Privacy Act Issuances for the Department of the Interior, 1997 - Indian Electric Power Utilities--Interior, Bia-26.[Privacy Act Issuances (1997)]
[DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR]
[Bureau of Indian Affairs]
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    INTERIOR/BIA-26

   System name: Indian Electric Power Utilities--Interior, BIA-26.

     System locations: 
       (1) Colorado River Irrigation Project--Power Division; Route 1, 
   Box 9-C; Parker, AZ 85344; (2) Flathead Indian Irrigation Project--
   Power Division; Box 890; Polson, Montana 59860; (3) San Carlos Indian 
   Irrigation Project--Power Division; Box 250; Coolidge, Arizona 85228.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       Individual Indians and non-Indians desiring electric power 
   service for households, farms, small businesses and organizations.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       Electric power service requests and agreements; applications and 
   contracts; applications and contracts for seasonal motors; special 
   provisions to application agreement and billing records.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       The Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1039), the Act of May 25, 
   1948 (62 Stat. 269) and the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 476).
     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 to identify the recipient(s) of 
   the electric power services rendered and the person(s) responsible 
   for monetary charges (service bill) associated with providing the 
   desired benefits. Disclosure outside the Department of the Interior 
   may be made (1) to the U.S. Department of Justice or in a proceeding 
   before a court or 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; (2) 
   to disclose pertinent information to an appropriate Federal, State, 
   local, or foreign agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, 
   enforcing, or implementing a statute, regulation, rule, or order, 
   where the disclosing agency becomes aware of an indication of a 
   violation or potential violation of civil or criminal law or 
   regulation; (3) to a Member of Congress from the record of an 
   individual in response to an inquiry made at the request of that 
   individual; (4) to the Department of the Treasury to effect payment 
   to Federal, State, and local government agencies, nongovernmental 
   organizations, and individuals; (5) to a Federal agency for the 
   purpose of collecting a debt owed the Federal government through 
   administrative or salary offset; and (6) to other Federal agencies 
   conducting computer matching programs to help eliminate fraud and 
   abuse and to detect unauthorized overpayments made to individuals.
   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: 
       Manual, application, agreement and contract files.
     Retrievability: 
       Indexed by individual name and account number.
     Safeguards: 
       In accordance with 43 CFR 2.5.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Records retention and disposal in accordance with 15 BIAM 
   Supplement 3, Schedule No. 1103-13, BIA Files Operation and Records 
   Disposition Handbook.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       (1) Power Manager, Colorado River Irrigation Project--Power 
   Division; Route 1, Box 9-C; Parker, AZ 85344; (2) Power Manager, 
   Flathead Indian Irrigation Project--Power Division; Box 890; Polson, 
   Montana 59860; (3) Power Manager, San Carlos Indian Irrigation 
   Project--Power Division; Box 250; Coolidge, Arizona 85228.
     Notification procedure: 
       To determine whether the records are maintained on you in this 
   system, write to the pertinent System Manager. The request must meet 
   the requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.
     Record access procedures: 
       To see your records, write to the pertinent System Manager. The 
   request must meet the requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.
     Contesting record procedures: 
       To request corrections or the removal of material from your 
   files, write to the pertinent System Manager. The request must meet 
   the requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
     Record source categories: 
       Individual on whom the record is maintained, electric power 
   service customers.

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