67694 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

§ 1228.24 Formulation of agency records 

schedules.

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(b) * * * 

(3) Records schedules submitted to 

NARA for approval on or after [the 

effective date of the final rule] are 

media-neutral, i.e., the disposition 

instruction applies to the described 

records in all media, unless the 

schedule identifies a specific medium 

for a specific series.

* * * * *

3. Add § 1228.31 to read as follows:

§ 1228.31 Authority to apply previously 

approved schedules to electronic records. 

(a) Temporary program records with 

retention periods of less than 20 years 

after cut-off. Agencies may apply 

disposition authorities for temporary 

program records in previously approved 

schedules to the electronic versions of 

those records if: 

(1) The content and function of the 

records has not changed significantly 

(i.e., the electronic records do not 

contain information that is substantially 

different from the information included 

in the hard-copy series, the electronic 

records are used for the same purpose 

as the hard-copy records, the underlying 

business processes and the regulations 

or other authorities from which records 

stem remain the same, etc.); 

(2) The records are scheduled for 

disposal less than 20 years after cut-off; 

and 

(3) The records are not derived from 

or replace hard-copy records that are 

covered by schedule items that 

explicitly exclude electronic records; 

are not web versions of hard-copy 

records; do not document observations 

of natural events or the natural 

environment (e.g., weather, water levels, 

topographic features, air quality, etc.); or 

do not consist of raw, unsummarized 

demographic or economic data collected 

for input into studies and statistical 

reports (e.g., data on wages and prices, 

education levels, health care, etc.). 

(b) Temporary program records with 

retention periods of 20 years or more 

after cut-off. Agencies must submit an 

SF 115 when they convert temporary 

program records with approved 

retention periods of 20 years or more 

after cut-off to electronic media, unless 

the records are covered by a previously 

approved media neutral schedule item 

or by a previously approved schedule 

item that authorizes the disposal of hard 

copy records after they have been 

converted to an electronic format. 

(c) Temporary administrative or 

housekeeping records. Agencies may 

apply previously approved agency 

schedules or the General Records 

Schedules to the electronic versions of 

temporary records that relate to 

administrative (housekeeping) matters if 

the approved agency schedule or the 

GRS does not specifically require 

submission of a SF 115 when the 

records are maintained in electronic 

form. 

(d) Permanent records. (1) Agencies 

must notify NARA (NWML) within 45 

days of implementation of an electronic 

system that will maintain permanent 

records that have been scheduled as 

permanent in hard-copy form, including 

special media records as described in 36 

CFR 1228.266 and 1228.268. 

(2) The notification must contain the: 

(i) Name of the electronic system; 

(ii) Name of the agency and 

organizational unit that has the records; 

(iii) Current disposition authority 

reference; 

(iv) Annual volume of records 

created; and 

(v) Format of the records. 

(3) NARA and agencies will change 

the previously approved transfer 

instructions for the series if necessary to 

incorporate the requirements for 

electronic records in 36 CFR 

1228.28(b)(8)(i).

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

John W. Carlin, 

Archivist of the United States.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[CA–295–0470b; FRL–7834–1] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, Great Basin and 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control 

Districts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Great Basin Air 

Pollution Control District (GBAPCD) 

and Ventura County Air Pollution 

Control District (VCAPCD) portions of 

the California State Implementation 

Plan (SIP). We are proposing to approve 

local rules concerning definitions under 

the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 

(CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal 

must arrive by December 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Andy 

Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief (AIR–

4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901, 

or e-mail to steckel.andrew@epa.gov, or 

submit comments at http://

www.regulations.gov.

You can inspect copies of the 

submitted SIP revisions, EPA’s technical 

support documents (TSDs), and public 

comments at our Region IX office during 

normal business hours by appointment. 

You may also see copies of the 

submitted SIP revisions by appointment 

at the following locations: 

California Air Resources Board, 

Stationary Source Division, Rule 

Evaluation Section, 1001 ‘‘I’’ Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. 

Great Basin Unified Air Pollution 

Control District, 157 Short Street, Suite 

6, Bishop, CA 93514–3537. 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control 

District, 669 County Square Drive, 2nd 

Fl., Ventura, CA 93003–5417. 

A copy of the rule may also be 

available via the Internet at http://

www.arb.ca.gov/drdb/drdbltxt.htm.

Please be advised that this is not an EPA 

Web site and may not contain the same 

version of the rule that was submitted 

to EPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia G. Allen, EPA Region IX, (415) 

947–4120, allen.cynthia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal addresses the following local 

rules: GBAPCD 101 and VCAPCD 2. In 

the Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register, we are approving 

these local rules in a direct final action 

without prior proposal because we 

believe these SIP revisions are not 

controversial. If we receive adverse 

comments, however, we will publish a 

timely withdrawal of the direct final 

rule and address the comments in 

subsequent action based on this 

proposed rule. Please note that if we 

receive adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

we may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

We do not plan to open a second 

comment period, so anyone interested 

in commenting should do so at this 

time. If we do not receive adverse 

comments, no further activity is 

planned. For further information, please 

see the direct final action.

Dated: October 5, 2004. 

Laura Yoshii, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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