ML15181A400
| ML15181A400 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/10/2015 |
| From: | Riccio J Greenpeace |
| To: | NRC/OIS/CSD/FPIB |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2015-0332 | |
| Download: ML15181A400 (2) | |
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702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, l)C 20001 Tel: 202-462-1177
- Fax: 202-462-4907 www.greenpeace.org June 10, 2015 FOIA I Privacy Act Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop T-6 D8 Washington, DC 20555-0001 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
Dear FOIA Officer:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 522 , as1amend d and 10 C.F.R 9.8 of the Commission's regulations Greenpeace requests that the N clear Regulato Commission provide us with any and all documents associate with th Indian Point Special Inspection that was initiated due to the transformer fire on Ma 9, 2015.
(NRC Begins Special Inspection at Indian Point 3 Nuclear Po'liier Plan to Review lssu Associated with Transformer Event on May 9 htt ://www.nrc. 'ov/readi -rm/doc-collections/news/2015/15-024.i .pdf)
Please consider "documents" to include reports, studies, test results, orrespondence, memoranda, meeting notes, meeting minutes, working paper~ . graph , charts, .diagra s, notes from drop-in visits and summaries of conversations and intervie s, computer records, e-mail and any other form of written communications includin internal NRC memoranda.
Pursuant to and in compliance with 10 C.F.R. 9.41 of the Commission's egulations governing requests for fee waivers, Greenpeace provides the following i formation .
Greenpeace seeks the requested information solely to contribute to an help shape th public debate concerning NRC's role in the regulation of the nuclear in ustry. The information provided by the NRC will be analyzed and used in our on- oing work with public interest groups and the media on the threats posed to and by th Indian Point nuclear plant.
Greenpeace is a nationally known non-profit public interest organizatio founded in 1971 . We will use these documents in preparation of our analysis and assessment of NRC's response to the fire at Indian Point and the particular threat that fire poses at plants licensed before NRC applied the lessons learned from the Brow s Ferry fire.
The requested information and Greenpeace's analysis will greatl~ contrib te to the public' understanding of the Commission's role in regulating the nuclear industry Seemingly NR does not make information from Special Inspection visits available to th public unless it is requested through FOIA. Not even the Special Inspection Team Cha er has found it way into NRC ADAMS . The public would better understand NRC's role nd function if such information were made available. How is the public to determine t e efficacy of a NRC inspection if even the special inspection team charter never sees he light of day?
We plan to broadly disseminate the information contained in our analy is to the press nd the general public. For several years now our publications, comments and press relea es have been made available free of charge on our web site. The reques ed information ill significantly increase the public understanding of the issue and the N C's role in regul ting the nuclear industry.
Our past publications have attracted attention in the local, national an trade media. C pies of the reports have been distributed to members of the public, the nucl groups, federal & state governments and members of Congrer.
Greenpeace has no commercial or private interest in the agency recor s sought.
Since "disclosure of the information is in the public interest be9ause it i likely to contrilJute significantly to the public understanding of the operation or activities of the government and is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester" (5 U.S.C. 5 2 (a)(4)(A) (iii)), we request a complete waiver of any processing or duplicating costs you ight incur in providing these records to us. If you rule otherwise, please notify us b fore filling the request.
If all or any parts of this request are denied , please cite the specific ex you rely in refusing to release the documents.
Further, since the Freedom of Information Act provides that the remain er of a file mus be released if only portions are exempt from disclosure, we request that be provided wi h 1
all non-exempt portions that are reasonably segregable . Of course, w reserve our rig t to appeal the withholding or deletion of any information.
As provided in the Freedom of Information Act Amendments, we will e pect to receive t e requested records or a final determination within twenty working days. If your office is unable to fully respond to this request in that time, please send us a wr tten estimate of when the request will be completed.
If you have any questions about this request, please contact me at 202 319-2487.
Thank you for your attention to this request.
Sincerely, Jim Riccio Nuclear Policy Analyst Greenpeace 702 H Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001