[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46515-46516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23293]


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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 
October 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, 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 to 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 Army (N1-AU-97-12). Army periodical management 
records.
    2. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-13). General counseling 
records.
    3. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-19). Drug testing results.
    4. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-21). Family support, child 
custody, and paternity records.
    5. Department of the Army (N1-AU-97-24). Military pay reports.
    6. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (N1-241-97-
1). Revisions to the PTO comprehensive schedule.
    7. Department of Education, Office of Hearings and Appeals (N1-441-
97-4). Administrative adjudication case files

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and related records, where the final decision is proposed as a 
permanent record.
    8. Department of Energy, Office of Human Radiation Experiments (N1-
434-96-7). Temporary electronic systems used by the Office of Human 
Radiation Experiments in carrying out its work. Included are systems 
used to: identify the locations of records relevant to the Office's 
work; identify human radiation experiments and the related scientific 
literature; track the status of requests for information received by 
the Office from the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation 
Experiments; and track responses to individuals who corresponded with 
the Department of Energy concerning human radiation experiments, 
including those who claimed they were exposed to radiation. (This 
schedule also provides for the permanent retention in electronic form 
of the 250,000 pages of documents accumulated by the Office concerning 
human radiation experiments, with related indexes).
    9. Department of Health and Human Services (N1-443-97-1). National 
Institutes of Health committee management records, (substantive records 
will be preserved).
    10. Department of Justice (N1-60-97-5). Witness Immunity Unit 
records.
    11. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor (N1-59-97-27). Reduction in retention period for Department's 
copies of asylum application files and establishment of advisory 
opinion letters as a separate category.
    12. Bureau of Public Debt (N1-53-97-3). Savings bond operations 
records maintained by Federal Reserve Banks.
    13. Central Intelligence Agency (N1-263-97-2). Copies of documents 
released under the Historical Review Program.
    14. Environmental Protection Agency (N1-412-97-3). Water pollution 
lab evaluation system data.
    15. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (N1-138-97-1). Superseded, 
rejected or canceled electronic tariff sheets.
    16. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-97-18). Aedes Aegypti Monquito 
System.
    17. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-97-19). Payroll and pay 
administration records.
    18. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-97-14). Discharge monitoring 
reports and background data.
    19. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-97-23). Waivers of posting 
position requests.

    Dated: August 26, 1997.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist, for Record Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-23293 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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