82 FR 60631 - Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 60631-60632] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27503] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RIN 3145-AA58 Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties AGENCY: National Science Foundation. ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for civil monetary penalties for 2018. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is providing notice of its adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties, effective January 15, 2018. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: 703-292-5055. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 2016, NSF published an interim final rule amending its regulations to adjust, for inflation, the maximum civil monetary penalties that may be imposed for violations of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (ACA), as amended, 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (PFCRA), 31 U.S.C. 3801, et seq. These adjustments are required by the 2015 Act. The 2015 Act also requires agencies to make subsequent annual adjustments for inflation. Pursuant to OMB guidance dated December 15, 2017, the cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2018 is 1.02041. Accordingly, the 2018 annual inflation adjustments for the maximum penalties under the ACA are $16,853 ($16,516 x 1.02041) for violations and $28,520 ($27,950 x 1.02041) for knowing violations of the ACA. Finally, the 2018 [[Page 60632]] annual inflation adjustment for the maximum penalty for violations under PFCRA is $11,181 ($10,957 x 1.02041). Dated: December 18, 2017. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2017-27503 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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What changes did we make to GRS 2.1? We also corrected a typo. ‘‘May not be What GRS items does GRS Transmittal
We expanded items 050 and 051 to destroyed until 90 days after submission 29 rescind?
include mandatory job applicant drug of a notification to NARA’’ in question
12 (question 10 in the earlier version) Many old GRS items are superseded
testing records.
now reads ‘‘may not be destroyed until by new GRS items. A few old items,
What changes did you make to the GRS 60 days after submission of a however, have outlived their usefulness
5.2 FAQs? notification to NARA.’’ and cannot be crosswalked to new
We added new questions 7 and 8 in items. The table below lists old items
response to questions raised by users. rescinded by GRS Transmittal 29.
GRS Item Title Reason
1 ........... 21a1 .... Employee Medical Folders: Transferred Was simply a filing/handling instruction and never had an associated disposition
employees. authority. The instruction is now a Note appended to GRS 2.7, item 060.
1 ........... 22 ........ Employee Health Statistics .................... Both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration confirmed these agency reports are no longer collected.
3 ........... 17 ........ Small and Disadvantaged Business Uti- The Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization program terminated in 2015.
lization Files. The records are no longer being created.
16 ......... 5 .......... Project Control Files .............................. Item authorized periodic disposal of system data after long-term records were
downloaded and safeguarded. Such data is now covered under 5.1, item 020.
16 ......... 11 ........ Information Resources Management Item was added to the GRS in 1987 to comply with regulations issued in re-
Triennial Review Files. sponse to the Brooks Act of 1985. The Information Technology Management
Reform Act of 1996 repealed this authority, ending the reviews.
16 ......... 14f2 ..... Management Control Records—Review Item described non-record reference copies, which do not need to be sched-
files—Copies maintained by other of- uled.
fices as internal reviews.
Rescinded items are shown in context NARA’s website at http:// ACTION: Notice announcing updated
of their schedules in the old-to-new www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/grs/ penalty inflation adjustments for civil
crosswalk. trs29-sch-only.pdf. monetary penalties for 2018.
How do I cite new GRS items? Whom do I contact for further SUMMARY: The National Science
When you send records to an FRC for information? Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is
storage, you should cite the records’ Writing and maintaining the GRS is providing notice of its adjusted
legal authority—the ‘‘DAA’’ number—in the responsibility of the GRS Team. You maximum civil monetary penalties,
the ‘‘Disposition Authority’’ column of may contact the team with general effective January 15, 2018. These
the table. For informational purposes, questions about the GRS at GRS_Team@ adjustments are required by the Federal
please include schedule and item nara.gov. This team is part of Records Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
number. For example, ‘‘DAA–GRS– Management Services in the National Improvements Act of 2015.
2013–0001–0004 (GRS 4.3, item 020).’’ Records Management Program of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Do I have to take any action to Office of the Chief Records Officer at Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General
implement these GRS changes? NARA. Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,
Your agency’s records officer may National Science Foundation, 2415
NARA regulations (36 CFR Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA
1226.12(a)) require agencies to contact the NARA appraiser or records
analyst with whom your agency 22314. Telephone: 703–292–5055.
disseminate GRS changes within six
months of receipt. normally works for support in carrying SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
Per 36 CFR 1227.12(a)(1), you must out this transmittal. A list of the 27, 2016, NSF published an interim
follow GRS dispositions that state they appraisal and scheduling work group final rule amending its regulations to
must be followed without exception. and regional contacts is on the NARA adjust, for inflation, the maximum civil
Per 36 CFR 1227.12(a)(3), if you have website at http://www.archives.gov/ monetary penalties that may be imposed
an existing schedule that differs from a records-mgmt/appraisal/index.html. for violations of the Antarctic
new GRS item that does not require Conservation Act of 1978 (ACA), as
David S. Ferriero, amended, 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., and
being followed without exception, and
you wish to continue using your agency- Archivist of the United States. the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act
specific authority rather than the GRS [FR Doc. 2017–27462 Filed 12–20–17; 8:45 am] of 1986 (PFCRA), 31 U.S.C. 3801, et seq.
authority, you must notify NARA within BILLING CODE 7515–01–P These adjustments are required by the
120 days of the date of this transmittal. 2015 Act. The 2015 Act also requires
If you do not have an already existing agencies to make subsequent annual
agency-specific authority but wish to adjustments for inflation. Pursuant to
apply a retention period that differs NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OMB guidance dated December 15,
from that specified in the GRS, you 2017, the cost-of-living adjustment
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must submit a records schedule to RIN 3145–AA58 multiplier for 2018 is 1.02041.
NARA for approval via the Electronic Accordingly, the 2018 annual inflation
Records Archives. Notice on Penalty Inflation adjustments for the maximum penalties
Adjustments for Civil Monetary under the ACA are $16,853 ($16,516 ×
How do I get copies of the new GRS? Penalties 1.02041) for violations and $28,520
You can download the complete ($27,950 × 1.02041) for knowing
current GRS, in PDF format, from AGENCY: National Science Foundation. violations of the ACA. Finally, the 2018
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annual inflation adjustment for the Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY Your request should state that the NRC
maximum penalty for violations under INFORMATION section of this document. does not routinely edit comment
PFCRA is $11,181 ($10,957 × 1.02041). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submissions to remove such information
Dated: December 18, 2017. Robert Lee Gladney, Office of Nuclear before making the comment
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Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Nuclear Regulatory Commission, entering the comment submissions into
Foundation. Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: ADAMS.
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for civil monetary penalties for 2018. | |
| Contact | Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: 703-292-5055. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 60631 | |
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