[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19643-19644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10938]



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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 
Administration.

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 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

DATES: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before June 
17, 1996. 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 Records Appraisal and Disposition Division (NIR), 
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740. 
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,

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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 (N1-335-96-1). Routine administrative 
records of the 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration 
Committee.
    2. Department of Energy (N1-434-96-5). Administrative, 
housekeeping, production, shipping, and stockpile support records for 
the nuclear weapons program. Historically significant policy direction, 
program management, weapon effects testing, and nuclear surety files 
are retained as permanent. Records relating to accidental exposure or 
other epidemiological concerns will be retained for 75 years.
    3. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-065-
95-01). Administrative field files relating to applicant matters.
    4. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-065-
95-02). Administrative field files relating to training matters.
    5. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service 
(N1-085-96-4). Consenting Alien Program records.
    6. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs (N1-059-95-27). 
Routine, facilitative, and duplicative records of the office of the 
assistant secretary.
    7. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration 
(N1-237-96-6). Administrator's Consumer Hotline files.
    8. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-058-95-
3). Tracking reports and work papers relating to the operations of the 
Taxpayer Ombudsman's Problem Resolution Program.
    9. National Archives and Records Administration (N2-260-96-1). 
Duplicated motion picture film relating to the administration of the 
Ryukyu Islands, accumulated by the U.S. Civil Administration Ryukyu 
Islands.
    10. Social Security Administration (N1-047-96-2). Records of the 
office of the Inspector General.
    11. Social Security Administration (N1-047-96-3). Records of the 
Office of the General Counsel.

    Dated: April 25, 1996.
James W. Moore,
Assistant Archivist for Records Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-10938 Filed 5-1-96; 8:45 am]
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