ML20102A345

FOIA Request for Documents Re Ofc of Inspector & Auditor Investigation of Allegations of Misconduct & Matls False Statements Concerning Relicensing of Facility

ML20102A345
Person / Time
Site:	05000142
Issue date:	05/29/1984
From:	Hirsch D COMMITTEE TO BRIDGE THE GAP
To:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-84-454 NUDOCS 8502080317
Download: ML20102A345 (2)

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'. . . COMMITTEE TO BRIDGE THE GAP 50-$;L 1637 BUTLER AVENUE #203 a LOS ANGELES, CAllFORNIA 90025 (213) 478-0829 May 29, 1984 J.M. Felton Director PREEDOM OF INFORMATKW Division of Rules and Records ACT REQUEST Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission p g g yg Washington, D.C. 20555 g ,g g . g . g ([

F0IA Reouest-

Dear Director Felton:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act, as --

-- amended.

By Memorandum and Order of February 24, 1984, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board presiding over the UCLA reactor relicensing case forwarded to the NRC's Office of Inspector and Auditor (01A) allegations by the Board of misconduct and material false statements

- by the NRC Staff and its Counsel on security matters relevant to that case. In particular, the Board accused Staff and Counsel of

" substantial misrepresentations" related to sabo~tage protection for research reactors, misrepresentations contained both in statements made to the Board and to the Commission (the latter in SECY 83-500).

In late December, the Board had forwarded to 0IA other allegations related to misrepresentations by Staff and Counsel on security matters for research reactors in general and the UCLA reactor in particular, related both to sabotage and theft protection.

. OIA has, we understand, beenconducting an-investigation of-these matters. We hereby request regarding said investigation the final report and all attachments thereto, any drafts thereof, and--any and all other agency records and information as to the 01 A investigation,. including but not limited to, notes, letters, memoranda, instructions, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs,-transcripts, files, handwritten notes, interim and final reports, status reports, and any and all other information relevant to and/or generated in connection

-with:the OIA investigation of these matters. This request

. covers all material generated by and/or currently (or formerly) in possession of the NRC-Staff, including but not limited:to, the Office of the Inspector and Auditor, NMSS, 0IE, OELD, OGC, the Commissione ers, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and Region V.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 CFR 9.3a(b]

and NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8,11980)," whether they currently exist in NRC official, " working",

investigative, or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

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. . . If any records as defined in 10 CFR 9.3a(b) and NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed or removed, following this ' request, please provide a' list of all surrounding documents and all documents detailing the circumstances surrounding'the destruction or removal.

The Committee to Bridge the Gap is a non-profit, public interest group, and hereby requests a fee waiver for search and copying costs because the information sought is principally benefitting the general public. 5 USC 552 (a)(4)(a). CBG, party to.the UCLA_ proceeding, needs the information to resalve a most important public interest concern--whether represent?tions made by NRC Staff, and UCLA, to the Atomic Safety rui Licensing Board on key security matters have been materially false. Additionally, CBG is conducting a study, for submission to the Commissioners, the Congress, and the general public, on the proposal to eliminate sabotage protection requirements at the nation's research reactors, a most important public policy matter, and the information sought

.will' form the basis for substantial portions of the analysis of the veracity of and risks associated with Staff's proposal contained in SECY 83-500. Therefore, CBG requests fee waiver.

For any document or portions of documents denied, due to

a. specific FOIA exemption, index and itemize detailed justification of the: grounds for each exemption, as' required under Vaugh Rosen (I),

1484 F 2d 820, DC Cir 1973, cert denied 415 US 977 (1974).

4 Please respond to th'e above address and phone number.

A Sipcerely,,,,, ,

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