[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]


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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.

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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). 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]
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