Location of Records and Hours of Use; Suitland Research Room

SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration is revising

its regulations on location of records and hours of use to modify the

hours that the Suitland Research Room at the Washington National

Records Center is open for archival research. Beginning the Saturday

after Labor Day, the Suitland Research Room will be closed on

Saturdays. Weekday hours are not affected. NARA is taking this action

because Saturday use of the research room has diminished to the point

that it is not cost effective to operate the research room on

Saturdays. This action will allow staff resources to be reallocated to

better serve the public. Additionally, NARA is updating information on

its facilities outside the Washington, DC, area to add the Federal

Records Center and Regional Archives at Pittsfield, MA, to correct

other addresses and, in some instances, make minor adjustments to the

hours of use.

DATES: The effective date of this rule is September 9, 1995. Comments

on the interim rule must be received by October 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Director, Policy and Planning Division

(PIRM-POL), National Archives at College Park Room 3200, 8601 Adelphi

Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be faxed to (301)

713-7270.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Hadyka or Nancy Allard on

(301) 713-6730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning September 9, 1995, the research

room at the Washington National Records Center, in Suitland, Maryland

will no longer be open for archival research on Saturdays. NARA is

taking this action because Saturday use of the research room has

diminished to the point that it is not cost-effective to operate the

research room on Saturdays. Within the next year when all archival

records currently at the Washington National Records Center have been

relocated to the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, or to

the National Archives at College Park facility, NARA will close the

Suitland Research Room as an archival research room.

A significant number of records have been or are in the process of

being moved from Suitland to College Park. These records include the

Records of Foreign Service Posts; Records of the Army Staff; Records of

the Office of Military Government of Germany, United States; Records of

the War Relocation Authority; Records of the US Air Force; and Records

of the Bureau of Land Management. Between April 29, 1995 and July 1,

1995, Saturday use of the Suitland Research Room ranged from 1 to 8

archival researchers, with an average of 6 researchers. The summer time

period is traditionally peak use of the research room. As more of the

heavily used records are moved from Suitland and the peak use period

ends, even this level of use will not be sustained. When the Suitland

Research Room closes on Saturdays, NARA staff will be reassigned from

Suitland to either the College Park or the Washington, DC facility,

where there is heavier Saturday research use.

Addresses of Presidential libraries, the National Personnel Records

Centers, Federal Records Centers, and Regional Archives also have been

updated. For some Presidential libraries and Federal Records Centers,

the hours of use have been corrected to reflect current hours of

operation.

This rule is being issued as an interim final rule without prior

notice of proposed rulemaking as permitted by the Administrative

Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B)) when the agency for good cause

finds that notice and public comment thereon are impractical,

unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. Because this rule will

have only a minor impact on the researchers using archival records in

NARA's Washington, DC, area research rooms and early reprogramming of

the resources will better serve the public, NARA finds good cause to

make this rule effective without prior notice of proposed rulemaking.

NARA will issue a final rule confirming or amending this interim

rule at the close of the comment period.

This rule is not a significant regulatory action for purposes of

Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993, and has not been reviewed

by the Office of Management and Budget. As required by the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, it is hereby certified that this rule will not have a

significant impact on small entities.

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1253

Archives and records.

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, chapter XII of title 36,

Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 1253--LOCATION OF RECORDS AND HOURS OF USE

1. The authority citation for part 1253 continues to read as

follows:

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2104(a).

2. In Sec. 1253.3, a new introductory paragraph is added and

paragraphs (a) through (f) and (h) through (j) are revised to read as

follows:

Sec. 1253.3 Presidential libraries.

Some of the Presidential Libraries may offer extended research room

hours on selected evenings and Saturdays; museums within the Libraries

offer Saturday and Sunday hours. More specific information on extended

hours is available from each Presidential Library. The hours listed in

this section are the minimum hours that each Presidential Library is

normally open.

(a) Herbert Hoover Library, 210 Parkside Dr., West Branch, IA.

Mailing address: PO Box 488, West Branch, IA 52358-0488. Hours: 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 511 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park,

NY 12538-1999. Hours: 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(c) Harry S. Truman Library, 500 W. US Hwy 24, Independence, MO

64050-1798. Hours: 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, 200 SE Fourth Street, Abilene, KS

67410-9904. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(e) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA

02125. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(f) Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, 2313 Red River St., Austin, TX

78705-5702. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

* * * * *

(h) Gerald R. Ford Museum, 303 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids MI 49504-

5353. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Sunday through Saturday.

