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event that requires clearing of non 

participant boats from the danger zone, 

surface or air search of the entire area 

will be made for the purpose of locating 

and warning all craft and persons not 

connected with the test or training 

event, and a patrol will be maintained 

throughout the duration of the event. 

(5) All persons, vessels, or other craft 

shall clear the area when warned by 

patrol vessels. 

(6) Patrol vessels will provide 

warning that a potentially hazardous 

test or training event is in progress or is 

about to commence; when so warned, 

fishing or oystering vessels or other craft 

not directly connected with the event 

shall not navigate within the danger 

zone. Deep-draft vessels proceeding in 

established navigation channels 

normally will be permitted to traverse 

the area upon coordination with range 

patrol vessels. The patrol vessels will 

ensure safe separation between all nonparticipant vessels and potentially 

hazardous operations. 

(7) When potentially hazardous 

testing or training is not in progress or 

is not about to commence, oystering and 

fishing boats and other craft may 

operate within the danger zone. 

(8) All potentially hazardous test or 

training events will be performed in 

such a way as to contain the hazard 

footprint to the established danger zone 

described in paragraph (a) of this 

section. Naval authorities will not be 

responsible for damage to nets, traps, 

buoys, pots, fish pounds, stakes, or 

other equipment that may be located 

within the danger zone. 

(9) Nothing in this regulation shall be 

intended to prevent the lawful use of 

approved waterfowl hunting blinds 

along the shorelines of Bloodsworth 

Island range complex, provided that all 

necessary licenses and permits have 

been obtained from the Maryland 

Department of Natural Resources and 

the completed copy of the permit has 

been submitted to the Conservation 

Division Director at NAS Patuxent 

River. Waterfowl hunters must observe 

all warnings and range clearances, as 

note herein. 

(10) The regulations in this section 

shall be enforced by the Commander, 

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, 

Maryland, and such agencies as he/she 

may designate. 

Dated: February 14, 2007. 

Lawrence A. Lang, 

Acting Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil 

Works. 

[FR Doc. E7–2875 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–92–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

36 CFR Part 1258 

[FDMS Docket # NARA–07–0001] 

RIN 3095–AB49 

NARA Reproduction Fees 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: NARA is revising its fees for 

reproduction of records and other 

materials in the custody of the Archivist 

of the United States. This proposed rule 

covers reproduction of Federal records 

created by other agencies that are in the 

National Archives of the United States, 

donated historical materials, 

Presidential records, Nixon Presidential 

historical materials, and records filed 

with the Office of the Federal Register. 

The fees are being changed to reflect 

current costs of providing the 

reproductions. This proposed rule will 

affect the public and Federal agencies. 

DATES: Comments are due by April 27, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: NARA invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

proposed rule. Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: Submit comments by facsimile 

transmission to 301–837–0319. 

Mail: Send comments to Regulations 

Comments Desk (NPOL), Room 4100, 

Policy and Planning Staff, National 

Archives and Records Administration, 

8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 

20740–6001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to 8601 Adelphi Road, 

College Park, MD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Davis Heaps at 301–837–1850 

or fax at 301–837–0319. Requests for 

copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting statement 

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm 

at 301–837–1694 or fax at 301–837–

3213. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Background 

NARA does not receive appropriated 

funds to provide copies of our records 

to the public. The fees for reproduction 

of records in 36 CFR part 1258 are set 

under the Archivist’s authority in 44 

U.S.C. 2116(c). That statute requires 

that, to the extent possible, NARA 

recover the actual cost of making copies 

of records and other materials 

transferred to the custody of the 

Archivist of the United States. NARA 

conducts periodic reviews of the fees to 

ensure that the costs of providing this 

service to the public are properly 

recovered. NARA’s current fees were 

established in October 2000 based on a 

1999 cost study. As a result of a cost 

study conducted in 2006, fees for 

copying records must increase to 

recover NARA’s costs. This is the first 

proposed fee increase in almost seven 

years. 

The cost components included in the 

NARA-made reproduction fees are staff 

salaries, equipment and materials (e.g., 

toner, paper) for making reproductions, 

shipping costs, and oversight and 

administration of the fee collection. 

Fixed-fee reproduction cost components 

include contractor costs for making and 

delivering the reproductions, staff 

salaries for supervision of the copying 

operation, equipment and materials, and 

oversight and administration of the fee 

collection. The cost components 

included in the self-service copies made 

by customers at NARA facilities are staff 

salaries for supervision of the copying 

operation, equipment and materials, and 

oversight and administration of the fee 

collection. 

The costs for providing reproductions 

of the unique historical materials in 

NARA’s custody reflect the special 

handling required to help preserve 

records for future research. Original 

archival materials cannot be copied 

using automatic document feeder 

equipment. Each page must be handplaced on a copier, one at a time. 

Preservation requirements add time and 

cost to the price of copying NARA’s 

irreplaceable documents. 

What Changes Is NARA Making in This 

Proposed Rule? 

