[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54491-54492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21472]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2013-043]
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 no longer needed for current Government
business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing
value in the National Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published
for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not
previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of
records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments
on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before
October 4, 2013. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare appraisal
memorandums that contain additional information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. These, too, may be requested and will
be provided once the appraisal is completed. Requesters will be given
30 days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in
this notice by contacting Records Management Services (ACNR) using one
of the following means:
Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Email: [email protected].
FAX: 301-837-3698.
Requesters must cite the control number, which appears in
parentheses after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule,
and must provide a mailing address. Those who desire appraisal reports
should so indicate in their request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, Records
Management Services (ACNR), National Archives and Records
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Telephone: 301-837-1799. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA's
approval. These schedules provide for the timely transfer into the
National Archives of historically valuable records and authorize the
disposal 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
specified otherwise. An item in a schedule is media neutral when the
disposition instructions may be applied to records regardless of the
medium in which the records are created and maintained. Items included
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media
neutral unless the item is limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR
1225.12(e).)
No Federal records are authorized for destruction without the
approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is
granted only after a thorough consideration of their administrative use
by the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private
persons directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether
or not they have historical or other value.
Besides identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions
requesting disposition authority, this public notice lists the
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or indicates agency-
wide applicability in the case of schedules that cover records that may
be accumulated throughout an agency. This notice 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). It also 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 too
includes information about the records. Further information about the
disposition process is available on request.
Schedules Pending
1. Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency (DAA-0506-2013-
0001, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Correspondence, permits, surveys,
and other records relating to administration of supplemental nutrition
assistance programs at commissaries.
2. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2012-0013, 2 items, 1 temporary item).
Master files of an electronic information system used to support
studies pertaining to chronic medical conditions. Proposed for
permanent retention are public use versions of the files.
3. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2012-0014, 1 item, 1 temporary item).
Master files of an electronic information system used to demonstrate
payment processing for accountable care organizations.
4. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor (DAA-0174-2013-
0006, 9 items, 7 temporary items). Records include litigation case
files, advice and opinion files, rulemaking records, correspondence,
working files, and tracking systems. Proposed for permanent retention
are historically significant litigation case and advice files and
historically significant records documenting the activities of the
Solicitor.
5. Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (DAA-0127-2012-0005, 8
items, 8 temporary items). Inputs, outputs, and master files of an
electronic information system used to track and manage ammunition
supply.
6. Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (DAA-0127-2012-0006, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information
system used to track and control access to Marine Corps installations.
7. Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (DAA-0127-2013-0015, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information
system used for financial management including vouchers, inventory, and
purchasing.
8. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration
(DAA-
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0399-2013-0003, 4 items, 2 temporary items). Publication working papers
and routine promotional items. Proposed for permanent retention are
mission-related publications and promotional items.
9. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration
(DAA-0399-2013-0004, 8 items, 5 temporary items). Records include
internal memorandums, unpublished directives, work files, and
unimplemented organization plans. Proposed for permanent retention are
published directives, high-level delegations of authority, and reports
on implemented organization plans.
10. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration
(DAA-0399-2013-0005, 6 items, 4 temporary items). Records related to
grants and loans including cooperative agreements, interagency
agreements, and approved and denied loan applications. Proposed for
permanent retention are approved Amtrak grants, national agreements,
and bilateral agreements.
11. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (DAA-0571-2012-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item).
Master files of an electronic information system used to track daily
business transactions.
12. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (N1-571-12-1, 4 items, 2 temporary items).
Petitions for rulemaking and rulemaking working papers. Proposed for
permanent retention are rulemaking dockets and regulation
interpretations.
13. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (DAA-0571-2012-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item).
Master files of an electronic information system used to collect and
monitor information on pipeline safety.
14. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (DAA-0571-2013-0001, 10 items, 5 temporary
items). Records include incident reports, annual reports, exemption
files, and working files. Proposed for permanent retention are
rulemaking and petition files, regulation interpretation files,
significant incident reports, and advisory committee files.
15. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (DAA-0571-2013-0002, 6 items, 6 temporary items).
Records relating to grants, certifications, compliance, and emergency
preparedness and response plans.
16. Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices (N1-56-09-7, 8
items, 6 temporary items). Master files of an electronic information
system that collects and maintains information on international
portfolio investment flows. Proposed for permanent retention are annual
reports of this information.
17. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District
Courts of the United States (DAA-0021-2013-0004, 3 items, 2 temporary
items). Notes and recordings of criminal cases not involving capital
punishment. Proposed for permanent retention are notes and recordings
of cases involving capital punishment.
18. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, United
States Bankruptcy Courts (DAA-0578-2013-0001, 2 items, 1 temporary
item). Records relating to miscellaneous proceedings not specifically
part of a bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding. Proposed for
permanent retention are records of attorney disbarment proceedings.
19. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Consumer
Response (N1-587-12-5, 11 items, 11 temporary items). Records include
routine correspondence, internal presentation records, training and
procedure records, working papers, and consumer complaint records.
20. Environmental Protection Agency, Agency-wide (DAA-0412-2013-
0020, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records related to financial
planning.
21. National Archives and Records Administration, Research Services
(N2-59-13-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of the Department of
State comprising one box of top secret cover sheets to which the
related records are not attached. These records were accessioned to the
National Archives but lack sufficient historical value to warrant
continued preservation.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2013-21472 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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