ML20079E947

FOIA Request for Documents Re Caseload Forecast Panel Meetings During 1982 & 1983

ML20079E947
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	09/15/1983
From:	Bernabei L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-83-553 NUDOCS 8401180008
Download: ML20079E947 (2)

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT l 1

Institute for Polnw Studies j 1901 Que Street. N.W.. Washington. D.C. 20009 (202)234-9382 l September 15, 1983 Director Office of Administration PREEDOM OF INFORMATION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ACT REQUEST Washington, D.C. 20555 [C7A ._g fN To Whom It May Concern:  !~

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. S 552 et. seq., the Government Accouatability Project of the Institute for Policy Studies and I request copies of any and all agency records, 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, agree-ments, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings and other data compilations, any medium on which or through which information is communicated or transmitted, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or , generated in connection with the Case Load Forecast Panel meetings held during 1982 and 1983 regarding the construction of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Our request includes any documents related to preparation for the meetings, the meetings themselves, and all documents generated subsequent to the meetings.

Specifically GAP and I request all documents between offices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Office of Inspection and Enforce-ment, and Region V, on the one hand, and the Arizona Public Service Company ("APS"), on the other, regarding the Case Load Forecast Panel meetings or discussions held during 19 82 and 1983. These include but are not limited to all final and draft NRC analyses of APS' proposals, as well as any notes, letters, telephone logs, etc., generated by APS contacts with the NRC.

If any records have been destroyed, removed, or have other-wise ceased to exist, please provide an explanation of the circum-stances under which all such documents were destroyed, removed or ceased to exist, and produce all other agency records surrounding or filed with these responsive documents which are no longer in the agency 's possession.

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Director I NRC l Page Two GAP requests that fees be waived because " finding the information can be ccnsidered as primarily benefitting the general public." 5 U.S.C. S 552 (a) (4) (A) . The Government Account-ability Project is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through legal representation, advice, national conferences , films, publi ca-tions 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.

For any documents or portions of documents you withhold based on a specific FOIA exemption, provide an index iteming and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld and a detailed justification of the grounds for claiming .each exempti an, as required under Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C..Cir. 1973),

cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974).

We look forward to your response within ten days.

Sincerely yours,

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Lynne ernabei Staf f / Counsel pdc l

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