NARA is updating fixed-fee order fees 

in § 1258.4, the minimum mail order fee 

in § 1258.10, and fees for self-service 

and common NARA-made 

reproductions in § 1258.12. Because the 

fee schedule applies to our nation-wide 

facilities, we have removed certain fees 

for services that are not available in the 

majority of our facilities. In the Rules 

section of today’s Federal Register, 

NARA has published an interim final 

rule removing from NARA’s fee 

schedule reproductions of other Federal 

agencies’ records stored in NARA’s 

Federal records centers. 

Fixed fee orders. Fixed fee 

reproductions consist of records from 

high-demand bodies of genealogical 

records that NARA reproduces for a 

fixed fee, rather than a fee per page 


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copied to expedite handling. The fees 

for all of these orders must increase to 

reflect the higher costs of providing the 

copies. In Fiscal Year 2006, NARA’s 

costs for the fixed-fee services were 

more than double the revenue received 

for them. 

The most notable change in the fixedfee services is the increase for full 

military pension files more than 75 

years old (NATF Form 85). Our recent 

study showed that many of the full 

pension files for the Civil War period 

(1860–1869 for purposes of this 

proposed rule) have page counts up to 

200 pages or more. When the current fee 

of $37.00 went into effect in 2000, 

NARA estimated a smaller average page 

count for each file (about 40 to 50 pages) 

and believed that the fee would cover 

the majority of the costs. However, we 

found that we underestimated the 

number of documents in the Civil War 

pension files being copied, which 

resulted in incorrect projections of 

actual production costs Moreover, the 

Civil War pension files are the majority 

of the full pension file requests NARA 

receives. In FY 2006, NARA completed 

7,700 orders for full Civil War pension 

files and 1,500 non-Civil War pension 

files. 

To account for the average page-count 

differences between Civil War pension 

files and pension files of other wars, we 

propose to create a separate fee for full 

Civil War pension files. We also propose 

to retain the service for the pension 

documents packet (also on NATF Form 

85), which many customers have found 

to meet their information needs. The 

pension documents packet consists of 

selected records containing military 

service and genealogical information 

most likely of interest to genealogical 

researchers. In FY 2006, NARA received 

2,677 requests for the pension 

documents packet; almost all of those 

requests were for Civil War pension 

files. 

Self-service and NARA-made 

reproductions. Proposed fees for selfservice and NARA-made copies of most 

other records are in the following table: 

Service Proposed 

fee 

Paper-to-paper copy made by the customer on a NARA self-service copier in the Washington, DC, area ........................................... $0.25 

Paper-to-paper copy made by the customer on a NARA self-service copier outside the Washington, DC, area (regional archives 

and Presidential libraries) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 0.20 

Paper-to-paper copy made by NARA ........................................................................................................................................................ 0.75 

Microfilm-to-paper copy made by the customer on a NARA self-service copier ...................................................................................... 0.50 

We also propose to increase the fee for 

certifications and the minimum mail 

order fee. NARA certifies copies of 

materials in our holdings on request by 

affixing a certificate with a ribbon and 

seal attesting that the copy is a true copy 

of a document in our custody. Our 

current fee for certifications is $6.00 and 

we propose to increase that fee to $15.00 

per certification. The fee has not been 

based on a price per page, but on a per 

record basis. Because the certification 

fee is based on tasks performed for a 

record regardless of the number of 

pages, we have maintained a fixed fee 

for that service per record. 

We propose to raise our minimum fee 

for mail-order reproductions from 

$10.00 to $15.00 because the current fee 

is inadequate to cover NARA’s costs. As 

with certifications, NARA performs the 

same functions to copy a few pages of 

records as to copy dozens of pages for 

a reproduction order. We maintain the 

minimum mail order fee to recover the 

costs of administering small copying 

requests. The dollar amount is based 

upon the cost to NARA to provide 

minimum mail orders divided by the 

anticipated number of orders that will 

fall below the dollar threshold. The 

costs include making the copies, 

supplies, shipping, and administration. 

For the recent fee study, this calculation 

resulted in a price of $15.00 per 

minimum mail order. NARA will 

continue to evaluate this fee in future 

studies. 

Reproduction services no longer listed 

in § 1258.12. We have removed fees for 

selected reproduction services. 

However, these services will continue to 

be available as unlisted processes in 

accordance with the existing 

§ 1258.12(f). Some of the fees we 

formerly listed in our regulations have 

been for reproduction services not 

available at all our locations, which 

confused customers. These include selfservice video copying and self-service 

Polaroid prints. In addition, we have 

decided not to publish a fee for NARAmade paper-to-microfilm copies because 

demand for them is diminishing and 

NARA is unable to offer this service on 

a routine basis. We will compute the fee 

for this service in accordance with 

§ 1258.12(f) when a customer requests 

the service or when, because of the 

condition of the records, NARA must 

recommend it as a copying option 

instead of electrostatic (paper) copying. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

NATF Forms 81 through 86 in this 

proposed rule have been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act and 

bear approval number 3095–0027 on the 

face of the forms. NATF Form 85, under 

this proposal, requires modification to 

separate Civil War pension file requests 

from those of other wars. Other forms 

are being modified only to update the 

stated fee. 

