ML20087N555

FOIA Request for Records Generated in Connection W/ Investigation of Issues Raised by H Langley & in Camera Witnesses Who Testified in Licensing Proceeding

ML20087N555
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	01/18/1984
From:	Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-84-48 NUDOCS 8404040017
Download: ML20087N555 (2)

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' GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT institute for Policy Studies 1901 Que Street. N.W., Washington. D.C. 20009 (202)234 9382 January 18, 1984 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FREEDOM 0F INFORf!ATION ACT REQUEST stat tl HMV Director Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washigton, D.C. 20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), 5 U.S.C. 5552, 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 any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records generated in connection with Region II and/or the Office of Investigations inspection / investigation of the issues raised by fir.

Harry Langley and the three h camera witnesses who testified in the Catawba licen-sing proceeding.

This F0IA request is being served by Express Mail to Region II Administrator, Mr.

James P. O'Reilly, on this date and hand-delivered to the Bethesda F0IA Office in anticipation of a January 20, 1984, closure date for Region II's inspection efforts.

If any of the material covered by this request has been destroyed and/or removed, please provide all surrounding documentation, including but not limited to a description of the action (s) taken, relevant date(s), and justification (s) for the actions.

GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C. @552(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. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups who seek to ensure the health and safety of their communities. The Citizens Clinic is currently assisting several citizens groups, local governments, and intervenors in the South Carolina area concerning the Catawba Nuclear Power Plant.

We are requesting 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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- Dir ctor of Administration January 18, 1984 l

i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission i For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific F0IA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents with-hel d. 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 Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C.Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974).

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

Very truly yours,

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/M Billie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director BPG:me cc: Mr. James P. O'Reilly - Express Mail FOIA Office /Bethesda - Hand-Delivered i

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