[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21402-21404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08251]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-026]


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

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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 May 11, 
2016. 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).)
    Agencies may not 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 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-0161-2015-
0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Commodity Credit Corporation records 
consisting of master files of an electronic information system used to 
support the price support commodity loans and assistance program.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Office of the General Counsel (DAA-
0016-2016-0001, 4 items, 2 temporary items). Routine litigation case 
files and legal matters files. Proposed for permanent retention are 
significant files.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0025, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Records relating to chemical and biological product 
reliability including inspection and testing reports.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0026, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains logistics data on Army supplies and equipment.
    5. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0008, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Copies of documents 
generated as part of a government-wide search for records relating to 
human research experiments.
    6. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0031, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to the 
distribution of controlled materials including requirements, allocation 
decisions and requests, allotments, return of controlled materials, and 
associated records.
    7. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0034, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records regarding quality 
control of manufactured products including inspection sheets, re-work 
reports, frequency distribution reports, and related materials.
    8. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0039, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to the 
preparation, approval, revision, and cancellation of standards.
    9. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0042, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to warehouse 
management including purchase, shipping, tracking, and delivery 
documents.
    10. Department of Defense, National Security Agency (DAA-0457-2016-
0002, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the Ombudsman program, 
including case files and statistical reports.
    11. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2016-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to emergency health care services including enrollment 
and provider records, claims, and reports.
    12. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection (DAA-0568-2015-0005, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records 
related to managing laboratory samples and controlled substances, 
including testing and reviewing procedures, equipment, and staff 
credentials.
    13. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-NU-2015-0002, 18 
items, 13 temporary items). Records related to telecommunications and 
information technology including program planning and management, data 
standardization, general correspondence, routine communications 
traffic, and related

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materials. Proposed for permanent retention are records on policy, 
communications centers, equipment planning, information loss, and the 
Extremely Low Frequency Program.
    14. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2015-0002, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to manage fire protection and emergency service 
programs on Marine installations, including personnel records, training 
records, equipment inventories, and inspection reports.
    15. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2015-0013, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to manage and analyze collected electronic 
imagery of terrain for commands in the field.
    16. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2015-0014, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to identify individuals who may pose a threat 
to Marine commands in the field.
    17. Department of State, Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation (DAA-0059-2014-0026, 4 items, 3 temporary items). 
Records of the Office of Export Control Cooperation including routine 
administrative and program files, research materials, working files, 
and training files. Proposed for permanent retention are files relating 
to conferences sponsored by the office.
    18. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (DAA-0412-2013-
0019, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records documenting activities of 
senior agency officials to include routine program management and 
project files. Proposed for permanent retention are substantive senior 
agency official records including speeches, presentations, 
congressional and expert testimony, correspondence, and meeting files.

    Dated: April 5, 2016.
Laurence Brewer,
Director, Records Management Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-08251 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 am]
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