36 C.F.R. § 1228.262 Types of records to be transferred.
Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property
(a) General. Records that have been determined by the Archivist of the United States to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant preservation; i.e., appraised by NARA and identified as permanent records, are normally transferred to the National Archives of the United States when: (1) They are 30 years old; or (2) At any age when: (i) The originating agency no longer needs to use the records for the purpose for which they were created or in its regular current business; or (ii) Agency needs will be satisfied by use of the records in NARA research rooms or by copies of the records; and restrictions on the use of records are acceptable to NARA and do not violate the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Records appraised as permanent that are not yet eligible for transfer because of agency needs or restrictions may be stored in a Federal records center pending transfer. (See subpart I of this part.) (b) Archival depositories. NARA reserves the right to determine and change the archival depository in which records transferred to the National Archives of the United States are stored. Such determinations are normally made as follows: (1) Presidential libraries. Records appropriate for preservation in a Presidential library because they can most effectively be used in conjunction with materials already in that library. (2) Regional Archives. (i) Records of field offices of Federal agencies, except for records of agency field offices located in the Washington, DC area; (ii) Records including both headquarters and field office records of regional agencies such as the Tennessee Valley Authority; and (iii) Other records determined by NARA to be of primarily regional or local interest. (3) National Archives Building and other Washington, DC area depositories. (i) Records of Washington, DC area field offices of Federal agencies and other records relating to the District of Columbia and the Washington, DC area, such as records of the National Capital Planning Commission; (ii) All other records not deposited in a Presidential library or Regional Archives. [42 FR 57315, Nov. 2, 1977, as amended at 46 FR 60206, Dec. 9, 1981. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 15723, 15725, Apr. 19, 1985. Redesignated at 55 FR 27433, July 2, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 22432, May 28, 1992]
Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property
PART 1228—DISPOSITION OF FEDERAL RECORDS
Subpart L—Transfer of Records to the National Archives of the United States
§ 1228.262 Types of records to be transferred.
