[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80851-80853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32314]


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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 
January 24, 2011. 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

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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.
    The schedules listed in this notice are media neutral unless 
specified otherwise. An item in a schedule is media neutral when the 
disposition instructions may be applied to records regardless of the 
medium in which the records are created and maintained. Items included 
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media 
neutral unless the item is limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR 
1225.12(e).)
    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, Agricultural Research Service (N1-
310-11-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of electronic 
information systems containing information related to agricultural 
research projects of the mid-Atlantic area, including an integrated 
farm system model, a dairy greenhouse gas model, and a system that 
tracks germplasm collections.
    2. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (N1-167-09-3, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the 
Technology Innovation Program, including project narratives, drawings, 
correspondence, budget information, project impact reviews, periodic 
reports, and project assessments.
    3. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (N1-
138-10-4, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Records related to power 
transmission providers and utilities, including correspondence, tax 
information, administrative reports, management planning, and 
delegations of authority.
    4. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (N1-201-
10-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to track property, assets, and related work 
orders for maintenance, labor and materials, parts, and other related 
information.
    5. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (N1-440-09-3, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files 
of an electronic information system used to monitor and improve 
utilization and quality of care for Medicare and Medicaid 
beneficiaries.
    6. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (N1-440-10-5, 10 items, 8 temporary items). Records 
of the senior leadership, including calendars, telephone logs, meeting 
requests, speech files, conference and public hearing files, briefing 
books and routine correspondence. Proposed for permanent retention are 
decision documents, final reports, and substantive correspondence.
    7. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (N1-567-11-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system containing information on a backlog of 
unresolved immigration surety bonds to facilitate discharging or 
collecting the bonds.
    8. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (N1-22-08-
1, 4 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to track and present photographs, videos, and 
other electronic records documenting fish and wildlife activities.
    9. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (N1-60-09-32, 2 
items, 1 temporary item). Inputs of an electronic information system 
used for voting redistricting activities. Proposed for permanent 
retention are the master files containing census and geographic 
information system data used to map proposed changes to voting 
districts for analysis under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
    10. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
10-30, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Inputs and master files of an 
electronic information system used to track police training given to 
state and local law enforcement officers.
    11. Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center (N1-
523-10-01, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Public Web site content 
describing the mission and activities of the National Drug Intelligence 
center, including materials derived from primary intelligence products.
    12. Department of Justice, U.S. Trustee Program (N1-60-09-73, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information 
system used to track appointments of bankruptcy trustees and general 
case identification.
    13. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs 
(N1-59-10-10, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records of the Office of 
Public Affairs (EAP/P), including press guidance files, speaker 
biographies, public remarks by EAP officials, and Voice of America 
editorials submitted to EAP/P for comment.
    14. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(N1-406-09-23, 21 items, 21 temporary items). Records of the Federal 
Aid Division, including highway bridge and tunnel correspondence, 
designs and plans, geotechnical and hydraulic files, testing of 
materials, policies and procedures, program files, records of 
inspections, construction cost files, coordination records, and bridge 
and tunnel failure records maintained by the field offices.
    15. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(N1-406-09-22, 10 items, 10 temporary

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items). Records of the Federal Aid Research and Technology program, 
including planning research files, asphalt and pavement research files, 
statewide contract files, delineation files, recycling and reuse 
records, transportation pooled fund studies, and local technical 
assistance program records.
    16. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-10-
14, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Template forms used by taxpayers to 
update changes related to their filed credit card information.
    17. Social Security Administration, Agency-wide (N1-47-10-2, 5 
items, 5 temporary items). Content and management records associated 
with the agency's internal and external Web sites.

    Dated: December 17, 2010.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2010-32314 Filed 12-22-10; 8:45 am]
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