[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51974-51975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21172]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

32 CFR Part 887

[Docket ID: USAF-2019-HQ-0004]
RIN 0701-AA90


Issuing of Certificates in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Certificates 
of Separation

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule removes the Department of the Air Force's 
regulation regarding the process for replacing lost or destroyed 
separation documentation. Since the publication of this rule, the 
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has assumed control 
of the records concerned and the document release process. The content 
of this part is now addressed in a NARA regulation. Therefore, this 
part is unnecessary and may be removed from the CFR.

DATES: This rule is effective on October 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maj Amanda J. Pelkowski, 318-484-6294.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule removes 32 CFR part 887, 
``Issuing of Certificates in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Certificates of 
Separation,'' which was codified on January 14, 1988 (53 FR 876), and 
never updated. It has been determined that publication of this

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CFR part removal for public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and 
contrary to public interest since it is based on removing content which 
is covered in the NARA regulation at 36 CFR part 1233, ``Transfer, Use, 
and Disposition of Records in a NARA Federal Records Center,'' codified 
on October 2, 2009 (74 FR 51014), and most recently updated on March 
30, 2018 (83 FR 13655). Part 1233 outlines the requirement to fill out 
a Standard Form 180, ``Request Pertaining to Military Records.'' NARA's 
regulation also directs military veterans and their next of kin to its 
website, which outlines procedures for requesting copies of military 
records held by the Services as well as NARA (Source: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs).
    To the extent that internal Air Force procedures concerning 
military records are necessary, it will continue to be published in Air 
Force Instruction 36-2608, ``Military Personnel Records System,'' which 
was updated on October 26, 2015, and is available at http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a1/publication/afi36-2608/afi36-2608.pdf.
    This rule is not significant under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, 
``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' Therefore, E.O. 13771, ``Reducing 
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,'' does not apply.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 887

    Archives and records, Military personnel.

PART 887--[REMOVED]

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Accordingly, by the authority of 5 U.S.C. 301, 32 CFR part 887 is 
removed.

Adriane Paris,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-21172 Filed 9-30-19; 8:45 am]
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