ML20127F263

FOIA Request for Records & Info,Including But Not Limited to Notes,Ltrs,Memos & Minutes Re NRC Preceding Sser, Concerning Problems at Plant

ML20127F263
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-84-508 NUDOCS 8506250094
Download: ML20127F263 (2)

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i GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT institute for Policy Studies 1901 Que Street. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009 (202)234-9382 June 15, 1984 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Freedom of Information Act Request

%{4 CAed dezo-py Director Office of Administration Nuclear Regulatory Connission Washington, D.C. 20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), 5 U.S.C. $552, 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 the letter that was to be issued by the NRC June 8,1984, preceeding the Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit III S.S.E.R., specifically dealing with the problems at the Waterford Steam Electric Station plant.

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, " working," investigative or other files, ,

or at any other locatiun, 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 to implement the action (s). .

l GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be con-sidered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C.j552(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 j as agents of government accountability. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the i

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'D'irecter Office of Administration Page Two health and safety of their communities. The Citizens Clinid 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 F0IA 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 te this request within ten days.

Yours truly, b

Billie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director D btwh Thomas Henderson, Jr/

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