Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 29 / Wednesday, February 12, 1997 / Notices 6553

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Technology Transfer Act of 1986

AGENCY: United States Geological

Survey.

ACTION: Notice of proposed cooperative

research and development agreement

(CRADA).

SUMMARY: The United States Geological

Survey (USGS) is contemplating

entering into a Cooperative Research

and Development Agreement (CRADA)

with Heska to evaluate a vaccine for

plague (Yersinia pestia) for use in

domestic and wild animals.

INQUIRIES: If any other parties are

interested in participating with the

USGS in a CRADA to test vaccines that

have developed for plague (Yersinia

pestia), please contact: Dr. Christopher

Brand, National Wildlife Health Center,

6006 Schroeder Rd., Madison, WI

53711: (608) 271–4640.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is to meet the USGS requirement

stipulated in the Survey Manual. This

notice will close within 30 days of

publication in the Federal Register,

responses from interested parties will be

considered and the cooperative

agreement will be completed and

immediately initiated.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Dennis B. Fenn,

Chief Biologist.

[FR Doc. 97–3493 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–13–M

Privacy Act of 1974; Creation of a New

System of Records

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of the Interior proposes to

create a new system of records,

INTERIOR/USGS–27, pursuant to the

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as

amended (5 U.S.C. 552a(r)), and Office

of Management and Budget Circulation

No. A–130, Appendix I.

This system of records is being

created by the U.S. Geological Survey

(USGS) to provide and maintain an

employee/visitor identification and

access control system at the National

Center building under 5 U.S.C. 301,

6101, and 43 U.S.C. 1457. The

information included in the system of

records is directly related to records of

USGS employees and contractors that

have been issued a USGS identification

card/access badge and records of

individuals entering and existing the

USGS National Center building utilizing

the access control system.

Any persons interested in

commenting on this new system of

records may do so by submitting

comments in writing to the U.S.

Geological Survey, Bureau Security

Manager, Office of Management

Services, Office of Program Support,

Mail Stop 250, National Center, 12201

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia

20192. This system of records will

become effective March 24, 1997, unless

the Department receives comments that

will result in a contrary determination.

The new system description, ‘‘Office

of Management Services (OMS) Badging

and Access Control System, INTERIOR/

USGS–27’’ will read as set forth below.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Gary W. Kramer,

Acting Chief, Office of Management Services.

INTERIOR/USGS–27

SYSTEM NAME:

Office of Management Services (OMS)

Badging and Access Control System—

Interior, USGS–27.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Records are stored at U.S. Geological

Survey sites in three locations:

(1) U.S. Geological Survey, Safety and

Security Management Office,

National Center Rm. 1A102, 12201

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,

Virginia 20192

(2) U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of

Facilities Management, National

Center Rm. 6A109, 12201 Sunrise

Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia

20192

(3) U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of

Facilities Management, National

Center Rm. 6A458, 12201 Sunrise

Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia

20192

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

USGS employees and contractors who

receive a USGS identification badge that

is also an access control system card key

for the National Center.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, 6101, and 43 U.S.C.

1457.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Records of all USGS employees and

contractors that have been issued a U.S.

Geological Survey identification badge

that is also an access control system

card key for the National Center.

Records of individuals entering and

exiting the National Center utilizing the

access control system to include the

times of ingress and egress. Information

identifying the employee of contractor:

Name, social security number,

photograph, organization/division or

office of assignment, office phone

number, cared serial number, access

levels, date issued, expiration date,

signature, and cancellation information.

ROUTINE USE OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USER:

The primary uses of the records are:

(1) To maintain accountability records

of identification badges issued to USGS

employees and contractors by the USGS,

Office of Management Services; and

(2) To assess building security

requirements and verify the access

status of individuals by the USGS,

Safety and Security Management Office.

Information in the system may be

used as follows:

(1) To verify time and attendance

records by supervisors and managers of

individuals in the system;

(2) By employees or contraltos to

determine their individual access status;

and

(3) By the appropriate organization

within the USGS to identify current

employment status.

In addition to those disclosures

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.

522a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records

or information contained therein may

specifically be disclosed outside the

Department of the Interior as a routine

use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 522a(b)(3) as

follows:

(1) To Members of Congress to

respond to inquiries made on behalf of

individual constituents that are

recorded subjects;

(2) To the General Services

Administration, Federal Protective

Service, to assess building security

requirements and standards and by

Federal, State, and local law

enforcement agencies to verify the

access status of individuals during the

course of criminal investigations or

emergency response situations;

(3) To representative of the General

Services Administration or the National

Archives and Records Administration

who are conducting records

management inspections under

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906;

and

(4) To security services companies

providing monitoring and maintenance

support to permit servicing the system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Records are stored in computerized

form on two non-removable hard disks

with backups on diskettes. Report