[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5676]


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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 (1) propose the destruction of records not 
previously authorized for disposal, or (2) reduce the retention period 
for records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public 
comments on such schedules, as required by 44 USC 3303a(a).

DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before 
April 21, 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 com-ments.

ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified 
in this notice to the Civilian Appraisal Staff (NWRC), National 
Archives and Records Administration, 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.

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 fur-nished to each 
requester.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (N1-95-96-2). Routine 
and facilitative records of Forest Supervisors Offices, dated 1946-
1959.
    2. Department of Commerce, U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration 
(N1-377-96-1 and 2). Textual records of the Office of the Under 
Secretary, the Office of Tourism Marketing, the Travel and Tourism 
Advisory Board, and the Office of Research, and audiovisual records of 
marketing and publicity campaigns.
    3. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service 
(N1-85-96-5). Agreements between transportation lines and the United 
States.
    4. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(N1-406-97-2). Microform copies of certain motor carrier certificates.
    5. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-GRS-97-1). 
Government-wide retention standards for alternate worksite records.
    6. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-64-96-3). 
Comprehensive revision of Appendix 11, records maintained in the 
General Counsel's office.
    7. National Labor Relations Board (N1-25-97-1). Agency disciplinary 
case files on nonemployees.
    8. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-97-8). Travel, transportation 
and Shipping records.
    9. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-97-6). Confrontational 
situations database.

    Dated: March 3, 1997.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Record Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-5676 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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