[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 201 (Thursday, October 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59113-59115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20524]


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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

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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 
November 19, 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, 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 Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate (N1-563-07-8, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Inputs 
and master files of an electronic information system which contains 
information about participants who are authorized to use a critical 
data communications system. This schedule authorizes the agency to 
apply the proposed disposition instructions to any recordkeeping 
medium, except for master files.
    2. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate (N1-563-07-12, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master 
files for an electronic information system which contains information 
about participants who are authorized to use special telecommunications 
services when conventional communication services are ineffective or 
unavailable.
    3. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Operations 
Coordination (N1-563-07-14, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files 
and outputs for an electronic information system which prepares and 
maintains a roster of personnel needed to ensure a minimum level of 
organizational performance. The schedule authorizes the agency to apply 
the proposed disposition instructions to any recordkeeping medium, 
except for master files.
    4. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Operations 
Coordination (N1-563-07-15, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files for 
an electronic information system which tracks disruptive and 
threatening callers.
    5. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard (N1-26-07-9, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Records documenting long-term medical, 
physical, psychological, mental or educational disability of all Coast 
Guard personnel's dependents. This schedule authorizes the agency to 
apply the proposed disposition instructions to any recordkeeping 
medium.
    6. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary (N1 48-07-2, 
6 items, 5 temporary items). Records of the Office of the Solicitor, 
including litigation files, legal advice files, working papers, finding 
aids, and reference materials. Proposed for permanent retention are 
recordkeeping copies of legal opinions.
    7. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
07-18, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to administrative 
standard operating procedures and instructions. This schedule 
authorizes the agency to apply the proposed disposition instructions to 
any recordkeeping medium.
    8. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-07-
11, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Regional, district, and headquarters 
criminal investigative case files and index.
    9. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (N1-412-07-71, 31 items, 20 temporary items). This schedule 
authorizes the agency to apply the existing disposition instructions to 
records regardless of recordkeeping medium. The record series include 
water supply laboratory certification program files, employee exposure 
to ionizing radiation files. laboratory activity report files, case 
files related to basic, exploratory research, instrument and project 
logbooks, project status reports, non-decisional reference and 
background files, submissions from the public, work papers, and 
administrative correspondence files. Paper recordkeeping copies of 
these files were previously approved for disposal. Also included are 
record copies of program files from the environmental process and 
effects research program, environmental engineering and technology 
program, health research program, health and environmental assessment 
program, and

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health, risk and exposure assessment program, as well as integrated 
risk information system decision files, source dats files relating to 
radiological research projects, and research project files related to 
rulemaking, for which paper recordkeeping copies previously were 
approved as permanent.
    10. Foreign Economic Administration, USSR Branch (N1-169-07-1, 7 
items, 4 temporary items). Microfilm copies of requisitions, 
requisition cards, ships manifests, and worksheets and statistical 
lists on shipments. Proposed for permanent retention are microfilm 
copies of three series of subject files.
    11. National Ocenic and Atmospheric Administration, National 
Weather Service (N1-370-07-6, 1 items, 1 temporary item). Magnetic 
tapes, 1970-71, that are unreadable because of age, absence of 
documentation, and lack of appropriate hardware, and which cover 
meteorological observations taken by aircraft serving the National 
Hurrican Research Laboratory.

    Dated: October 11, 2007.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. E7-20524 Filed 10-17-07; 8:45 am]
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