{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1260.54","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1260.54","heading":"Will NARA loan accessioned records back to the agencies to conduct declassification review?","body":"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:\n(a) Ensure that the facility in which the documents will be stored and reviewed passes a NARA inspection to ensure that the facility maintains:\n(1) The correct archival environment for the storage of permanent records; and\n(2) The correct security conditions for the storage and handling of classified national security materials.\n(b) Meet NARA requirements for ensuring the safety of the records;\n(c) Abide by NARA procedures for handling of archival materials;\n(d) Identify and mark documents that cannot be declassified in accordance with NARA procedures; and\n(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.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER D—DECLASSIFICATION","PART 1260—DECLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION","Subpart D—Automatic Declassification"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"d438587c14fcb12ad49584907cf25473c808f378fa7d8a06822e86820eb1302e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1260.52","next":"us/36-cfr-1260.56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}