[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30569-30570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11610]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-031]


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 June 16, 
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 Appraisal and Agency Assistance 
(ACRA) using one of the following means:
    Mail: NARA (ACRA); 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 Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACRA); 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-0161-2016-
0001, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records

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related to loans administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (DAA-0462-
2016-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to collect and track data relating to the 
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0007, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Records relating to requests for waivers for 
applicants who do not meet established standards for enlistment in the 
Army.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency wide (DAA-AU-2016-0018, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Records of economic data gathered during water 
management projects.
    5. Department of Defense, Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
(DAA-0507-2016-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Revision of item for 
foreign military sales case files to add collection and disbursement 
vouchers.
    6. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0016, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to policies 
and procedures for verifying location of weapons systems.
    7. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0030, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to the 
development of strategic plans including balanced scorecard and program 
review documentation.
    8. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2015-0014, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Records 
related to removal travel operations including copies of international 
deportation agreements, guidance briefings, detainee custody review 
case files, and transportation logistics materials.
    9. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0012, 3 items, 3 temporary items). 
Undeliverable and returned outgoing mail, to include submitted 
documentation and notices.
    10. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives (DAA-0436-2016-0001, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master 
files of an electronic information system used to collect and manage 
information gathered in the investigation of reported incidents of 
internal misconduct.
    11. Department of Labor, Office of Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs (DAA-0174-2013-0003, 9 items, 8 temporary 
items). Records related to congressional and intergovernmental affairs 
including correspondence and casework files, notification and 
announcement files, work files, appointment files, subject files, 
general correspondence, and related materials. Proposed for permanent 
retention are memorandum files.
    12. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used for fraud detection.
    13. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used for transaction processing and data validation.
    14. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0010, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to detect fraudulent tax return filings.
    15. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0011, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of a Web site used to 
support a taxpayer rights conference.
    16. Court Services and Offenders Supervision Agency for the 
District of Columbia, Agency-wide (DAA-0562-2014-0002, 4 items, 1 
temporary item). Internal administrative directives. Proposed for 
permanent retention are records of high-level officials, mission-
related policies and procedures, and annual reports and strategic 
plans.
    17. Court Services and Offenders Supervision Agency for the 
District of Columbia, Agency-wide (DAA-0562-2016-0001, 2 items, 2 
temporary items). Records documenting court-ordered expunction.
    18. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water (DAA-0412-
2016-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Electronic data obtained from 
injection well activity reports and managed by the Underground 
Injection Control Program Summary System.

    Dated: May 6, 2016.
Margaret Hawkins,
Director, Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2016-11610 Filed 5-16-16; 8:45 am]
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