ML003770209
| ML003770209 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group |
| Issue date: | 11/20/2000 |
| From: | Pulsifer R NRC/NRR/DLPM |
| To: | Walker T MPR Associates |
| Pulsifer R M, NRR/DLPM, 415-3016 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML003770209 (3) | |
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November 20, 2000 Mr. Thomas Walker MPR Associates, Inc.
320 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3230
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Dear Mr. Walker:
By letter dated October 3, 2000, and affidavit dated October 16, 2000, executed by Paul S.
Damerell, MPR Associates, Inc. (MPR) submitted two floppy disks, each containing the spreadsheet files for implementing the Boiling Water Reactors Owners Group (BWROG) DC motor performance method and requested that they be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790. A non-proprietary version of the disks were not provided.
The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
(4) a.
Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by MPRs competitors without license from MPR and the BWROG constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies; b.
Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product; d.
Information which reveals aspects of past, present, or future MPR customer-funded development plans and programs, of potential commercial value to MPR; We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.
Therefore, we have determined that the two floppy disks, each containing the spreadsheet files for implementing the Boiling Water Reactors Owners Group (BWROG) DC motor performance method, marked as proprietary, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Mr. Thomas Walker November 20, 2000 Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Robert Pulsifer, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 691 cc:
Mr. James M. Kenny, Chairman BWR Owners Group PPL, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street M/C A6-1 Allentown, PA 18101
Mr. Thomas Walker November 20, 2000 Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Robert Pulsifer, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 691 cc:
Mr. James M. Kenny, Chairman BWR Owners Group PPL, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street M/C A6-1 Allentown, PA 18101 DISTRIBUTION:
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