(i) Jimmy Carter Library, 1 Copenhill Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307-

1406. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(j) Ronald Reagan Library, 40 Presidential Dr, Simi Valley, CA

93065-0666. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

3. Section 1253.4 is revised to read:

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Sec. 1253.4 Washington National Records Center.

Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland,

MD. Mailing address: Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland

Road, Washington, DC 20409-0002. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday; for the Suitland Research Room, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

4. Section 1253.5 is revised to read:

Sec. 1253.5 National Personnel Records Center.

(a) Military Personnel Records, National Personnel Records Center,

9700 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO 63132-5100. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

(b) Civilian Personnel Records, National Personnel Records Center,

111 Winnebago St., St. Louis, MO 63118-4199. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4

p.m., Monday through Friday.

5. Section 1253.6 is revised to read:

Sec. 1253.6 Federal Records Centers.

(a) 380 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA 02154-6399. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4

p.m., Monday through Friday.

(b) 100 Dan Fox Dr., Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(c) Military Ocean Terminal Bldg. 22, Bayonne, NJ 07002-5388.

Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(d) 14700 Townsend Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(e) 1557 St. Joseph Ave., East Point, GA 30344-2593. Hours: 8 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(f) 3150 Springboro Rd., Dayton, OH 45439-1883. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(g) 7358 S. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60629-5898. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4

p.m., Monday through Friday.

(h) 2312 E. Bannister Rd., Kansas City, MO 64131-3011. Hours: 8

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(i) 501 W. Felix St., Fort Worth, TX. Mailing Address: PO Box 6216,

Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

(j) Denver Federal Center Bldg. 48, Denver, CO. Mailing Address: PO

Box 25307, Denver, CO 80225-0307. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

(k) 1000 Commodore Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066-2350. Hours: 7:30 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(l) 2400 Avila Rd., 1st Floor East, Laguna Niguel, CA. Mailing

Address: PO Box 6719, Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-6719. Hours: 8 a.m. to

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(m) 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-7433. Hours: 8 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

6. Section 1253.7 is revised to read:

Sec. 1253.7 Regional Archives System.

Some of the Regional Archives may offer extended research room

hours on selected evenings and Saturdays. More specific information on

extended hours is available from each Regional Archives. The hours

listed in this section are the minimum hours that each Regional

Archives is normally open.

(a) National Archives--New England Region, 380 Trapelo Rd.,

Waltham, MA 02154-6399. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Telephone: (617) 647-8100.

(b) National Archives--Pittsfield Region, 100 Dan Fox Dr.,

Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230. Hours: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday. Telephone: (413) 445-8458.

(c) National Archives--Northeast Region, 201 Varick St., New York,

NY 10014-4811. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Telephone: (212) 337-1300.

(d) National Archives--Mid-Atlantic Region, 900 Market St. Room

1350, Philadelphia, PA 19107-4292. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. Telephone: (215) 597-3000.

(e) National Archives--Southeast Region, 1557 St. Joseph Ave., East

Point, GA 30344-2593. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Telephone: (404) 763-7477.

(f) National Archives--Great Lakes Region, 7358 S. Pulaski Rd.,

Chicago, IL 60629-5898. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Telephone: (312) 353-0162.

(g) National Archives--Central Plains Region, 2312 E. Bannister

Rd., Kansas City, MO 64131-3011. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. Telephone: (816) 926-6934.

(h) National Archives--Southwest Region, 501 West Felix St., Bldg.

1, Fort Worth, TX. Mailing address: PO Box 6216, Fort Worth, TX 76115-

3405. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Telephone: (817)

334-5525.

(i) National Archives--Rocky Mountain Region, Denver Federal

Center, Bldg. 48, Denver, CO. Mailing address: PO Box 25307, Denver, CO

80225-0307. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Telephone:

(303) 236-0817.

(j) National Archives--Pacific Southwest Region, 2400 Avila Rd.,

1st Floor East, Laguna Niguel, CA. Mailing address: PO Box 6719, Laguna

Niguel, CA 92607-6719. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Telephone: (714) 643-4241.

(k) National Archives--Pacific Sierra Region, 1000 Commodore Dr.,

San Bruno, CA 94066-2350. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday. Telephone: (415) 876-9009.

(l) National Archives--Pacific Northwest Region, 6125 Sand Point

Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-7433. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday. Telephone: (206) 526-6507.

(m) National Archives--Alaska Region, 654 W. 3rd Ave., Anchorage,

AK 99501-2145. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Telephone: (907) 271-2441.

Dated: August 1, 1995

John W. Carlin,

Archivist of the United States

[FR Doc. 95-19568 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]

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