[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30460-30462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13884]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2018-048]


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 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 July 30, 
2018. 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

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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, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0001, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence relating to 
notification and review of rules, laws, regulations, and orders.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0002, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Background and guidance records related to the 
management of the Directives Program.
    3. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0004, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Administrative reports, reviews, and 
evaluations of the State and Private Forestry Program.
    4. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0005, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Developmental proposals, surveys, requests, 
and background evaluations related to organizational changes.
    5. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0068, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Administrative documents providing guidance on 
engineering operations, such as the creation of signs, posters, and 
driver operator guides.
    6. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0070, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Administrative training records for personnel 
assigned to construction projects, including training requirement 
documents, test data, and correspondence.
    7. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0101, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). General administrative records pertaining to 
the Forest Service Survey Program. Included are remonumentation and 
land records, such as correspondence, statistical documents, and annual 
survey activity reports.
    8. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0102, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Administrative records pertaining to the 
Forest Service Sign and Poster Program. Included are guidance and 
planning records, such as correspondence, guidelines, and sign plans.
    9. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0103, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). General records pertaining to construction and 
design projects, including geotechnical and materials-engineering 
records documenting the development and testing of construction and 
design materials.
    10. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0104, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Authorization and monitoring records related 
to aerial adventure course permit holders and records pertaining to 
Forest Service safety standards and technical requirements, including 
case files, documentation of actions taken, and permit holder's 
compliance records.
    11. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0105, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). General administrative records of the Forest 
Service Public Health and Pollution Control Facilities, including 
records regarding the administration of pollution abatement, as well as 
sewage, solid waste, and water supply systems on Forest Service lands.
    12. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0107, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). General administrative records of the Forest 
Service Dam Management System. Included are correspondence records 
regarding the administration of dam management systems, dam 
inventories, and dam operation and maintenance.
    13. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0109, 
2 items, 2 temporary items). General administrative records related to 
travel planning for transportation systems. Included are analysis and 
development records relating to transportation and travel projects, 
case studies, correspondence, and planning documents.
    14. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2017-0015, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system for evaluating weapons hazards through 
the use of models and scenarios.
    15. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2017-0016, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system for tracking and managing weapons 
systems.
    16. Department of Defense, National Security Agency (DAA-0457-2017-
0005, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records of the Civil Liberties, 
Privacy and Transparency Office, including complaints and 
correspondence files.
    17. Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service 
(DAA-0087-2018-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Chaplain counseling 
case files.
    18. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DAA-
0170-2017-0001, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records related to 
communications operations, including the agency command center, 
equipment, infrastructure, service, and security.
    19. Department of State, Office of the Secretary (DAA-0059-2018-
0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Working case files for the Office of 
the Ombudsman. Proposed for permanent retention are records relating to 
policy, organization, and mission of the program.
    20. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Trading and 
Markets (DAA-0266-2018-0005, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records 
relating to legal advisory services rendered internally to offices and 
divisions.
    21. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Trading and 
Markets (DAA-0266-2018-0006, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records 
relating to research, analysis, and

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monitoring of financial market trends, events, and participants.
    22. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Inspector General 
(DAA-0266-2018-0002, 11 items, 7 temporary items). Records relating to 
the actions and activities of the office. Included are routine 
investigative case files, complaints and inquiries that do not result 
in the creation of a formal investigative case, and background material 
related to audit cases. Proposed for permanent retention are 
significant investigative and litigation case files, internal program 
and organizational audits, and reports to Congress.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2018-13884 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]
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