ML20055F048

Final Response to FOIA Request for Records.App L Records Available in Pdr.App L Records Partially & App M Records Completely Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 5)

ML20055F048
Person / Time
Issue date:	06/18/1990
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Degrazia B BURDITT, BOWLES & RADZIUS, CHARTERED (FORMERLY BURDIT
Shared Package
ML20055F049	List: ML20055F048 ML20055F050
References
FOIA-89-376 NUDOCS 9007130230
Download: ML20055F048 (4)

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U.S. NU R RCULAIORY MM2SION hac eaa nt ous 6t hw sw FOIA 89-376

.. m.y AwDuu,m RE Pd TO DOM 41 I Im'm INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST gjg e.ese ca.n uwwRau,,.#

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Bruce C. deGrazia PART 1.- AGENCY RECORD $ RELE ASED OR NOT LOCAf f D fSee checaed boaesi No opency records subject to the sequest have been located.

No eddmonet agency records subsect to the request have been locoted.

Requested recoeds 6'e available through e%ther public distreuten prog #am See Comments Section.

Agency recoeds swb ect to the sequest that s't identified on Appendiatesi i

NRC Public Document Room P120 L Steest iJ W., Washington. DC 2065$

a<e streedy evedable for public inspection and coppng m the X

Agency records subiecs to the request that see identif.ed on Append +stec L

.,e bem,,nade...,i.bi, io,,obiic msn,ct,on.no,o,,,,, e the NRC Publc Document Room. 2170 L $1.eet. N W. Washington DC. en a foldee undee this FDIA numt.et and eeowestee name.

The nonprope. eta',pyeg at the NRC Public Document Room 2170 L Streets version of the proposelts) that you N'eed to accept e a telepho espection and cc

. N W., Washmeton DC. e a foldet undes the FOIA numbee and ecovester re no -

4 Agency reconds subiect le the eeqvest that are edent f ed on Append stesi 6n the Commeeis Suten

_may be inspected and coped at the NRC Local Pubiec Document Room identif e

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Enclosed es information en how you may optain access to U.d the charges foe corymg socords placed m the NRC Public Document Room. 2120 L Stieet. N W.

Washington. DC.

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Agency recoeds subject to the neovest are enclosed T

Roo,ds sob,ui io ihe,e.ees, have been,eio..so io.noihe, Fede..i.gencyi.Z, et,iew and di.eci response io yo.

You will be billed by the NRC tor fees totahng 8

.i in view of NRC's respotise to th4 sequest. no further action is being taken on appealletter dated No _

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PART 11. A-lNFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLtC DISCLOSURE Certa.n etoemet.on e the veovested escords is beieg aithheid t'om publ.c d,sclosv e pu suant to the esemptons desenbed e and toe tr e

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sectens B C and D Any seteated port'ons of the docurrents fos which onis ca't of the seco'd is being mthheid aie t,eing reade aiailab6e for public erwpection enc l l.

cocying in the NRC Pwblic Document Room. 2120 L St'oet. N W. Washington. DC m e tokset under this FOiA nwmt,ee and eeovestet name COMMENTS I

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. Rncords subject 13 tu request that are described on the encl sed Appendiates) _lN_are being withheld in their (ntirety or in part under the F.nernptions at d for the reasons set forth belovv pursuant to 6 U.s C. 652(b) and ID CFH 917(a) of NRC Regulations ~

1. The withheid informaten is property classifed pursuant to Esecutive Oeder (E XEMPTION tl

2. The wettdisid informaten relates so6Wy to tte internal perecnnel rules and procedures of NRC, (EXEMPtlON 2) 3; The wethheld information is specificelty enempted from pubhc disclosure by statute indicated (EXEMPTION 31 Sections 141 146 of the Atomic Energy Act which D'oh' tats the disclosure of Restricted Date or Formerly Restrected Date (42 U $ C 216121661.

Secten 147 of the Atomic (norgy Act wNch protubits the disclosure of Unctessified Safeguards Information 142 U $ C. 21671

4. The withheld informstron is a trade secret or comrnercial oe firwncialinformation that is bemg withheld for the reason (s)indscated (EXEMPTION di The enformaten is considered to be contadential bus 6 ness (propneuryl information The 6nformation is considered to be proprietary mformaten pursuant to 10 CFR 2,790(dHIL The information was submitted end received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2 790tdH2L y

6. The withheld information consists of interagency or ottaagencV rerords that are not salabie trwough discovery during litigation. (EXEMPflON li Applicable Pnvilege:

D*'iberstrve Process. Disclosure of predecisional information would tend to mNbit the open and frank eschange of ideas essential to the deliberative process y

nnero records a.re withheld m their entirety, the f acts are inestricabiy mtertwmed with the predecimenalinformaton There also are no reasonably segregable f ac portions bec.us ih.,oiease ci ihe facis wooid pe,mei en oder.ci maus,y mio ih. p,od. cision.i p,ocess of ihe agency.

