[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45979-45980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19734]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2018-060]


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 11, 
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 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

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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, Foreign Agricultural Service (DAA-
0166-2018-0049, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records in support of the 
Market Access and the Foreign Market Development programs to include 
program agreements, program amendments, approval letters, compliance 
correspondence, reimbursement claims, evaluations, performance reports, 
and financial reports.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (DAA-
0166-2018-0050, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records in support of the 
Office of Trade programs to include program agreements, program 
amendments, approval letters, compliance correspondence, reimbursement 
claims, evaluations, performance reports, and financial reports.
    3. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (DAA-
0166-2018-0051, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records in support of the 
Section 108 Foreign Currency programs to include program agreements, 
program amendments, approval letters, compliance correspondence, 
reimbursement claims, evaluations, performance reports, and financial 
reports.
    4. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0044, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Forms related to financial batch control and 
transmittal application, as well as tracking activities.
    5. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0045, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, proposals, policy, and 
procedures related to commercial timber sales.
    6. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0047, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, policy, procedures, 
and accountability reports related to timber designation, cruising, and 
scaling.
    7. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0048, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). General correspondence, budget reports, plans, 
reviews, and approvals related to standards used in systems management.
    8. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2018-0049, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Policies, procedures, correspondence, and the 
development of forms used in timber sale contracts and permits.
    9. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (DAA-
0138-2018-0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to the 
oversight of natural gas pipeline providers regarding the prevention of 
unfair business practices including orders, motions, comments, general 
correspondence, and associated documents.
    10. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(DAA-0138-2018-0008, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to 
oversight of trade and shipping of natural gas including orders, 
motions, comments, general correspondence, fee collection, and 
associated documents.
    11. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and 
Services Administration (DAA-0512-2017-0002, 7 items, 6 temporary 
items). System records of the National Practitioner Data Bank that 
include query transactions, case files, and registration forms. 
Proposed for permanent retention are malpractice records and Drug 
Enforcement Administration reports that include information on adverse 
actions.
    12. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of 
Health (DAA-0443-2018-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Administrative 
support records for clinical care environments that include food 
service and transportation documents, employee absence and tardiness 
files, and volunteer service records.
    13. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection (DAA-0568-2018-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Non-
evidentiary border area audio and video footage, and associated 
metadata.
    14. Department of the Interior, Department-wide (DAA-0048-2015-
0003, 23 items, 18 temporary items). Natural resource planning and 
development case files containing operational mission records related 
to fish and wildlife species management; critical habitat designations; 
assessment reports; surveys; Federal onshore and offshore production 
audits and inspections; energy lease applications and issued leases; 
energy resource analysis and evaluations; land use planning and 
activities; permits; land title, operations, and realty records; wild 
horse and burro adoptions; reciprocal use and license agreements; land 
status; water analysis and water use permitting; non-historic water and 
power projects and facility records; and water project, engineering, 
and water quality records. Proposed for permanent retention are final 
studies and reports related to mission programs and activities such as 
the Endangered Species Act and Fish and Wildlife Act management and 
planning files; energy and mineral final financial reports and 
summaries; mineral lease case history files; land use management plans 
and reports requiring agency authorization; historic water and power 
projects; and water resources and delivery records.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2018-19734 Filed 9-10-18; 8:45 am]
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