[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1642-1644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-496]


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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

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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 
February 10, 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 
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, Food and Nutrition Service (N1-462-
10-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Case files for implementing and 
managing records hold, freezes, and destruction moratoriums.
    2. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (N1-167-09-4, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records of the 
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, including 
laboratory applications, assessment reports, testing results, 
correspondence, assessor records, and copies of assessor contracts.
    3. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (N1-370-11-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Asset 
forfeiture records maintained by the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
including forfeited property case files and an asset forfeiture 
database used in collection of penalties, fines, and proceeds of 
forfeited property.
    4. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (N1-568-09-6, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and 
associated case files of an electronic information system containing 
asset tracking information regarding firearms, scopes, batons, body 
armor, and related law enforcement equipment.
    5. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (N1-75-07-
14, 4 items, 1 temporary item). Non-archival standard scanned images in 
an electronic information system used to enroll Alaska Native tribal 
and corporation members to obtain certification. Proposed for permanent 
retention are master files and archival standard images.
    6. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary (N1-48-11-2, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files for an electronic system used 
to generate agency self-assessment and workforce demographic reports 
for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    7. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining and 
Reclamation Enforcement (N1-471-10-1, 2 items, 1 temporary item). 
Reference copies of master files of an electronic information system 
used to track permits and violations of surface coal mining. Proposed 
for permanent retention are record copies of the master files.
    8. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (DAA-57-2011-
1, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Passport and visa records, including 
passport applications, registers, and reports; copies of issued visas; 
communications between U.S. Geological Survey and the Department of 
State; and master files of an electronic information system used to 
manage passport information.
    9. Department of Justice, Justice Management Division (N1-060-10-1, 
3 items, 3 temporary items). Records relating to allocation and 
obligation of asset forfeiture funds. Records include agreements, 
invoices, reports, and other supporting documentation for the 
obligating and paying out of funds.
    10. Department of State, Bureau of International Information 
Programs (N1-59-11-2, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to 
web management training files.
    11. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the General Counsel 
(N1-15-11-1, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records relating to the 
accreditation of and fee agreements with veterans service organizations 
representing

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veterans seeking benefits as a result of military service.

    Dated: January 6, 2011.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2011-496 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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