[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44913-44914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19068]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2018-057]
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 October 4,
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 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
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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-0095-2018-0015, 1
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, policies, and project
reports related to pesticide development, use, management, and safety.
2. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0022, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Administrative policies and procedures,
correspondence, memoranda, and training records of the law enforcement
program.
3. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0029, 1
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, coordination, and
progress records related to energy program management.
4. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0030, 2
items, 2 temporary items). Correspondence, applications, and supporting
documents related to the management and tracking of grazing permit
applications.
5. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0031, 1
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence and inquiries related
to nonstructural range improvements.
6. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0033, 1
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, statistical data,
plans, and agreements related to the management of wild free-roaming
horses and burros.
7. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0038, 1
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, statistical data, and
reports related to the management of recreation sites and programs.
8. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0040, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Correspondence, inventory and monitoring
reports, and general inquiries related to trail management.
9. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0041, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Correspondence, progress reports, and
purchasing lists related to management of recycling and waste
prevention programs acquisition activities.
10. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0043,
2 items, 2 temporary items). Correspondence, market trend data, rate
and cost tables, and studies related to timber value appraisals.
11. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2018-0001, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records
of participation in alternatives to detention programs.
12. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security
Administration (DAA-0560-2017-0021, 14 items, 14 temporary items).
Occupational safety, health, and environment records.
13. Department of Justice, Criminal Division (DAA-0060-2018-0001, 3
items, 1 temporary item). Records documenting the administration of the
United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, including non-
significant administrative and operations records. Proposed for
permanent retention are background and policy files, including claims
forms and supporting case files.
14. Federal Maritime Commission, Office of the Inspector General
(DAA-0358-2017-0003, 12 items, 8 temporary items). Records relating to
routine investigations, audits and evaluations, and peer reviews.
Proposed for permanent retention are records relating to significant
audits and investigations, final policy, and reports to Congress.
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2018-19068 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am]
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