84 FR 11839 - Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). We publish notice in the Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records schedules in which agencies propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct agency business. We invite public comments on such records schedules.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11839-11840]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05929]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[FDMS No. NARA-19-0002; NARA-2019-017]


Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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 of certain Federal agency requests for records 
disposition authority (records schedules). We publish notice in the 
Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records schedules in which 
agencies propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct 
agency business. We invite public comments on such records schedules.

DATES: NARA must receive comments by May 13, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods. 
You must cite the control number, which appears on the records schedule 
in parentheses after the name of the agency that submitted the 
schedule.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     Mail: Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACR); 
National Archives and Records Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road, 
College Park, MD 20740-6001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Records Management Operations by email 
at [email protected], by mail at the address above, or by phone 
at 301-837-1799.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Comment Procedures

    We are publishing notice of records schedules in which agencies 
propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct agency 
business. We invite public comments on these records schedules, as 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a), and list the schedules at the end of 
this notice by agency and subdivision requesting disposition authority.
    In addition, this notice lists the organizational unit(s) 
accumulating the records or states that the schedule has agency-wide 
applicability. It also provides the control number assigned to each 
schedule, which you will need if you submit comments on that schedule. 
We have uploaded the records schedules and accompanying appraisal 
memoranda to the regulations.gov docket for this notice as ``other'' 
documents. Each records schedule contains a full description of the 
records at the file unit level as well as their proposed disposition. 
The appraisal memorandum for the schedule includes information about 
the records.
    We will post comments, including any personal information and 
attachments, to the public docket unchanged. Because comments are 
public, you are responsible for ensuring that you do not include any 
confidential or other information that you or a third party may not 
wish to be publicly posted. If you want to submit a comment with 
confidential information or cannot otherwise use the regulations.gov 
portal, you may contact [email protected] for instructions on 
submitting your comment.
    We will consider all comments submitted by the posted deadline and 
consult as needed with the Federal agency seeking the disposition 
authority. After considering comments, we will post on regulations.gov 
a ``Consolidated Reply'' summarizing the comments, responding to them, 
and noting any changes we have made to the proposed records schedule. 
We will then send the schedule for final approval by the Archivist of 
the United States. You may elect at regulations.gov

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to receive updates on the docket, including an alert when we post the 
Consolidated Reply, whether or not you submit a comment. You may 
request additional information about the disposition process through 
the contact information listed above.
    We will post schedules on our website in the Records Control 
Schedule (RCS) Repository, at https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, after the Archivist approves them. The RCS contains all schedules 
approved since 1973.

Background

    Each year, Federal agencies create billions of records. To control 
this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing 
retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA's 
approval. Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory 
instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for 
current Government business. The records schedules authorize agencies 
to preserve records of continuing value in the National Archives or to 
destroy, after a specified period, records lacking continuing 
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Some schedules are 
comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or one of its 
major subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one 
office or program or a few series of records. Many of these update 
previously approved schedules, and some include records proposed as 
permanent.
    Agencies may not destroy Federal records without the approval of 
the Archivist of the United States. The Archivist grants this approval 
only after thorough consideration of the records' administrative use by 
the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private 
people directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether or 
not the records have historical or other value. Public review and 
comment on these records schedules is part of the Archivist's 
consideration process.

Schedules Pending:

    1. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Special Uses 
Administration (DAA-0095-2018-0059).
    2. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Road and Trail 
Rights-of-Way (ROW) Grants (DAA-0095-2018-0060).
    3. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Service 
Authorized Prospecting and Mineral Collecting (DAA-0095-2018-0064).
    4. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Geologic Resources, 
Hazards, and Services (DAA-0095-2018-0065).
    5. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Natural Resource 
Planning (DAA-0095-2018-0090).
    6. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Land Management 
Planning (DAA-0095-2018-0091).
    7. Department of Commerce, National Institutes of Standards and 
Technology, Human Subjects Protection Office Records (DAA-0167-2018-
0002).
    8. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service, Special Access 
Program (SAP) (DAA-0446-2016-0005).
    9. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service, Administrative 
Program Files (DAA-0446-2018-0002).
    10. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service, Strategic 
Management Office (DAA-0446-2018-0004).
    11. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA 
Learning Management System (DAA-0374-2018-0008).
    12. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of 
Health, NIH Architectural Drawings of Historical Significance (DAA-
0443-2018-0001).
    13. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection, U.S. Citizen Encounter Photos (DAA-0568-2019-0002).
    14. Army & Air Force Exchange Service, Agency-wide, Payroll 
Allotment Files (DAA-0334-2018-0008).
    15. Bureau of the Census, Center for Behavioral Science Methods, 
Records for the Center for Survey Measurement (DAA-0029-2018-0001).
    16. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide, 
Additions to GRS 5.7 (DAA-GRS-2018-0009).

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2019-05929 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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