ML20126L571

FOIA Request for NRC Records on 840608 Public Meeting in Bethesda,Md Re Facility

ML20126L571
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	06/15/1984
From:	Garde B, Henderson T GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-84-506, FOIA-84-A-62 NUDOCS 8506200053
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILIT( PROJECT institute for Pohcy Studies 1901 Ove Street. N.W., Washington D.C. 20009 (202)234 9382 June 15,1984 Freedom of Information Act Request FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST l For A -f ypot.

GPu- Ob-?_o-tv Director Office of Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, 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), 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, computer

, run-offs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with a June 8,1984, public meeting held in Bethesda, 'taryland, concerning the Waterford III Steam Electric Station.

Specifically, all drafts of the handout used at the June C,1984, meeting.

Thisrequestincludesallagencyrecordsasdefinedin10C.F.R.$9.3a(b)andthe NRC Manual, Appendix 0211 Parts 1. A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8,1980), whether they currently exist in the NRC official, " working," investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

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 after 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 to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order i

to implement the action (s).

l GAP requests that. fees be waived, because " finding the information can be con-i sidered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C.]552(a)(4)(a). GAP

is a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through 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 seeking to ensure the 8506200053 8!f0615 PDR FOIA

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Dir:ctor Office of Administration Page Two health and safety of their communities. The Citizens Clinic is currently assisting citizens groups, local governments and intervenors in Louisiana con-cerning the construction of the Waterford III Steam Electric Station.

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.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing 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 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.

Yours truly, b .C M Billie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director MJ $$ wrJ Thomas Henderson, Jr.

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTADILITY PROJECT Institute for Pokcy Stuches 1901 Que Street. N.W., Washington. D C. 20009 (202)234 0382 June 15, 1984 Freedom of Infomation Act Request FREEDCM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST For A -99 pot.

G w. w &cto-ev Director Office of Administration Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C. 20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 5552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP), requests copies of any and all agency records and infomation, 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, computer run-offs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with a June 8, 1984, public meeting held in Bethesda,liaryland, concerning the Waterford Ill Steam Electric Station.

Specifically, all drafts of the handout used at the June C,1984, meeting.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 59.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211. Parts 1. A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8,1980), whether they currently exist in the NRC official, "wcrking," investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

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/cr removed after 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 to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement the action (s). -

GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be con- l sidered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C.}552(a)(4)(a). GAP is a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through 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 seeking to ensure the  !

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health and safety of their communities. The Citizens Clinic is currently assisting citizens groups, local governments and intervenors in Louisiana con-cerning the construction of the Waterford 111 Steam Electric Station.

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 1 nuclear power plants.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing 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 the 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 (1974).

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

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