[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR264.3]

[Page 92]
 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 264_VITAL RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  264.3  Responsibility.

    (a) Manager, Records Office. The Manager, Records Office, is 
responsible for categorizing records as vital, and in conjunction with 
the Chief Postal Inspector/Emergency Coordinator shall establish and 
maintain the vital records program, and ensure compliance with 
supportive procedures.
    (b) Chief Postal Inspector. As the Postal Service's Emergency 
Coordinator, the Chief Postal Inspector shall establish and maintain a 
program to ensure that vital records are available at predesignated off-
site locations for use during a national emergency.
    (c) Custodians. Custodians are responsible for following vital 
records program procedures including the forwarding of vital records to 
predesignated off-site locations.

[44 FR 51224, Aug. 31, 1979, as amended at 60 FR 57344, Nov. 15, 1995; 
64 FR 41290, July 30, 1999; 68 FR 56558, Oct. 1, 2003]