[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56273-56275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25628]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2018-006]


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

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schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory 
instructions on what happens to records when agencies no longer need 
them for current Government business. The records schedules 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 they no longer need to conduct 
agency business. NARA invites public comments on such records 
schedules.

DATES: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by December 28, 
2017. Once NARA finishes appraising 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 to 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: NARA publishes notice in the Federal 
Register for records schedules they no longer need to conduct agency 
business. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
    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 records retention 
periods and submit these schedules for NARA's approval. These schedules 
provide for timely transfer into the National Archives of historically 
valuable records and authorize the agency to dispose 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 creates or maintains the records. Items included 
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media 
neutral unless the item is expressly limited to a specific medium. (See 
36 CFR 1225.12(e).)
    Agencies may not destroy Federal records without Archivist of the 
United States' approval. The Archivist approves destruction only after 
thoroughly considering 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, this notice lists the 
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records (or notes that the 
schedule has agency-wide applicability when schedules 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, Rural Development (DAA-0572-2017-
0005, 13 items, 13 temporary items). Records documenting the Water and 
Environmental Loan programs, including routine correspondence at both 
the national and state level, and loan and borrower information. Also 
included is information on rural community loans used for wastewater 
management assistance.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0053, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains records related to cases of absence without leave.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0055, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains records related to soldier and family fitness.
    4. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy (DAA-0434-2017-
0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records regarding applications for 
approval to import or export natural gas.
    5. Department of Justice, Criminal Division (DAA-0060-2017-0030, 3 
items, 2 temporary items). Project-related administrative records and 
training materials of the International Criminal Investigative Training 
Assistance Program. Proposed for permanent retention are records 
related to training projects in various countries.
    6. Department of Justice, Criminal Division (DAA-0060-2017-0033, 3 
items, 2 temporary items). Project-related administrative records and 
training materials of the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance and Training. Proposed for permanent retention are records 
related to training projects in various countries.
    7. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0019, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Information returns submitted by 
companies and businesses reporting on employees' health insurance 
coverage and associated filing data.
    8. Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau 
(DAA-0173-2017-0001, 8 items, 8 temporary items). Records related to 
the management and oversight of the Universal Service Program 
administered by the Universal Service Administration Company (USAC). 
Includes applications, forms, audits, correspondence, and appeals made 
directly to USAC by consumers and telecommunications carriers.
    9. National Science Foundation, Office of the General Counsel (DAA-
0307-2017-0001, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Administrative records 
relating to routine litigation. Included are legal advice files, 
tracking logs, and copies of subpoenas served to an NSF office or 
facility.

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    10. Securities and Exchange Commission, Agency-wide (DAA-0266-2018-
0001, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records documenting delegations of 
authority.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-25628 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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