[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5579-5580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2157]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
36 CFR Part 1258
RIN 3095-AA63
NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Interim final rule.
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SUMMARY: NARA is amending its reproduction fee regulations to correct
addresses and remove certain photographic reproductions and fees from
the published fee schedule. These processes will continue to be made
available; however, alternative methods of providing the reproductions
of records held by three NARA offices may have different charges than
those currently published in 36 CFR part 1258. Under a one-year trial
program intended to improve customer service, [[Page 5580]] the Still
Pictures Branch, the Cartographic and Architectural Branch, and the
Nixon Presidential Materials Staff will allow customers to order these
reproductions directly from NARA-authorized vendors. NARA will provide
individual notice of the NARA reproductions fees or the availability of
reproductions from a vendor as we now do for other processes not
contained in the published fee schedule. This rule will affect Federal
agencies and members of the public who order reproductions from these
three NARA offices.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is March 6, 1995. Comment on the
interim rule must be received by March 31, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Director, Policy and Planning
Division (PIRM-POL), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be faxed to (301)
713-7270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Hadyka or Nancy Allard on
(301) 713-6730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This interim rule is being issued as part of
NARA's program to improve customer service by privatizing the order
fulfillment process for still photographs, aerial film and maps and
drawings in the custody of the Still Picture Branch, the Cartographic
and Architectural Records Branch, and the Nixon Presidential Materials
Staff. Commencing on March 6, 1995, NARA will permit several vendors to
set up copying work stations in Archives II located in College Park,
MD, where the still photographs and cartographic and architectural
records are housed and made available. During a one-year test period,
these three units will refer customer requests for reproduction of
these media to the vendors, who will determine fees, collect payments,
perform the copying work, and mail the reproductions to the customers.
Throughout the test period researchers will still have the option of
making their own copies in the research rooms, within certain
limitations. Other NARA archival units in the Washington, DC, area, and
Presidential libraries and regional archives will continue to offer
their traditional reproduction service for still photographs and
oversize documents.
We are revising Secs. 1258.2(c)(5), 1258.11, and 1258.12 to reflect
the removal of published still photography and oversize electrostatic
copying processes. We are also revising other paragraphs within
Sec. 1258.2(c) to reflect changed mailing addresses and the transfer of
the former National Audiovisual Center from NARA to the National
Technical Information Service of Department of Commerce, which was
effective on October 1, 1994.
This rule is being issued as an interim final rule without prior
notice of proposed rulemaking as permitted by the Administrative
Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) when the agency for good cause
finds that notice and public procedure thereon are impractical,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. The new trial
procedure for ordering still photographs, aerial film and maps and
drawings will begin on March 6, 1995. It is in the public interest to
provide this alternative service as early as possible to improve
customer service.
This rule is not a significant regulatory action for purposes of
Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993 and has not been reviewed
by the Office of Management and Budget. As required by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, it is hereby certified that this rule will not have a
significant impact on small entities.
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1258
Archives and records.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, chapter XII of title 36,
Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:
PART 1258--FEES
1. The authority citation for part 1258 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2116(c).
2. Section 1258.2 is amended by revising paragraphs (c)(1) through
(c)(5) to read as follows:
Sec. 1258.2 Applicability.
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(c) * * *
(1) National Archives publications, including microfilm
publications. Prices are available from Publications Distribution
(NECD), National Archives, Washington, DC 20408.
(2) Reserved.
(3) Motion picture, sound recording, and video holdings of the
National Archives and Presidential libraries. Prices for reproduction
of these materials are available from the Motion Picture, Sound and
Video Branch (NNSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, or from the Presidential library
which has such materials (see Sec. 1253.3 of this chapter for
addresses).
(4) Machine-readable records. Prices for duplication are available
from the Center for Electronic Records (NSX), National Archives at
College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
(5) Still photography, including aerial film, and oversize maps and
drawings. Information on the availability and prices of reproductions
of records held in the Still Pictures Branch (NNSP) and the
Cartographic and Architectural Branch (NNSC), both located at the
National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD
20740-6001, and in the Presidential libraries and regional archives
(see Secs. 1253.3 and 1253.7 of this chapter for addresses) should be
obtained from the unit which has the original records.
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Sec. 1258.12 [Amended]
3. Section 1258.12 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph
(b).
Dated: January 20, 1995.
Ralph C. Bledsoe,
Acting Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 95-2157 Filed 1-27-95; 8:45 am]
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