[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36425-36426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12890]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2020-048]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We have submitted to OMB for approval our request to continue
to use the information collections described in this notice, consisting
of National Archives Trust Fund (NATF) order forms for genealogical
research in the National Archives. The NATF forms included in this
information collection are: NATF 84, National Archives Order for Copies
of Land Entry Files; NATF 85, National Archives Order for Copies of
Pension or Bounty Land Warrant Applications; and NATF 86, National
Archives Order for Copies of Military Service Records. We invite you to
comment on the proposed extensions.
DATES: OMB must receive written comments on or before July 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collections to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain by July
16, 2020. Find these particular information collections by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Tamee Fechhelm, Paperwork
Reduction Act Officer, by email at [email protected] or by
telephone at 301.837.1694 with requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information collection and supporting statement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we invite the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed information collections. We published a
notice of proposed collection for these information collections on
April 8, 2020 (85 FR 19778) and we received no comments. We have
therefore submitted the described information collections to OMB for
approval.
You should address one or more of the following points in any
comments or suggestions you submit: (a) Whether the proposed
information collections are necessary for NARA to properly perform its
functions; (b) our estimates of the burden of the proposed information
collections and their accuracy; (c) ways we could enhance the quality,
utility,
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and clarity of the information we collect; (d) ways we could minimize
the burden on respondents of collecting the information, including
through information technology; and (e) whether these collections
affect small businesses. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
In this notice, we solicit comments concerning the following
information collections:
Collection 1
1. Title: Request To Use Personal Paper-to-Paper Copiers at the
National Archives at the College Park Facility.
OMB number: 3095-0035.
Agency form number: None.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated number of respondents: 5.
Estimated time per response: 3 hours.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 15 hours.
Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR
1254.86. Respondents are organizations that want to make paper-to-paper
copies of archival holdings with their personal copiers. NARA uses the
information to determine whether the request meets the criteria in 36
CFR 1254.86 and to schedule the limited space available.
Collections 2 and 3
The following two information collections relate to requests for
documents or information from former military personnel and medical
records, military personnel and family medical records, or personnel
and medical records of former Federal civilian employees. Both of these
information collections are prescribed by 36 CFR 1228.164. In
accordance with rules issued by the Office of Personnel Management,
NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) administers Official
Personnel Folders (OPF) and Employee Medical Folders (EMF) of former
Federal civilian employees. In addition, in accordance with rules
issued by the Department of Defense and the Department of
Transportation (U.S. Coast Guard), NPRC also administers military
personnel and medical records of veterans after discharge, retirement,
and death, as well as the medical records of current members of the
Armed Forces and dependents of Armed Forces personnel. When veterans,
dependents, and other authorized individuals request information from
or copies of documents in military personnel, military medical, and
dependent medical records, they must provide on forms or in letters
certain information about the veteran and the nature of the request.
2. Title: Court Order Requirements.
OMB number: 3095-0038.
Agency form number: NA Form 13027.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Veterans and former Federal civilian employees,
their authorized representatives, state and local governments, and
businesses.
Estimated number of respondents: 5,000.
Estimated time per response: 15 minutes.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,250 hours.
Abstract: We use the NA Form 13027, Court Order Requirements, to
advise requesters of (1) the correct procedures to follow when
requesting certified copies of records for use in civil litigation or
criminal actions in courts of law, and (2) the information they need to
provide so we may identify the correct records.
3. Title: Authorization for Release of Military Medical Patient
Records; Request for Information Needed to Locate Medical Records;
Request for Information Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data;
Questionnaire about Military Service; and Check the Status of a
Clinical & Medical Treatment Records Request.
OMB number: 3095-0039.
Agency form number: NA Forms 13036, 13042, 13055, 13075, and 13177.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state
and local governments, and businesses.
Estimated number of respondents: 79,800.
Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to
request information from military personnel, military medical, or
dependent medical records).
Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,650 hours.
Abstract: A major fire at the NPRC on July 12, 1973, destroyed
numerous military records. If individuals' requests involve records or
information from records that may have been lost in the fire, we may
ask requestors to complete NA Form 13075, Questionnaire about Military
Service, or NA Form 13055, Request for Information Needed to
Reconstruct Medical Data, so that NPRC staff can search alternative
sources to reconstruct the requested information. Requesters who ask
for medical records of dependents of service personnel and
hospitalization records of military personnel must complete NA Form
13042, Request for Information Needed to Locate Medical Records, so
that NPRC staff can locate the desired records. Certain types of
information contained in military personnel and medical records are
restricted from disclosure unless the veteran provides a more specific
release authorization than is normally required. Veterans must complete
NA Form 13036, Authorization for Release of Military Medical Patient
Records, to authorize release to a third party of a restricted type of
information found in the desired record. For those who have already
made a request, and want to check the status, they can use NA Form
13177, Check the Status of a Clinical & Medical Treatment Records
Request.
Swarnali Haldar,
Executive for Information Services/CIO.
[FR Doc. 2020-12890 Filed 6-15-20; 8:45 am]
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