ML17264A014
| ML17264A014 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/18/2017 |
| From: | Stephanie Blaney Information Services Branch |
| To: | Vardi I - No Known Affiliation |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17264A007 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2017-0068 | |
| Download: ML17264A014 (2) | |
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA RESPONSE NUMBER I II (03*2017) q>>***v11,
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..... ,/!! INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST RESPONSE TYPE D INTERIM
~ FINAL REQUESTER: DATE:
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DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTED RECORDS:
All documents related to the meeting between NRC Commissioners and Entergy company representatives, which took place on November 20th, 2014, at 2:30pm at the NRC PART I. - INFORMATION RELEASED You have the right to seek assistance from the NRC's FOIA Public Liaison. Contact information for the NRC's FOIA Public Liaison is available at httgs://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/contact-foia.html D Agency records subject to the request are already available on the Public NRC Website, in Public ADAMS or on microfiche in the NRC Public Document Room.
~ Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.
Records subject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been D referred to that agency (see comments section) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.
D We are continuing to process your request.
0 See Comments.
PART I.A - FEES NO FEES D
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,, You will be billed by NRC for the amount listed.
0 Minimum fee threshold not met.
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You will receive a refund for the amount listed.
D Due to our delayed response, you will not be charged fees.
- soo Comments for details D Fees waived.
PART 1.8 - INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE O enforcement We did not locate any agency records responsive to your request. Note: Agencies may treat three discret_e categories of law and national security records as not subject to the FOIA ("exclusions"). 5 U.S.C. 552(c). This is a standard notification given to all requesters: it should not be taken to mean that any excluded records do, or do not. exist.
~ We have withheld certain information pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described, and for the reasons stated, in Part II.
Because this is an interim response to your request, you may not appeal at this time. We will notify you of your right to D appeal any of the responses we have issued in response to your request when we issue our final determination.
You may appeal this final determination within 90 calendar days of the date of this response by sending a letter or e-mail to the FOIA Officer, at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or FOIA.Resource@nrc.gov. Please be
~ sure to include on your letter or email that it is a "FOIA Appeal." You have the right to seek dispute resolution services from the NRC's Public Liaison, or the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). Contact information for OGIS is available at httgs://ogis.archives.gov/about-ogis/contact-info[mation him PART l.C COMMENTS (Use attached Comments continuation paae if reauiredl Please note:
The requested responsive record is being released in part.
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PART II.A --APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS GXROUP I Records subject to the request that are contained in the specified group are being withheld in their entirety or in part under the I
Exemption No.(s) of the PA and/or the FOIA as indicated below (5 U.S.C. 552a and/or 5 U.S.C. 552(b)).
D Exemption 1: The withheld information is properly classified pursuant to Executive Order 12958.
D Exemption 2: The withheld information relates solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of NRC.
D Exemption 3: The withheld information is specifically exempted from public disclosure by statute indicated.
D Sections 141-145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data (42 U.S.C.
2161-2165)_ . .~
D Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards Information (42 U.S.C. 2167).
D 41 U.S.C., Section 4702(b), prohibits the disclosure of contractor proposals in the possession and control of an executive agency to any person under section 552 of Title 5, U.S.C. (the FOIA), except when incorporated into the contract between the agency and the submitter of the proposal.
[{] Exemption 4: The withheld information is a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is being withheld for the reason(s) indicated.
[{] The information is considered lo be confidential business (proprietary) information.
D The information is considered to be proprietary because it concerns a licensee's or applicant's physical. protection or material control and accounting program for special nuclear material pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1 ).
D The information was submitted by a foreign source and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(d)(2).
D Disclosure will harm an identifiable private or governmental interest.
Exemption 5: The withheld information consists of interagency or intraagency records that are not available through discovery during litigation.
Applicable privileges:
- Deliberative process: Disclosure of predecisional information would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the D deliberative process: Where records are withheld in their entirety, the facts are inextricably intertwined with the predecisional information.
There also are no reasonably segregable factual portions because the release of the facts would permit an indirect inquiry into the predecisional process of the agency.
D Attorney work-product privilege. (Documents prepared by an attorney in contemplation of litigation)
[{] Attorney-client privilege. (Confidential communications between an attorney and his/her client)
Exemption 6: The withheld information is exempted from public disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearly unwarranted D invasion of personal privacy.
D Exemption 7: The withheld information consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason(s) indicated.
(A) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding (e.g., it would reveal the scope, direction, and D focus of enforcement efforts, and thus could possibly allow recipients to tak_e action to shield potential wrong doing or a violation of NRC requirements from investigators).
D (C) Disclosure could constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(D) The information consists of names of individuals and other information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to reveal D identities of confidential sources.
D (E) Disclosure WOl!ld reveal teehniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or guidelines that could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law.
D (F) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of an individual.
D OTHER (Specify)
I PART 11.B -- DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.25(g}, 9.25(h), and/or 9.65(b) of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The person responsible for the denial are those officials identified below as denying officials and the FOINPA Officer for any denials that may be appealed to the Executive Director for Operations (EDO)_
APPEUATE OFFICIAL DENYING OFFICIAL TITLE/OFFICE RECORDS DENIED EOO SECY IG Stephanie Blaney FOIA/PA Officer x 0 D D ODD Appeal must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of this response. Appeals should be mailed to the FOlNPrivacy Act Officer, ODD U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, for action by the appropriate appellate official(s). You should clearly state on the envelope and letter that it is a "FOINPA Appeal."
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