ML20087A746

FOIA Request for Documents Re WR Mcafee Allegations Involving Facility from Mar 1977 - Mar 1979,NRC Open Conference at Site in Nov 1979 & Review of Util Topical QA Manual

ML20087A746
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	11/21/1983
From:	Ansell E, Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-83-699 NUDOCS 8403080196
Download: ML20087A746 (2)

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT Institute for Pohcy Studies 1901 Que Street. N.W., Washington D.C 20009 (202)234 9382 November 21, 1983 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Director EQ T

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Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 h y Q //_p pJ To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, 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, tspes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agree-men ts, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection 2

with and/or as a result of :

- allegations raised by William Ronald McAfee in connection with the Catawba Nuclear Power Station for the period of approximately March 1977 through March 19 79;

- the open conference held by the NRC at the Catawba site in November 1979;

- NRC Staf f discussions of Duke Power Company's Topical Quality Assurance Manual, as well as any and all records relevant to and/or generated in connection with this FOIA request.

This request includes all agency records, as defined in 10 C.F.R.

9. 3a (b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 l

(approved October 8, 1980) whether they currently exist in NRC official " working" investigative or other files, or at any other l location, including private residences.

l l If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9. 3a (b) and the NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed, or are destroyed and removed after receipt of this request, 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, of fice and/or agency-wide policies and/or justifications for the action (s), identification of all personnel involved with the actions and any and all records relevant to, . generated in connection with, 8403080196 831121 PDR FOIA GARDEB3-699 PDR

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Director of Administration November 21, 1983 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission .

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. 55 2 (a) (4) ( A) . The G overnment 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 out-re a ch , the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities. The Citizens Clinic is currently assisting .ceveral citizens groups and intervenors in the South Carolina area concerning the construction of the Catawba plant.

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

f For any documents or portions thereof that you deny due to specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itendzing 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 document withheld. This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (1) 484 F.2d 820 (D.C.Cir. 1973) cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (19 74).

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

Yours truly, ,

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$ Ansell aff As'sociate w k' Billie Pirner Garde EA/mf Director, Citizens Clinic l

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