[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21344]


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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 
September 29, 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, 8601 Adelphi Road, 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 furnished to each 
requester.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-97-17). Communicable and 
other reportable disease reports maintained in electronic form.
    2. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-5). Duplicative casualty case 
files. Files maintained by office having Army-wide responsibility 
scheduled as permanent.
    3. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (N1-370-96-9). Real property report files.
    4. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing 
Agency (N1-440-95-1). Records relating to development of regulations 
and Medicare administration.
    5. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-97-5). 
Secretarys cancelled trip and declination files.
    6. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service 
(N1-85-97-4). Form I-850 and Designated Entity Information Management 
System.
    7. Department of the Justice, United States Marshals Service (N1-
527-97-10). Records of the USMS Training Academy.
    8. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (N1-527-
97-11). Civil litigation case files and legal opinion review files.
    9. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-GRS-97-2). 
Federal employee transportation subsidy records.
    10. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-97-17). Maintenance and public 
utility records.
    11. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-97-21). Methylphosphonic 
dichloride purification contract records.

    Dated: August 5, 1997.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Record Services, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-21344 Filed 8-12-97; 8:45 am]
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