[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 24668] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-11721] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration, Office of Records Services. ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). Records schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant preservation in the National Archives of the United States. Schedules also authorize agencies after a specified period to dispose of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules that propose the destruction of records not previously authorized for disposal, or reduce the retention period for records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a). DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before June 20, 1997. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA will send a copy of the schedule. The requester will be given 30 days to submit comments. ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified in this notice to the Civilian Appraisal Staff (NWRC), National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Requesters must cite the control number assigned to each schedule when requesting a copy. The control number appears in the parentheses immediately after the name of the requesting agency. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Miller, Director, Records Management Programs, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, telephone (301) 713-7110. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year U.S. Government agencies create billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. In order to control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare records schedules specifying when the agency no longer needs the records and what happens to the records after this period. Some schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or one of its major subdivisions. These comprehensive schedules provide for the eventual transfer to the National Archives of historically valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or a few series of records, and many are updates of previously approved schedules. Such schedules also may include records that are designated for permanent retention. Destruction of records requires the approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is granted after a thorough study of the records that takes into account 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 historical or other value. This public notice identifies the Federal agencies and their subdivisions requesting disposition authority, includes the control number assigned to each schedule, and briefly describes the records proposed for disposal. The records schedule contains additional information about the records and their disposition. Further information about the disposition process will be fur nished to each requester. Schedules Pending 1. Department of the Army (N1-AU-96-1). Radiation safety program records. 2. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-8). Personal financial record folders. 3. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-9). Individual retirement records. 4. Department of Education ( N1-441-97-1). Control correspondence management system and other facilitative records maintained by the Office of the Secretary (substantive program records are designated for permanent retention). 5. Department of Energy (N1-434-96-9). Routine administrative and housekeeping files relating to the management of Research and Development Projects, Project Working Papers, raw data that has been summarized in interim or final reports, and researchers notes. Complete Project Case Files for significant Projects, as well as final and interim reports for all Research and Development Projects will be retained as permanent records. 6. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-96-9). Records relating to the survey of mortgage lending activity system database (exclusive of electronic and textual output reports designated for preservation). 7. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65- 97-01). Work orders maintained by the Special Projects Section, Laboratory Division. 8. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (N1-85-97-2). Reduction in retention period for alien identification cards, INS Form I-89, Camera Card. 9. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (N1-527- 97-7). Audiovisual records documenting routine activities and administrative matters. 10. Defense Intelligence Agency ( N1-373-96-2). Records relating to the General Intelligence Training System (GITS). 11. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-97-12). Budgetary records. Dated: April 28, 1997. Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant Archivist, for Record Services--Washington, DC. [FR Doc. 97-11721 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7515-01-P