ML20117D012

FOIA Request for Five Categories of Documents,Including Info Re Mercury Co of Norwood,Inc in Connection W/Const of Nuclear Powered Steam Electric Generating Installation & Ebasco in Connection W/Const of Facility

ML20117D012
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	02/23/1984
From:	Kaler R GADSBY & HANNAH
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-84-143 NUDOCS 8505100004
Download: ML20117D012 (3)

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Director FREEDOM OF INFORMt'T!C Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission g ACT RE UEST ,

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Dear Sir:

l Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 5 552, i et seg, as amended, and the implementing regulations appearing at TO C.F.R. Part 9 et seg, request is hereby made for production, for inspection and copying, of the documents identified in the numbered paragraphs below. As used in those numbered paragraphs, the term " Document" means any recorded information or recorded communication in whatever form, including without limitation, correspondence, letters, memoranda, including any memorandum or report of a meeting or telephone or other conversation, journal, diary, contract, agreement, study, report, handwritten or other note, sketch, picture, plan, chart, computer print-out or card, or any other written, recorded, transcribed, filmed or graphic matter. " Document" also means all copies of documents, by whatever means made, if the copy bears any other marking or l notati,on not found on the original.

With this definition in mind, request is hereby made for the following materials:

1. Any Document or Documents not available to the public in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

("N.R.C.") Public Document Reading Room as of January 1, 1984 that refer to or in any way relate to Mercury Company of Norwood, Inc. (" Mercury") or the work performed by Mercury in connection with the construction of a nuclear powered steam electric generating installation on the West Bank of the Mississippi River between Taft and Killona in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, about twenty-five 8505100004 840223 PDR FOIA KALERB4-143 PDR

d C C miles west of New Orleans (hereinafter referred to as "Waterford III"). Some of the documents pertaining to Waterford III that are available in the N.R.C. Public Document Reading Room are filed under the Docket No. 50-382.

2. Any Document or Documents not available to the public in the N.R.C. Public Document Reading Room as of January 1, 1984 that refer to or in any way relate to Ebasco Services, Inc. ("Ebasco") or the work performed by Ebasco in connection with the construction of Waterford III.

3. Any Document or Documents not available to the public in the N.R.C. Public Document Reading Room as of January 1, 1984 that refer or in any way relate to Louisiana Power & Light Company ("LP&L")

or to LP&L's involvement in the construction of Waterford III.

4. Originals or copies of any contract or contracts contemplated or entered into between Ebasco and LP&L, including any modifications, changes or amendments to such contracts.

5. Any Document or Documents not available in the N.R.C. Public Document Reading Room as of January 1, 1984 that refer to or in any way relate to the design or installation of instrumentation equipment on Waterford III.

In the event that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines that any of the above-requested documents contains information which falls within any of the statutory exemptions to mandatory disclosure, it is requested that such information be reviewed for possible discretionary disclosure, see 10 C.F.R. Part 2.790, and that any and all reasonably segregable portions of such documents be produced. See 10 C.F.R. Part 9.5(b).

If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines that any l document or portion thereof will not be made available to the undersigned, or that this request will not, in whole or in part,

, be complied with, prompt notice of such determination is solicited. In addition, the undersigned requests that such notice include complete identification of the withheld documents (or portions thereof) by the title, author, date, and nature of such material, and an explanation of all the legal and factual bases for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's determination to deny disclosure. Finally, it is requested in responding to this letter that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission adhere to the time limitations set forth in 5 U.C.S. @ 552(a)(6)(A). See also 10 C.F.R. Part 9.9.

. The undersigned hereby agrees to pay the reasonable and

. direct co'sts of locating and reproducing the requested documents l to the extent required by 5 U.S.C. S 522(a)(4)(A) and 10 C.F.R. Part 9.14. However, prior notice to the undersigned is requested

should the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determine that such costs will exceed a total of $500. Please feel free to telephone me at j (617) 357-8700 should you have any questions concerning this j request, or if I can provide you with any further assistance in I identifying the requested documents.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. .

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