Attorney work product priv Aege. (Documents prepared by an attorney in contemplateon of htigaten i Attorney -chent pnvilege (Confidential communicatrons between an attomey and Nu her thent i i

6, The withheld information 6s enempied from pubhc disclosure because its disclosure would retu t m a clearly unnarranted invasion of personal pnvecy. IEXEMPTION 61 r

7. The withheld information consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason (s) indicated (EXEMPTION 7)

Disclosure could #easonably be aspcted to miertere with an enfoecement proceeding because it could reveal the scope, directen, and focus of en.

forcement ettorts, and thus could possibly allow them to take action to sNeld potential wrongdoing or a violaten of NRC requirements from mvestigators (XEMPTION 7 lAll Disclosure would constetute an unwarranted mvasion of personal pnvecy (EXEMPTION 71Cll The mformation consists of names of individuals and other mformaten the disclosure of wNch could reasonably be encocted to reveat identities of confidential sources IE XEMPTION 7 IDil OTHER PART R. C-DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9 25(bl and or 9 25 (c) of the U S Nucleae Reguletory Committen regulations. it has been determmed that the information withheld is esempt from peoducten or disclosure. and that its production or disclosure is contraiv to the pubhc mterest The persons responsible for the denial are those oflecials identified below as denying of ficials and the Director. Diviseon of F reedom of inforraation and Put*catens Services. Of tece of Administration and Resources Management. for ang donds that may be appepled to the E secutive Director for Operations IEDOl DENYING OFFICIAL TITLE / OFFICE RECORDS DENIED APPELLATE OFFICIAL DTieRor s Ottice oTGovernmentai m RETARv EDO

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Harold R. Denton and Public Affairs L-I X

Assistant General Counsel for James A. Fitzgerald AdjudicationsandSpinions

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Executive Director for James M. Taylor Operations M X PART N. D-APPEAL RIGHTS The denial by each denying officialidentified ai Part 11 C may be appealed to the Appellate Officialidentified in that section. Any such appeal must be in wetting and must

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be made witNn 30 days of receipt of tNs response Appeals must be addressed as appropriate to the Executive Director for Operations or to the Secretary of the Commission.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Washington. DC 20555. and shouid clearly state on the envelope and in the lottar that it le en " Appeal frorn an initial FOtA Decissort" iYes7""

FOlA RESPONSE CONTINUATION--

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a Ret =FOIA-89-376 APPENDIX L DOCUNENTS BEING WITHHELD IN,PART NUMBER DATE-DESCRIPTION

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8/12/76 Memorandum from Robert-F. Warnick-to= Steve' Kent (1 page) transmittingLdraft letter from~

i Carlton Kammerer to Senator Adlai Stevenson'-

(2 pages).

The draft letter is being withheld.

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Deliberative Process 2.

Undated Memorandum from Paul Bollwerk to Martin Schumacher (1 page). transmitting. draft:

complaint in.the City of West' Chicago case (29 pages)

The draft complaint is'being' withheld.

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DOCUMENTS BEING WITRHELD.IN THEIR: ENTIRETY

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10/5/87 Memorandum-from. Tom Rehm'to Trip Rothschild,.

subject:. Request-for Comments'on NRC AuthorizationLBill. Provisions (3 pages)

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FOIA Request #89_-266 Re: Kerr-McGee, etc.,.et;al.

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Our File No. 10350-023 es.wt M otNisow i

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Dear Mr.:

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Y EKIC F. GREENBERC COUCLAS 8 HARPER

.g ytn Hg I receivedsthe: package of.-documents-you sent y

c<mulaNoarow pursuant to the abcVe request.

I was surprised to find w.u80' "EnNa" 'that so fow documer.ts fulfilled that: request.

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consulting with.my colleague John Pfeifer.who, as you o

n vr g e fy g recall, was present during our: telephone; discussion regarding our FOIA requests totyourt agency, we j

wutEWu'd concluded that there had!been a misunderstanding _about f

Hgpgfc the scope'of the request, which we:believe'was much-c umoso A itNstN broader than what was actuallycfulfilled.-

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.s.,g SM As a result, in order:to-eliminate any further-Cicact C snu^RT misunderstandings, I am making'anotherlFOIA request to:

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w aarnie n include all documer.ts after 1970 not=in'the NRC Public 3

Document Room and which refer or: relate'to any of the-wmToN oenct tonomur AvtEn"a*oo following entities,and their connection'with the w Asx:NCTON. D C. 2mos thorium milling ^ facility in West' Chicago ~' Illinois:.

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Kerr-McGee Corporation, Kerr-McGeeLChemical Corpora-tion, American-Potash and Chemical Corporation,and/or sAs ntwasco ornce runAgn,y the Lindsay Light' Company.

J isN rtNC.CO, CA 9410$

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Moreover, inasmuch.as there may.be some duplication between the documents: fulfilling this g,

y,tgy o, m setorrr. nowus.,n^g request and those already in our possession, we request-20181

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Dick Lavins, FOIA Officer August 25, 1989 Page Two.

that we'be permitted.to examine these. documents at'your offices, so that wo may_ select those items we wish duplicated.

Very truly yours~,

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deGrazia cc:-. John G; Pfeifer, Esq.

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