[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48722-48724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19287]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2013-036]


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

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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 
September 9, 2013. 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 Records Management Services (ACNR) using one 
of the following means:
    Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
    Email: [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: Margaret Hawkins, Director, Records 
Management Services (ACNR), National Archives and Records 
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 
Telephone: 301-837-1799. Email: [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 Commerce, Bureau of the Census (DAA-0029-2013-
0006, 30 items, 25 temporary items). Records of the Company Statistics 
Division such as economic census and sample survey questionnaires, 
economic census suggestion files, congressional and respondent 
correspondence, rejected survey and project files, operations files, 
data tabulations, and other system processing records such as 
employment data summaries. Proposed for permanent retention are 
economic census planning and management files, approved survey and 
project files, survey procedures memorandums, and monthly reports 
prepared and retained at the Division level.
    2. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DAA-0361-2013-
0006, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to the application, 
implementation, and certification of social media platforms.
    3. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DAA-0361-2013-
0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to the disposition of 
computers.
    4. Department of Defense, National Security Agency (N1-457-13-2, 3 
items, 3 temporary items). Records related to agency-wide succession 
management planning programs, including personnel-related records, 
general correspondence, and other documentation used to support this 
planning.
    5. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary 
(DAA-0468-2013-0005, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Plans, internal 
correspondence, summaries, guidance, site visit reports, drafts, and 
background materials that document the public health and medical 
recovery coordination cycle for small-scale disasters. Proposed for 
permanent retention are case files of historically significant natural 
and man-made disaster public health and medical recovery coordination 
plans, correspondence, activation summaries, and reports.
    6. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary 
(DAA-0468-2013-0006, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Veterinary health 
records, logs, certificates, inspection reports, and summary reports 
that document veterinary disaster response for small-scale disasters. 
Proposed for permanent retention are historically significant natural 
and man-made veterinary disaster response situational reports.
    7. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary 
(DAA-0468-2013-0007, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Background materials, 
working files, ad hoc reports, and internal briefing materials 
documenting the Department's implementation of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act. Proposed for permanent retention are preliminary 
and final implementation plans and reports.
    8. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement (N1-473-12-3, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Records 
documenting the analysis and evaluation of Outer Continental Shelf 
resources including conservation management records, geophysical and 
geological data management, and information management support records.
    9. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement (N1-473-12-4, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Records 
documenting energy and mineral leasing activities

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including lease adjudication, royalty relief, lease bonds, suspensions 
of operation, technical studies, and information management and 
publication support records.
    10. Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States 
Attorneys (N1-118-10-6, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Non-case file 
records created by or for each United States Attorney within the 94 
judicial districts, including discretionary local operating procedures 
for routine administrative functions. Proposed for permanent retention 
are all United States Attorneys' subject, project, and correspondence 
files, official calendars, briefing books, local operating policies, 
organizational charts, and district-specific office directives.
    11. Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States 
Attorneys (N1-118-10-7, 6 items, 5 temporary items). All case files, 
matters, and records created within the 94 judicial districts which do 
not meet the criteria for permanent retention, including outstanding 
fugitive warrants, uncollected civil claims, certain criminal and civil 
categories, and certain magistrate and district court cases. Proposed 
for permanent retention are all cases that went to trial, involve life 
or death sentences, or match certain other categories.
    12. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (DAA-0412-2013-
0008, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of activities relating to 
management and oversight of grants and other program support 
agreements.
    13. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (DAA-0412-2013-
0014, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records of activities related to 
management and oversight of the acquisition of goods and services.

    Dated: August 1, 2013.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2013-19287 Filed 8-8-13; 8:45 am]
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