ML17298A604

FOIA Request for Agency Records Relevant to &/Or Generated in Connection W/Nrc Investigations,Insp or Repts on Allegations Made by R Gunderson & W Royce Re Facilities

ML17298A604
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde, 05000538
Issue date:	08/05/1983
From:	Bernabei L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-83-450 NUDOCS 8310240196
Download: ML17298A604 (4)

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~J GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITYPROJECT Institute for Policy Studies 1901 Que 5treet. N.W.. 4'oshington. D.C. 20009 (202) 234-9362 August 5, 1 983

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Fowg g~ ~~~

To Whom It Hay Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 3552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) of the Institute for Policy Studies requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, and other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with NRC investi-gations, inspections or reports on allegations made by Robert Gunderson and Wallace Royce concerning the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

If any records have been destroyed and/or removed, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action(s) taken, relevant date(s), individual, office and/or agency-wide policies and/or justification(s) for the action(s),

identification oF all personnel invol'ved with the action(s ), and any and all records relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement the action(s).

GAP requests that fees be waived, because "finding the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public." 5 U.S.C.

5552 (a)(4)(A). The Government Accountability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through legal representation, advice, national conferences, films, publications and public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.

GAP requests the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.

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Director of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 5, 1983 Pa ge Two For any documents or portions that you deny due to a speci fic FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld'. This index is required under Vau~hn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 9~77 1974).

We look forward to your response to this request within ten days.

Yours tr ul y, LYNNE BERNABEI i,."

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