Submission of requests on a form is 

necessary to handle in a timely fashion 

the volume of requests received for 

these records (approximately 18,000 per 

year for the NATF 85) and the need to 

obtain specific information from the 

researcher to search for the records 

sought. Researchers may use Order 

Online! (http://www.archives.gov/ 

research/order/orderonline.html) to 

complete the forms and order the 

copies. For those who do not have 

Internet access, we also make the forms 

available on carbonless paper as a multipart form. The paper form allows the 

researcher to retain a copy of his request 

and NARA to respond to the researcher 

on the results of the search or to bill for 

copies if the researcher wishes to order 

the copies. As a convenience, the form 

allows researchers to provide credit card 

information to authorize billing and 

expedited mailing of the copies. 

This proposed rule is not a significant 

regulatory action for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866 and has not been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget. As required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, I certify that 

this rule will not have a significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities because it affects individual 

researchers. This regulation does not 

have any federalism implications. 

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1258 

Archives and records. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, NARA proposes to amend 

part 1258 of title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, as follows: 

PART 1258—FEES 

1. The authority citation for part 1258 

continues to read as follows: 


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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2116(c) and 2307. 

2. Amend § 1258.4 by revising 

paragraph (d) to read as follows: 

§ 1258.4 What reproductions are not 

covered by the NARA fee schedule? 

* * * * * 

(d) Reproduction of the following 

types of records using the specified 

order form: 

Type of record Order form Fee 

(1) Passenger arrival lists .................................................................................................. NATF Form 81 ............................................ $25.00 

(2) Federal Census requests ............................................................................................. NATF Form 82 ............................................ 25.00 

(3) Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims ............................................... NATF Form 83 ............................................ 25.00 

(4) Land entry records ....................................................................................................... NATF Form 84 ............................................ 40.00 

(5) Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period) ........................................ NATF Form 85 ............................................ 125.00 

(6) Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) ............................................ NATF Form 85 ............................................ 60.00 

(7) Pension documents packet (selected records) ........................................................... NATF Form 85 ............................................ 25.00 

(8) Bounty land warrant application files ........................................................................... NATF Form 85 ............................................ 25.00 

(9) Military service files more than 75 years old ............................................................... NATF Form 86 ............................................ 25.00 

* * * * * 

3. Amend § 1258.10 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 1258.10 What is NARA’s mail order 

policy? 

(a) There is a minimum fee of $15.00 

per order for reproductions that are sent 

by mail to the customer. 

* * * * * 

4. Revise § 1258.12 to read as follows: 

§ 1258.12 NARA reproduction fee 

schedule. 

(a) Certification: $15.00. 

(b) Electrostatic copying (in order to 

preserve certain records that are in poor 

physical condition, NARA may restrict 

customers to photographic or other 

kinds of copies instead of electrostatic 

copies): 

Service Fee 

Paper-to-paper copy made by the 

customer on a NARA self-service 

copier in the Washington, DC, 

area ............................................. $0.25 

Paper-to-paper copy made by the 

customer on a NARA self-service 

copier outside the Washington, 

DC, area (regional archives and 

Presidential libraries) .................. 0.20 

Paper-to-paper copy made by 

NARA .......................................... 0.75 

Microfilm-to-paper copy made by 

the customer on a NARA selfservice copier .............................. 0.50 

(c) Unlisted processes: For 

reproductions not covered by this fee 

schedule, see also § 1258.4. Fees for 

other reproduction processes are 

computed upon request. 

5. Revise § 1258.16 to read as follows: 

§ 1258.16 Effective date. 

The fees in this part are effective on 

[effective date of the final rule.] If your 

order was received by NARA before this 

effective date, we will charge the fees in 

effect at the time the order was received. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

Allen Weinstein, 

Archivist of the United States. 

[FR Doc. E7–3160 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07-OAR–2007–0015; FRL–8281–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; State of Iowa 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

submission by the State of Iowa which 

revises the air quality rules to include 

portions of the Federal New Source 

Review (NSR) regulations promulgated 

by EPA in December 2002. These 

revisions do not include the portion of 

the rules for nonattainment areas as 

there are currently no nonattainment 

areas in the State of Iowa; therefore, 

those portions of the State rules remain 

in effect. The definitions and 

applicability portions of the Prevention 

of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 

program were written into the State 

rules while the remaining portions of 

the PSD program were adopted by 

reference. All references to clean units 

and pollution control projects are not 

adopted by reference. Iowa has also not 

adopted portions of the Federal rule 

relating to exceptions from 

recordkeeping requirements. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received in writing by 

March 28, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–

OAR–2007–0015 by one of the following 

methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: hamilton.heather@epa.gov. 

3. Mail: Heather Hamilton, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

Planning and Development Branch, 901 

North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 

66101. 

4. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to Heather Hamilton, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

Planning and Development Branch, 901 

North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 

66101. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office’s 

normal hours of operation. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8 to 4:30, 

excluding legal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2007–

0015. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 


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