[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22924-22925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10023]


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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 
25, 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

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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 the Interior, Office Surface Mining and 
Reclamation Enforcement (N1- 471-10-5, 2 items, 1 temporary item). 
Master files of an electronic information system used to document 
unfunded high priority coal reclamation projects. Proposed for 
permanent retention are snapshots of the master files.
    2. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
10-14, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the Domestic Emergency 
Support Team in the Critical Incident Response group, including files 
related to training, exercises, and responses to events as well as 
administrative files. Proposed for permanent retention are policy 
files.
    3. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
10-17, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of electronic 
information systems used to analyze large volumes of evidence to 
facilitate case processing. Evidence used in an investigation is filed 
in the appropriate investigation case file.
    4. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
10-19, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Records of the Foreign Emergency 
Report Team in the Critical Incident Response Group, including 
deployment files for protection at overseas meetings, events, training, 
and exercises. Proposed for permanent retention are deployment files 
related to terrorist incidents and other high-profile incidents.
    5. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
11-8, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records of the Office of 
Congressional Affairs, including calendars, reference material, routine 
constituent inquiries, and master files of an electronic information 
system used to track correspondence.
    6. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
11-9, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the Institutional Review 
Board relating to research projects undertaken within the agency, 
including research proposals, informed consent forms, and other 
administrative management records.
    7. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
11-12, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of the Critical Incident 
Response Group, including case files related to counterterrorism 
preparedness for special events.
    8. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, United States 
Bankruptcy Courts (N1-578-11-1, 11 items, 2 temporary items). Non-
electronic bankruptcy case files and adversary proceedings files not 
selected as permanent by random sampling or by historical selection 
criteria. Proposed for permanent retention are case files dated 1940 
and earlier; cases filed under the Bankruptcy Acts of 1800, 1841, and 
1867; cases files under the Bankruptcy Acts of 1898 and 1978 under 
Chapter VIII, Section 75 (Agricultural), Chapter VIII, Section 77 
(Railroad Reorganization), Chapter IX (Political Subdivisions), Chapter 
X (Corporate Reorganizations), Chapter XV (Railroad Adjustments), 
Chapter 7, Subchapters III (Stockbroker) and IV (Commodity Broker), 
Chapter 9 (Municipality), Chapter 11, Subchapter IV (Railroad 
Reorganization), case files containing orders pursuant to Chapter XIV 
of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 or Section 908 of Title IX of the 
Merchant Marine Act; Chapter 12 of the Congressional Act of 1986 
(Family Farms and Family Fishermen); historically significant cases; 
cases selected in a random sample; and adversary proceedings that go to 
trial, are historically significant, and are selected by a random 
sample.
    9. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, United States 
District Courts (N1-21-11-1, 6 items, 2 temporary items). Criminal case 
files for misdemeanors, petty offenses, non-trial cases from 1970 or 
after. Proposed for permanent retention are trial cases; cases relating 
to treason, national security, or crimes by public officials; and 
historically significant cases.
    10. Federal Maritime Commission, Agency-wide (N1-358-10-1, 2 items, 
2 temporary items). Master files of an electronic information system 
containing copies of commission issuances and public filings for public 
use. Also included is the agency website containing information about 
the agency and its programs.

    Dated: April 20, 2011.
Sharon G. Thibodeau,
Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2011-10023 Filed 4-22-11; 8:45 am]
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