[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Systems of Records

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of minor changes to a system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of the Interior is updating a 
system of records managed by the National Park Service (NPS). The 
changes are to the system of records ``Law Enforcement Files: 
Statistical Reporting System, incident card reference and related 
files, Interior, NPS-19,'' which is published in its entirety below.

DATES: These actions will be effective November 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding these 
changes, and for general information regarding NPS' Privacy Act 
program, contact Ms. Diane Cooke, NPS Privacy Act Officer, at (202) 
208-3933.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When originally published in the Federal 
Register this system of records was identified as above. With the 
publishing of this notice, the name of this system of records is 
changed to ``Case Incident Reporting System.'' The address of the 
System Manager has also been changed to reflect an organizational 
change within NPS.
Diane M. Cooke,
Privacy Act Officer, National Park Service.
INTERIOR/NPS-19

SYSTEM NAME:
    Case Incident Reporting System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    (1) United States Park Police, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 
20242. (2) New York Field Office, Bldg. #275, Floyd Bennet Field, 
Brooklyn, NY 11234. (3) San Francisco Field Office, Fort Mason, San 
Francisco, CA. 94123. (4) National Park areas and Regional Offices (See 
Appendix for addresses).

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Individual complainants in criminal cases, individuals investigated 
or arrested for criminal or traffic offenses, or involved in motor 
vehicle accidents, or certain types of non-criminal incidents.

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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    Name of individual, date and case number of incident, report of 
incident, and fingerprint information.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    16 U.S.C. 1.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USES AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    The primary uses of the records are: (1) To identify incidents in 
which individuals were involved, (2) to retrieve the report for 
information for the individual involved, such as accident reports and 
reports of found property, (3) to aid National Park Service Law 
enforcement officers on a need to know basis, (4) as the basis for 
criminal investigations conducted by the United States Park Police, and 
commissioned law enforcement employees, and (5) to assist local and 
Regional law enforcement agencies working in areas contiguous to areas 
under the jurisdiction of the NPS. Disclosures outside the Department 
of the Interior may be made: (1) Another Federal agency to enable that 
agency to respond to an inquiry by the individual to whom the record 
pertains. (2) The Department of Justice, or to a court, adjudicative or 
other administrative body, or to a party in litigation before a court 
or adjudicative or administrative body, when: (a) One of the following 
is a party to the proceeding or has an interest in the proceeding: (1) 
The Department or any component of the Department; (2) Any Departmental 
employee acting in his or her official capacity; (3) Any Departmental 
employee acting in his or her individual capacity where the Department 
or the Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee; or 
(4) The United States, when the Department determines that the 
Department is likely to be affected by the proceeding; and (b) The 
Department deems the disclosure to be: (1) Relevant and necessary to 
the proceedings; and (2) Compatible with the purpose for which we 
compiled the information. (3) The appropriate Federal, State, tribal, 
local or foreign governmental agency that is responsible for 
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing or implementing a statute, rule, 
regulation, order or license, when we become aware of an indication of 
a violation or potential violation of the statute, rule regulation, 
order or license. (4) A congressional office in response to an inquiry 
to that office by the individual to whom the records pertains. (5) to 
local and Regional law enforcement agencies for the purpose of 
inclusion in automated fingerprint data systems.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
    Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12). Disclosures may be 
made from this system to consumer reporting agencies as defined in the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 a(f)) or the Federal Claims 
Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
    Manual records, magnetic disk, diskette, and computer tapes.

RETRIEVABILITY:
    (1) Manually, by name of individual and park, and (2) automated, by 
name and incident number.

SAFEGUARDS:
    Maintained with safeguards meeting the requirements of 43 CFR 2.51 
for manual and automated records.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
    Records are maintained for various lengths of time, depending of 
the seriousness of the incident. Records are retired to the Federal 
Records Center or purged, depending on the nature of the document.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    (1) Commander, Information Management Section, U.S. Park Police, 
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, 
Washington, DC 20242. (2) Chief Ranger, Ranger Activities Division, 
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, 
Washington, DC 20240.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Incident information obtained from individual on whom information 
is maintained, witnesses, and investigating officials.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
    Under the general exemption authority provided by 5 U.S.C. 
552a(j)(2), the Department of the Interior has adopted a regulation, 43 
CFR 2.79(a), which exempts this system from all of the provisions of 5 
U.S.C. 552a, and the regulations in 43 CFR, part 2, subpart D, except 
subsections (b), (c), and (1), and (2), (e)(4)(A) through (F), (e)(6), 
(7), (9), (10), and (11), and (i) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the portions of 
the regulations in 43 CFR part 2, subpart D implementing these 
subsections. The reasons for adoption of this regulation are set out at 
40 FR 37217 (August 26, 1975).

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