---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1260.54"
title: "36"
number: "1260.54"
heading: "Will NARA loan accessioned records back to the agencies to conduct declassification review?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1260.54"
---

# §1260.54. Will NARA loan accessioned records back to the agencies to conduct declassification review?


In rare cases, when agency reviewers cannot be accommodated at a NARA facility, NARA will consider a request to loan records back to an originating agency in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area for declassification review. Each request will be judged on a case-by-case basis. The requesting agency must:

- (a) Ensure that the facility in which the documents will be stored and reviewed passes a NARA inspection to ensure that the facility maintains:
  - (1) The correct archival environment for the storage of permanent records; and
  - (2) The correct security conditions for the storage and handling of classified national security materials.
- (b) Meet NARA requirements for ensuring the safety of the records;
- (c) Abide by NARA procedures for handling of archival materials;
- (d) Identify and mark documents that cannot be declassified in accordance with NARA procedures; and
- (e) Obtain NARA approval for use of any equipment such as scanners, copiers, or cameras to ensure that they do not pose an unacceptable risk of damage to archival materials.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2101 to 2118; 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 298; Presidential Memorandum of December 29, 2009 “Implementation of the Executive Order, Classified National Security Information,” 75 FR 733, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 412; 32 CFR Part 2001.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 81828, Dec. 29, 2011, unless otherwise noted.