INTERIOR/NPS-2
System name: Land Acquisition and Relocation Files--Interior,
NPS-2.
System location:
All project offices and Regional
land offices of the National
Park Service (See Appendix for
addresses).
Categories of individuals covered
by the system:
Owners and tenants of land within
National Parks.
Categories of records in the
system:
Contains property owners' and
tenants' names, assigned tract
numbers, addresses, title evidence,
appraisals, negotiator's reports,
property plats, all documents
relative to acquisition of properties
by direct purchase, donation, or
condemnation proceedings, general
correspondence, and relocation claims
with supporting documents and
payments.
Authority for maintenance of the
system:
16 U.S.C. 1, 44 U.S.C. 3101, and
42 U.S.C. 4651.
Routine uses of records maintained
in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes
of such uses:
The primary use of the record is for: (1) Land acquisition and
relocation purposes. Disclosures
outside the Department of the
Interior may be made: (1) To
authorized title companies and closing
agents for title policies and
closings, (2) to the United States
Department of Justice for preliminary
and final title opinions and
condemnation proceedings, (3) to the
United States Department of
Justice when related to litigation or
anticipated litigation, (4) of
information indicating a violation or
potential violation of a
statute, regulation, rule, order, or
license, to appropriate Federal,
State, local, or foreign agencies
responsible for investigating or
prosecuting the violation, or for
enforcing or implementing the
statute, rule, regulation, order, or
license, (5) from the record of
an individual in response to an
inquiry from a Congressional Office
at the request of that individual.
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. 1681a(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:
Maintained in manual form in file
folders.
Retrievability:
Indexed by tract and generally
cross-indexed alphabetically by
landowner's name.
Safeguards:
Stored in lockable metal file
cabinets or unlocked cabinets in
secured rooms or buildings on either
United States Government-owned
or leased facilities.
Retention and disposal:
Pertinent land acquisition
documents retired to park
superintendent's offices and Land
Resources Division, Washington,
when land acquisition matters
complete and remainder of file disposed
of. Reserved tract relocation files
retained at Regional Lands
Offices. Pertinent relocation
documents filed with the National Park
Service, Finance Office and remainder
of files disposed of one year
after all claims are processed for
payment.
System manager(s) and address:
Chief, Land Resources Division,
National Park Service, United
States Department of the Interior,
Washington, DC 20240.
Notification procedure:
To determine whether the records
are maintained on you in this
system, write to the Systems Manager
or to the Regional Land Offices
cited under ``Records Location.''
(See 43 CFR 2.60)
Record access procedures:
To see your records, write the
Systems Manager or the land
acquisition offices cited under
``Records Location.'' Describe as
specifically as possible the records
sought. If copies are desired,
indicate the maximum you are willing
to pay. (See 43 CFR 2.63).
Contesting record procedures:
To request corrections or the
removal of materials from your
files, write the Systems Manager.
(See 43 CFR 2.71).
Record source categories:
Title companies, mapping
contractors, contract appraisers,
individuals on whom tract files are
maintained.
Systems exempted from certain
provisions of the act:
The Privacy Act does not entitle an individual to have access to
any information compiled in
reasonable anticipation of a civil action
or proceeding.
Individual, Agency Officials,
local, and State authorities.