[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55017-55018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27090]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Office of Records Administration, National Archives and 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
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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: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before
December 9, 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, 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-96-29). Medical diagnostic
records relating to special cardiographic procedures.
2. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-97-1). Authorization for
early disposal of short-term temporary records due to closure of Reese
Air Force Base and other bases.
3. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug
Administration (N1-088-96-3). Update of comprehensive schedule of
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
4. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging
(N1-439-96-2). Pre-conference reporting system of the White House
Conference on Aging.
5. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
96-2). Elimination from the FBI retention plan of duplicative and/or
unneeded general criteria for selection of excepted case files.
6. Department of State, Bureau of Administration (N1-59-96-17). The
publication Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts.
7. Department of State (N1-59-96-29). International Merchant
Purchase Authorization Card (IMPAC) files for all bureaus and offices
except Office of Finance.
8. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser (N1-76-96-2).
Source documentation collected in preparation of U.S.-Iran claims.
9. Environmental Protection Agency (N1-412-96-4). Source data files
relating to in-house radiological research.
10. Federal Communications Commission (N1-173-96-1). Reduction in
retention period for congressional correspondence.
11. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-64-96-2).
Updates to the NARA comprehensive records disposition schedule.
12. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-96-7). Audiovisual records
pertaining to routine administration functions.
13. Social Security Administrative (N1-047-96-4). Referral and
monitoring agency records of beneficiary treatments for alcohol and
drug addiction.
Dated: October 10, 1996.
James W. Moore,
Assistant Archivist for Records Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-27090 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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