and associated finding aids.
    11. Environmental Protection Agency, (N1-412-07-4, 3 items, 3 
temporary items). This schedule authorizes the agency to apply the 
existing disposition instructions to several record series regardless 
of recordkeeping medium. The records include National Contingency Plan 
product files, spill prevention control and countermeasure facility 
plans, and oil removal contingency plans. Paper recordkeeping copies of 
these files were previously approved for disposal.
    12. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (N1-412-07-6, 2 
items, 1 temporary item). This schedule authorizes the agency to apply 
the existing disposition instructions to record series regardless of 
recordkeeping medium. The records include Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act permit files for hazardous waste generators, transporters 
and treatment, storage and disposal facilities, as well as facilities 
that comply with regulations without following the usual permitting 
process. Paper recordkeeping copies of these files were previously 
approved for disposal. Also included are Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act hazardous waste land disposal permit files, for which 
paper recordkeeping copies previously were approved as permanent.

    Dated: April 4, 2007.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. E7-6697 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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