SORN Interior OS-29 10161986 51FR36862

Youth Conservation Corps Recruitment Files
INTERIOR/OS-29
System name: Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Recruitment Files--Interior, Office of the
Secretary--29.
System location:
Records are kept at participating field stations of the U.S. Department of the Interior's
Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service. A listing of field locations may be
obtained from the pertinent system manager noted below.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Youths between the ages of 15 and 18 who file an application to attend a Department
of the Interior, or State Grant YCC camp.
Categories of records in the system:
The system consists of application forms submitted by eligible youth and contains the
following categories of information: Name, address, telephone number, birthdate, sex, and
name of parent or guardian.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Pub. L. 93-408.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and
the purposes of such uses:
The primary use of the records is for selection among applications of all eligible
applications. Persons selected are either offered employment in a YCC camp or placed on
an alternate list to be used in case of declination. Disclosures outside the Department of
the Interior may be made (1) to the U.S. Forest Service, States, counties, cities and other
subgrantees for employment purposes; (2) to the U.S. Department of Justice or in
a proceeding before a court of adjudicative body when (a) the United States, the
Department of the Interior, a component of the Department, or, when represented by the
government, an employee of the Department is a party to litigation or anticipated litigation
or has an interest in such litigation, and (b) the Department of the Interior determines that
the disclosure is relevant or necessary to the litigation and is compatible with the purpose
for which the records were compiled; (3) 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; (4) to a
congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry the individual
has made to the congressional office; (5) to Federal, State, or local agencies where

necessary to obtain information relevant to the hiring or retention of an employee, or the
issuance of a security clearance, license, contract, grant or other benefit.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of
records in the system:
Storage:
Manual.
Retrievability:
Applications are filed alphabetically by name of individual applicant.
Safeguards:
Records are kept locked in confidential files.
Retention and disposal:
Pending approval of the Archivist of the U.S.
System manager(s) and address:
(1) Chief, Division of Refuges, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Washington, DC 20240; (2) Director, Office of Youth Activities, National Park
Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.
Notification procedure:
Inquiries regarding the existence of records should be addressed to the appropriate
system manager. A written, signed request stating that the requester seeks information
concerning records pertaining to him is required. See 43 CFR 2.60.
Record access procedures:
A request for access may be addressed to the appropriate System Manager. The
request must be in writing and be signed by the requester. The request must meet the
content requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.
Contesting record procedures:
A petition for amendment should be addressed to the appropriate System Manager
and must meet the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
Record source categories:
The records in this system originate in two ways: (1) The YCC application form
prepared by the applicant and any additions or corrections thereto, also prepared by the
applicant. (2) Additional information added to the file by the State recruiter concerning
the applicant's selection, nonselection, declination, etc.