IA-92-277, Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Nrc Continuing to Review Records Subj to Request.App a Documents Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 7)

Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Nrc Continuing to Review Records Subj to Request.App a Documents Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 7)

ML20127C561
Person / Time
Issue date:	08/07/1992
From:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Wendling T PLAIN DEALER, CLEVELAND, OH
References
FOIA-92-277 NUDOCS 9301140257
Download: ML20127C561 (3)

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No era.y recwas sub nt i to the request ha.e been located No addittor# apncy ter.ords subi es - t to the re%est ha<r ten Iv.awi Requested res uds are avadab'e through another pubhc d stfibubon proyam See Commente section, Agency fer ords subjMt to the request that ce identif ed in Appervhaleu are inmiy ava;!able for pubbc inspection and copying at the NHC Pubhc Document Room 2170 L Stwt. N W . Wash rgton, DC.

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for pubM mtpecpon and cop ymg ut the N O C PEc Documerit Roorn, 7120 L Street. N W , Wr.Nnfon. DC, in a folder under this F OI A number.

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._ .No PART 11 A-iNI ORMATION WIDiHE LD F ROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 1 Certam informanon r the rewsted records is t.e na wittheht from pubut choosure pursuant to the esemptions degribed m arui for the reasons stead in Part 11. B, C, and D Any reiaased portions of the documents for w h>ch only part of the record is berg withheld are being made evauabic for putW

, *mmecton end ccovina in t** NHC Pubk Docan.ent Room,2120 L St reet, N W . Wuhingon. DC in a 6Her under this FOlA r; umber COMM E N TS in a conteronce call with Ms. Windsor and Ms. Fappas, you agreed to narrow the s c o r+ o f your request to the 0112ce o .1 Inspector General s reports without the exhibits.

The stadi in continuing to review records subject to your request. We will notify you upon the completion of the review.

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Re: FOIA-92-277 APPENDIX A DOCUMENTS BEING WITilllELD IN ENTIRETY H U M B Elt DATE DESCRIPTION

1. Various Records subject to category two of your request, Case No.90-28C, maintained in the Inspector General's files relate to an ongoing investigation and are being withheld in their entirety pursuant to Exemption 7(A).

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216 344 4500 CLEVELAND, oHlo 44114 06410 TOtt (RCE 800 362 0727 June 9,-1992 Donnie Grimsley, Director FRECDOM OF INFORMATION FOIA and publication Services ACT REQUEST U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 M W JN

Dear Mr. Grimsley:

This is a request for access to public records under 5 USC 552, the Freedom of Information Act. Under provisions'of that. statute, I am requesting copies of the following records pertaining to probee -

conducted by the NRC's Office of the Inspector General for Investigations:

1. An investigation pertaining to a 10 CFR part 35 petition by two nuclear medicine societies.

2. All records pertaining to any OIG investigations of University of Cincinnati Hospitals.

If any of these records are withheld, in whole or in_part, I am requesting a citation of the applicable exemption for each record, or portion thereof, that is withheld. I am also requesting-a waiver of search and copying fees because the information gained in this request will be used in stories I am writing for this newspaper.

Thanks fe: your help. If-you have any questions about this request, please call me at (216) 344-/987.

Sincerely, 1

Ted Wendling_

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