ML20043E149
| ML20043E149 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 04/26/1990 |
| From: | Philips J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Zimmerman B FRIEDMAN, COLLARD & POSWALL |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20043E150 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-90-76 NUDOCS 9006120119 | |
| Download: ML20043E149 (5) | |
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INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST (D'
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Dcos.1wonistW$iasenweses atout 6Ta m Barry A. Zimmerman PARf 1.- AGENCY RECORDS RELE A$tD OR NOT LOCAf tD ISee checked boars)
No agency records outeoct to the regtest have toen located.
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Ido addn6enel egency recorde outgect to the request have been locateid.
Roguetted records are evealebte through another pubhc detributaan swog'em. $H Comnents Secteun.
X Agency recoede sutgect to the eequest that are adentifed on Apsendialesi
.e's already evellable for pubhc werection and copying m the teRC Pubhc Document Room 2120 L Stieet. N W.. WesNngton. DC 20666 Agency recoeds autnect to ths request that see identifed on Apsendiateel O
are tong modo evalieble for pabhc enspecten and copyeng in the X
NaC Pubhc Document Room, 2t20 L $treet. N W., Washington. DC 6n a foWer under Dies iota numtee and e+ wester tieme The nonproswetery version of the swoposeHal that you agreed to occopt en a telephone conversetson with a memt et of my staff 6s now tioeng made eve 6tobie for public triepection and copytng et Fe NRC Public Document Room 21P0 L Street. N W., WpNngton. DC. In e foeder undet the FOIA numter and eoountos name.
Agency tocords outnoct to the request that eve identifedon Append.stesi may to entsected end cop.ed et ste NRC Local Pubhc Document Room 6dentifeed b the Comments section.
X we.losed is enformat6on on how you may obtem eccess to end the chstges for copying records placed in the NRC Putsc Document Room. 212 Enc to nuin. DC.
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^'*"''d"6''"a"**"*'*** Wocummts 1&Mifi@ m @m@x B nalmd Reco,es out,en io on.,eousei beve te.n.oi.,,ed to anoes, reo...i egeneyiesi fa, reve. and de,en een onse to you You will to t>6hed by the NRC for fue totekn0 6 in v6ew of NRC's response to tNs request, no furthet action 64 beng taken on appeallettet dated No.
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PART R. A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUSUC DISCLOSURE Cotten enformet on in its veauested records is bens withheld from pubhc disclosu'e pu'avant to ite esemptons descrit.ed in end foe the reasons stated en Part e.
X escuono s. C and D An,,eien.d pomons of the documenis io, -h.ch oniy pen of the..c.,d e te, g.,ihheid e,e reina m.de e.eiiebie io, pubhc inspecoon.nd copying en the NRC Putsc Document Room. 2120 L Street N W., WeeNngton, DC. en a foWet unde' pus f DIA numteer and requester name COMMEWil This response does not include records that were addressed in the NRC response to the FOIA appeal (F01A-89-A-7) filed by Marton Friedman of your law firm in 1989.
The records identified on Appendix A are also maintained at the Local Public Document Room for Rancho Seco at the following address:
Martin Luther King Regional Library 7340 24th Street Bypass Sacramento, CA 95822
Contact:
Ms. Bess'Chen Telephone:
(916) 421-3151 b
b (CTOR. D(VISION Of FREE $Dt Ol\\tNFORMATION AND PUBUCATIONS SERVICES
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i, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RESPONSE r oiA c outa n o FOIA - 9046 DAApp rsso.
PART 3.5-APPUCABLE EKEMPit0let Records subject to the request that are descrit>ed on the enclosed Appendistesi _h are besng withheld in their entirety or in part under the Esernptions one for the eessons sei sorth beiow pursvent to 6 U.S.c. 652(b) and to Cf R 9.17tal of NRC Regulations-f j
t. tf. wwiew entmmaien.s prL,iy ciawfied pu,.uent to es.evuv. o,d., etx uPriON is
- 2. The wnbh.w mfonnaten reims soiety to the internei personnei ruios no proc.dures of NftC. etKtMPfiON tl 3, The wnhh.w into,maison is.oecificeny e.empi.d from pubhc disciosure by statute er decat.d. itxtt.iPtf0N si soci ons isi 146 of the Atomic energy Act which prosbits the 0,sciosure of nesincied Dais or Formeriy Res.,icied Data ist u s C :16i.2166i.
Sechon ie7 of the Atomic trergy Act which proNbits the disclosure of Unclawfed Safeguards information 142 U.S C. 2167L
- 4. The withheld informaten 6s a trade sec#et or commerciai or fmancialinformaten that is being withheld for the reasontalindicated (Ext MPilON di The informaten to considered to to confidennet busmest loropnetaryl informaten.
The inforrriation is considered to to peuprietary enformaten pursuant to 10 Cf R 2.790tdifil.
m The information was submitted and received in conhdonce puesuant to 10 CFR 2 790tdH2L X
- 6. The withtoid intornisten consists of interogency or entrangency records that are not ave 5ie through discovery durm0 et'gahcri (iXtMPilON 61. Apphcables Privilege:
l D.ieb.ravve process: D.ciosure of p,edeceionai mformation wouid tend io inhibn the open and frens emenange of iden eu.nuaiio ih. deiibe,siive procus.
X where enords are ww eid in their eno'eiv. ihe f acts are menuicaba, iniertwiried with the predecisenal mformation. There also are no reasonably segregabic f actual poruons incease ihe reieas. of the f.cis wouid p.ema en indireci moui,y mio ihe p.edecimen.i process of ih. egency.
