ML20133Q354

Responds to FOIA Request for Ofc of Investigations Documents Re Control Room Operators at TMI-2 Event.Documents Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 7)

ML20133Q354
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	07/09/1985
From:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Liza Cunningham TIMES-PICAYUNE, LA PLACE, LA
References
FOIA-85-194 NUDOCS 8508150108
Download: ML20133Q354 (1)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 JUL og y Ms. Lynn Cunningham The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation IN RESPONSE REFER 3800 Howard Avenue TO F01A-85-194 New Orleans, LA 70140-1097

Dear Ms. Cunningham:

This is in response to your letter dated March 18, 1985, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), the Office of Investigations' documents regarding the control room operators at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor.

There are approximately 13 feet of documents subject to your request.

The documents consist of transcripts and technical analysis and related data concerning the falsification of leak rate test data by individual licensed reactor operators from TMI-2. The disclosure of these documents would interfere with an ongoing enforcement action, because the disclosure could allow those under investigation to shield potential wrongdoing or wrongdoers or conceal a violation of NRC requirements from investigators.

The documents are being withheld in their entirety pursuant to Exemption (7)(A) of the F0IA, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(A), and the Commission's regulations, 10 CFR 9.5(a)(7)(i).

Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.15 of the Comission's regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The person responsible for this denial is Ben B. Hayes, Director, Office of Investigations.

This denial may be appealed to the Comission within 30 days from the receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Comission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."

Sinc ly, J. M. Felton, Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration 850815010s 850709 PDR FOIA CUNNINGB5-194 PDR