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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 6, 2021 / Notices and necessary to the litigation;
provided, however, that in each case, the Agency determines that disclosure of the records to the Department of Justice is a use of the information contained in the records that is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
C. To a Member of Congress or to a congressional staff member in response to an inquiry of the congressional office made at the written request of the constituent about whom the record is maintained.
D. To agency contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, or volunteers who have been engaged by the agency to assist in the performance of a service related to this system of records and who need to have access to the records in order to perform the activity.
Recipients shall be required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552am.
E. Disclosure may be made to a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry from the congressional office made at the request of that individual.
F. To the National Archives and Records Administration NARA or to the General Services Administration for records management inspection conducted under 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
G. To the news media and the public, with the approval of the Chief Privacy Officer in consultation with counsel, when there exists a legitimate public interest in the disclosure of the information, when disclosure is necessary to preserve confidence in the integrity of USDA, or when disclosure is necessary to demonstrate the accountability of USDAs officers, employees, or individuals covered by the system, except to the extent the Chief Privacy Officer determines that release of the specific information in the context of a particular case would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

None.

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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:

All records are stored electronically or on paper in secure facilities in a locked drawer behind a locked door. The records may be stored on digital media.
Each USDA mission area, agency, and staff office creates and maintains proper and adequate documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential
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transactions of the Department. This documentation protects the legal and financial rights of the Government and of persons directly affected by the Departments activities 44 U.S.C. 3101.
U.S.C. Title 7, Chapters 552204 state that the Secretary of Agriculture may conduct any survey or other information collection and employ any sampling or other statistical method that the Secretary determines is appropriate.
The Department is also authorized to obtain certain information under Sec.
515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 44 U.S.C. 3516, Pub.
L. 106554 as well as Title 5 Part I
Chapter 3301, and 5 U.S.C. 552 552a.
See also: 5 U.S.C. Chapter 552; 44
U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33
Records Management; 18 U.S.C. 2071;
44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3506;
Title 7 CFR 2.37; 36 CFR Chapter 12, Subpart B; 36 CFR part 1234, eGovernment Act of 2002 Pub. L. 107
347, 44 U.S.C. Ch. 36; OMB Circular A
130; NARA General Records Schedules, and Forest Service Mission-specific records retention schedules approved by NARA for NARA Records Group 95.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVABILITY
OF RECORDS:

Records are maintained in accordance with Forest Service records management policy and NARAs General Records Schedule and/or NARA-approved records schedules for NARA Records Group 95. Records are maintained in categories organized by subject matter under the following file codes:
2800MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
2810MINING CLAIMS
2840RECLAMATION
2850MINERAL MATERIALS
2860FOREST SERVICE
AUTHORIZED PROSPECTING AND
MINERAL COLLECTING
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:

Records covered by this Privacy Act System of Records Notices SORN are managed according to records retention schedules approved by NARA. Records schedules used to retain and manage records are found in Chapter 40 of Forest Service Handbook 6209.11
Records Management Handbook. This Handbook is available on the Forest Service website at https
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/
regulations-policies. All unscheduled recordsmeaning records without a NARA-approved records retention scheduleare retained until a records retention schedule is approved by NARA. Once a schedule is approved, all existing records will be processed
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according to the requirements set forth in that schedule.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:

When applicable, paper records are kept in a locked or secured office or office building, and/or retained in a Forest Service secured computer system and can only be accessed by authorized Forest Service employees. Department/
Forest Service safeguards electronic records in this system according to applicable rules and policies, including all applicable automated systems security and access policies. The Forest Service has imposed strict controls to minimize the risk of compromising stored information. System access, including access to records stored in an Agency approved repository such as Pinyon or its successor, is limited to individuals with appropriate clearances or permissions who need to know the information for performance of official duties.
The NRM applications, which houses the information in this system, have Oracle roles defined in the database.
These roles define what level of access a user assigned that Oracle role may have. The User Management Application UMA is used to assign these roles, as well as to determining what subsets of the datareferred to as organizational unitsa user may have access. UMA has an automated process to request and approve access to applications on the NRM General Support System. A user requests specific roles and organizational codes that allow access to specific subsets of data. The request is automatically forwarded to the requesters UMA
Manager who approves or denies the request. The UMA manager is responsible for determining what level of access a given user requires to fulfill job responsibilities.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to records contained in this system of records, or seeking to contest content, may submit a request in writing to the Forest Service FOIA/Privacy Act Officer contact information at https
www.dm.usda.gov/foia/poc.htm. If an individual believes more than one Department component maintains Privacy Act records concerning him or her, the individual may submit the request to the Departmental Freedom of Information Act Officer, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, South Building Room 4104, Washington, DC
202500706, email: USDAFOIA@
ocio.usda.gov.

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