Attomer week product pnvilege (Documents prepared by en attorney in contenetation of stigation I Attorney-client privilege. (Confidential communicatens between en attornev and he her client i s
- 6. The withheld information is enempted from public disclosure because its disclosure wowid result in a clearty unwe' ranted mvasion of personal pnvecy. ItXEMPflON 6)
- 7. The withhe6d informapon consists of records compiled foe law enforcement purposes and is teing withheld for the reasontalindicated it AtMPTION 7)
Disclosure could reasonably be emperied to interiore with an enforcornent proceeding because it couid reveal the scope. directiors and focus of en-forcement etforts. and thus could possibly ellow them to teke ac tion to shield potential wrongdomg os a veisten of NRC requirements itom investigators t xiMPilON 7 iAll Disclosure would constitute en unwarranted invasen of personai pnvecy it X MPTION 71Cil The information consists of names of individuals and other mformation the disclosure el which could reasonably be enoected to revealidentities of confidential sources ittlMPTION 7 (Du O f HLit PART II. C-DENYING OFFICIALS i
Pursuant to 10 CFR 9 26M and'or 9 26 tel of the U $ Nuclear Regulatory Commession reguistens it has been determined that the mformation withheld is esempt from p#oduchon et disciosure and that its production or discicuurt is contearv to the pubist interest the persons responsible for the denial are those offectais idenbfied beiow as denymg officials and the Daec tor. Division of F reedom of information and Publicutions 6ervices Othee of Administrapon and Resources Management. for any densats that may be appepied to the taecubve Doettor foe Operations (IDO)
DENYING Of FICIAL TITL EIOF FiCf RECORDS DENitD APPELLAf t OFFICIAL SECR{TARY EDO James Lieberman
)irector, Office of Enforcement Appendix C X
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.4 PART N. D-APPEAL RIGHTS The densat by each denying officlat identified in Part 11 C may t e appealed to the Appellate Officist 6dentefed in that secten. Any such appeal must te in vvrttmg and must be made within 30 days of receipt of this response. Appeals must te addressed es appropriate to the Esecutrve D6 rector for Operatens or to the Secretary of the Commission.
U.S. Nuclear Reguistory Comminion. Washington. DC 20$$6. and should clearty state on the envelope and in the letter that 41 is an " Appeal from en Irwtial FOIA Decisen."
cnc FOnu osa (part 21 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (1 t.881 FOIA RESPONSE CONTINUATION
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7 APPENDIX A DOCUMENTS AIREADY AVAIIABLE IN THE PDR NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION 1.
6/6/86 Letter from R. Scarano to J. Ward, subject:
NRC Inspection Report.
PDR Accession No.
8606200309 2.
6/6/86 Letter from R. A. Scarano to John Ward, subject:
NRC Inspection Report.
PDR Accession No. 8606200075 3.
12/23/87 Letter from J. Martin to G.
C. Andongnini, subject:
Request for Information.
PDR Acc.
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1/13/89 Letter from J. Martin to J.
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- Firlit, subject:
Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Inspection Report No. 50-312/86-15).
PDR Accession No.
8901190351 5.
2/13/89 Letter from J. F. Firlit to James Lieberman, subject:
Response to Notice of Violation EA 86-110.
PDR Acc. No. 8902240300 6.
3/1/89 Letter from J. Lieberman to J.
F. Firlit, acknowledging receipt of payment for civil penalty.
PDR Acc. No. 8903090392 i
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'1 Ret FOIA-90-76 APPENDIX B DOCUMENTS BEING PIACED IN THE PDR NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION 1.
12/11/87 Memo to the File from James Lieberman, subject:
Rancho Seco (EA 86-110).
(1 page) 2.
12/15/87 Note to File from Jim Lieberman, subject:
Conversation With Tom Flynn AVSA Rancho Seco EA 86-110.
(1 page) 3.
12/29/87 Note to Files from Jim Lieberman, subject:
Rancho Seco EA 86-110.
(1 page) 4.
4/11/88 Note to File from J. Lieberman, subject Rancho Seco.
(1 page) 5.
1/13/89 Office of Enforcement Notification of Significant Enforcement Action - Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (EA 86-110)
(1 j
Page) 6.
2/22/89 NRC Invoice to Sacramento Municipal Utility District - receipt of full payment for EA 86-110, dated January 13, 1989, Docket No. 50-i 312, in the amount of $100,000.
(2 pages) 7.
4/26/89 Enforcement Action Tracking System Data Sheet, subject:
Rancho Seco EA 86-110.
(1 page)
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DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY 4:
NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION
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6/23/86 Unsigned draft enforcement package, l
consisting of:
- 1) draft memo from A. D.
'j Johnson to Jane Axelrad, subject:
Rancho Seco Notice of Violation and Proposed l
Imposition of Civil Penalties Relating to Release of Radioactive Liquid Effluents and Emergency Preparedness, 2) draft letter from l
John Martin to Dewey K. K. Lowe, subjects
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Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition J
of Civil Penalties, and 3) draft Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil
.l Penalty. (12 pages)
Withheld in entirety pursuant to Exemption 5.
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12/14/87 Memo from James Lieberman to various 4
addressees, subject:
Rancho Seco_(EA 86-i 110), attaching draft letter to G. Carl Andognini regarding Request for Information.
(4 pages)
Withheld in entirety pursuant to Exemption 5.
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10/11/88 Memo from James Lieberman to J. B. Martin, subjects EA 86-110 Rancho Seco Radioactive Effluent Discharge, attaching draft Commission paper. (12 pages)
Withheld in l
entirety pursuant to Exemption 5.
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Undated Unsigned draft letter from J. Martin to Dewey K. K. Lowe, subject:
.l Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Inspection Report Nos. 50-312/86-14, 50-j 312/86-15)
(7 pages)
Withheld in entirety pursuant to Exemption 5.
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