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[Subchapter B -- Records Management]

Part 1228 -- Disposition of Federal Records

Part 1228 was last amended on 12/17/07.

Sec.

1228.1 Scope of part.

Subpart A -- Records Disposition Programs

1228.10 Authority.
1228.12 Basic elements of disposition programs.

Subpart B -- Scheduling Records

1228.20 Authorities.
1228.22 Developing records schedules.
1228.24 Formulation of agency records schedules.
1228.26 Request for records disposition authority.
1228.28 Scheduling permanent records.
1228.30 Scheduling temporary records.
1228.31 Applying previously approved schedules to electronic records.
1228.32 Request to change disposition authority.

Subpart C -- General Records Schedules

1228.40 Authority.
1228.42 Applicability.
1228.44 Current schedules.
1228.46 Availability.

Subpart D -- Implementing Schedules

1228.50 Application of schedules.
1228.52 Withdrawal of disposal authority.
1228.54 Temporary extension of retention periods.
1228.56 Transfer of permanent records.
1228.58 Destruction of temporary records.
1228.60 Donation of temporary records.

Subpart E -- Loan of Permanent and Unscheduled Records

1228.70 Authority.
1228.72 Approval.
1228.74 Agency action.
1228.76 NARA action on request.
1228.78 Retrieval of records.

Subpart F -- Emergency Authorization to Destroy Records

1228.90 General provisions.
1228.92 Menaces to human life or health or to property.
1228.94 State of war or threatened war.

Subpart G -- Damage to, Alienation, and Unauthorized Destruction of Records

1228.100 Responsibilities.
1228.102 Criminal penalties.
1228.104 Reporting.
1228.106 Exclusions.

Subpart H -- Transfer of Records From the Custody of One Executive Agency to Another

1228.120 Authority.
1228.122 Approval.
1228.124 Agency request.
1228.126 Agency concurrences.
1228.128 Records of terminated agencies.
1228.130 Equipment.
1228.132 Costs of transfers.
1228.134 Restrictions on use of records.
1228.136 Exceptions.

Subpart I -- Transfer of Records to Records Storage Facilities

1228.150 Where can a Federal agency transfer records for storage?
1228.152 Under what conditions may Federal records be stored in records storage facilities?
1228.154 What requirements must an agency meet when it transfers records to a records storage facility?
1228.156 What procedures must an agency follow to transfer records to an agency records center or commercial records storage facility?

Subpart J -- Transfer, Use, and Disposition of Records in a NARA Records Center

1228.160 How does an agency transfer records to a NARA records center?
1228.162 How does an agency transfer vital records to a NARA records center?
1228.164 What records must be transferred to the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)?
1228.166 How does an agency transfer records to the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)?
1228.168 How can records be used in NARA records centers?
1228.170 How are disposal clearances managed for records in NARA records centers?

Subpart K -- Facility Standards for Records Storage Facilities

General

1228.220 What authority applies to this subpart?
1228.222 What does this subpart cover?
1228.224 Publications incorporated by reference.
1228.226 Definitions.

Facility Standards

1228.228 What are the facility requirements for all records storage facilities?
1228.230 What are the fire safety requirements that apply to records storage facilities?
1228.232 What are the requirements for environmental controls for records storage facilities?

Handling Deviations From NARA's Facility Standards

1228.234 What rules apply if there is a conflict between NARA standards and other regulatory standards that a facility must follow?
1228.236 How does an agency request a waiver from a requirement in this subpart?
1228.238 How does NARA process a waiver request?

Facility Approval and Inspection Requirements

1228.240 How does an agency request authority to establish or relocate records storage facilities?
1228.242 What does an agency have to do to certify a fire-safety detection and suppression system?
1228.244 When may NARA conduct an inspection of a records storage facility?

Subpart L -- Transfer of Records to the National Archives of the United States

1228.260 Authority.
1228.262 Types of records to be transferred.
1228.264 Certification for retention of records in agency custody.
1228.266 Audiovisual records.
1228.268 Cartographic and architectural records.
1228.270 Electronic records.
1228.272 Transfer of records.
1228.274 Restrictions on transferred records.
1228.276 Records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974.
1228.278 Release of equipment.
1228.280 Use of records transferred to the National Archives.
1228.282 Disposal clearances.

Appendix A -- Minimum Security Standards for Level III Federal Facilities

Appendix B -- Alternative Certified Fire-safety Detection and Suppression System(s)

Authority: 44 U.S.C. chs. 21, 29, and 33.

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