[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72114-72115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29436]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-003]


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 agencies with mandatory 
instructions for what to do with records when agencies no longer need 
them for current Government business. The instructions authorize 
agencies to preserve records of continuing value in the National 
Archives of the United States and to destroy, after a specified period, 
records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. NARA 
publishes notice in the Federal Register for records schedules in which 
agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for 
disposal or to 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: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by December 18, 
2015. Once NARA appraises the records, we will send you a copy of the 
schedule you requested. We usually prepare appraisal memoranda that 
contain additional information concerning the records covered by a 
proposed schedule. You may also request these. If you do, we will also 
provide them once we have completed the appraisal. You have 30 days 
after we send you these requested documents in which 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.
    You must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses 
after the name of the agency that submitted the schedule, and a mailing 
address. If you would like an appraisal report, please include that in 
your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, by mail at 
Records Management Services (ACNR); National Archives and Records 
Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001, by 
phone at 301-837-1799, or by email at [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. These schedules provide for timely transfer into the National 
Archives of historically valuable records and authorize 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 
otherwise specified. An item in a schedule is media-neutral when an 
agency may apply the disposition instructions to records regardless of 
the medium in which it has created or maintains the records. Items 
included in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, 
are media-neutral unless the item is specifically limited to a specific 
medium. (See 36 CFR 1225.12(e).)
    No agencies may destroy Federal records without the approval of the 
Archivist of the United States. The Archivist grants this approval only 
after thorough consideration of the records' administrative use by the 
agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private people 
directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether or not 
the records have historical or other value.
    In addition to identifying the Federal agencies and any 
subdivisions

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requesting disposition authority, lists the organizational unit(s) 
accumulating the records or lists that the schedule has agency-wide 
applicability (in the case of schedules that cover records that may be 
accumulated throughout an agency); 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); and 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 also includes information about the 
records. You may request additional information about the disposition 
process at the addresses above.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2015-
0003, 2 items, 1 temporary item). County reports on foreign investment 
in U.S. farmland. Proposed for permanent retention are the central 
office reports.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2015-
0019, 7 items, 1 temporary item). Copies of aerial photographs of 
domestic farmland. Proposed for permanent retention are records related 
to aerial photography of domestic farmland, including original negative 
film, indexes, digital images, and film reports.
    3. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (DAA-0079-
2016-0001, 18 items, 4 temporary items). Records of the Valles Caldera 
National Trust, including routine and uncaptioned photographs, records 
on geothermal wells, and Web site content and management records. 
Proposed for permanent retention are organizational history files, 
board of trustees records, annual and other reports, executive director 
files, newsletters and news releases, still photographs, records 
relating to public meetings, publications, land use records, 
cartographic records, and blueprints.
    4. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DAA-0059-
2015-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records include copies of 
memorandums, internal instructions, and briefing materials.
    5. Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau 
(DAA-0173-2016-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records include 
applications for equipment certification and registration.
    6. Office of Personnel Management, Agency-wide (DAA-0478-2015-0003, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to insider threat program 
inquiry case files including complaints, investigations, and reports.
    7. Peace Corps, Office of Strategic Partnerships (DAA-0490-2014-
0003, 4 items, 2 temporary items). Records include routine 
administrative files and working papers. Proposed for permanent 
retention are partnership agreements and annual progress reports.
    8. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporation 
Finance (DAA-0266-2016-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related 
to the submission and processing of requests by businesses for 
confidential handling of certain proprietary business or financial 
information.
    9. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Chair (DAA-
0266-2014-0011, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Copies of the Chair's 
correspondence. Proposed for permanent retention are records of the 
Chair including correspondence, subject files, itineraries, briefing 
books, speeches, and documentation of the strategies, decisions, and 
actions of the Chair.
    10. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the General 
Counsel (DAA-0266-2015-0004, 6 items, 3 temporary items). Records 
include legal opinions, working files, and records of routine cases. 
Proposed for permanent retention are legal opinions provided to the 
Chair or the Commissioners, records of major cases, and records of 
Commission participation in reorganization proceedings under the 
Bankruptcy Act.

    Dated: November 4, 2015.
Laurence Brewer,
Director, National Records Management Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-29436 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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