ML20134C345
| ML20134C345 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 01/28/1997 |
| From: | Racquel Powell NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Piore A STATES NEWS SERVICE, WASHINGTON, DC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20132E027 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-96-498 NUDOCS 9702030013 | |
| Download: ML20134C345 (9) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION' NHC FOIA REOVEST NUM2EH(S)
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Na agency records subject to the request have been located.
No additional agency records subject to the request have been located.
Requested records are available through another public distribution program. See Comments section.
X Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es)
A are already available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC.
y Agency recoros subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es)
B&C are being made available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC,in a folder under this FOI A number.
The nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a telephone conversation with a member of my staff is now being made available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOI A number.
y Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) B&C may be inspected and copied at the NRC Local Public Document Room identified in the Comments section.
B-7. C-1. C-5. & C-10 Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records located at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, X
N.W., Washington, DC.
X Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.
Appendix B & C 1
Records subject to the request have been referred to another Federal agency (ies) for rev:ew and direct response to you.
X Fees (None)
You will be billed by the N RC for fees totaling $
I You will receive a refund from the NRC in the amount of $
In view of N RC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appea! letter dated
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PART 11. A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the exemptions oescribed in and for the reasons stated in P;rt 11, B, C, and D. Any released portions of the documents for which on?y part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC in a folder under this FOI A number.
COMMENTS The copyrig ed portions of the records identified at B-7, C-1, C-5 and C-10 are being placed in the NRC's Public Document Room for inspection only.
A copy of all other records identified on Appendices B & C are enclosed.
You are not being assessed processing fees since the minimal fee limit has not been exceeded.
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INFORMATION ACT (FOlA) REQUEST FOIA 498 SN 2 81997 (CONTINUATION) l PART 11.8-APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS Records subject to the roouest that are described in the enclosed Appendix (es)
C are beir g withheld in their entirety or in part under the Exemption No.(s) and for the reason (s) given oelow pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 10 CF R 9.17(a) of N RC regulations.
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- 1. The withheld mformation is properly classified pursuant to Executive Order (Exemption 1)
- 2. The withheld mformation relates solely to the mternal personnel rules and procedures of NRC. (Examption 2) l l3. The withheld informatson is specifically seempted from public desclosure by statute indicated. (Exemption 3)
Sections 141 145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data (42 U.S.C. 21612165).
l Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Ac*. which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards information (42 U.S.C. 2167).
_4. The withheld informatson is a trade secret or commercial or financsal mformation that is being withheld for the reasonis) indicated. (Exemption 4) j The mformation is considered to be confidential busmess (proprietaryl information The information is considered to be proprietary informatsor, pursuant to 10 CFR 2 7904dH U The mformation was submitted and received m confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2 790 ldh 2)
- 5. The withheld mformation Consists of rnteragency or mtraagency records that are not available through descovery during litigation (Exemption 5). Apphcable Privilege:
Deliberative Process: Disclosure of predecisional information would tend to mhibet the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process Where records are wrthheld m their entirety, the f acts are mentricably intertwined with the predecisional mformation There also are no easonably segregable f actual portions because the release of tne f acts would permit an indirect inquiry into the predecisional proceras of the agency Attorney work product privilege (Documents prepared by an attorney in contempidteon of htigation i Attorney chant privilege (Confidential commumcations between an attorney and his/her chant.)
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- 6. The withheld mformation is enempted from public disclosure because its disclosure would result m a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy (Exemption 6)
- 7. The withheld.nformation consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposeG and is being withheld for the reasomst indicated (Exernption 7)
Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with en enforcement proceeding because it could reveal the scope, direction, and focus of enforcement efforts, and thus could possibly allow recipients to take action to shield potential wrongdoing or a violatsor of NRC requirements from investigators. (Exemption 7 (A))
Disclosure would constitute an unwarranted mvasion of personal privacy. (Exemption 7(C))
The mformation consists of names of individuals and other information the desclosure of whir-h could reabonably be enDected to reveal identtties of confidential sources. (Exemption 7 (D))
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PART 11. C-DENYING OFFICIALS I duction or d,sclosure. and that its production or d6 closure is con Pursuert to 10 CF R 9.25tb) and'or 9 25lc) of the U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commrss.on regulations, it has been determined that the i formation withheld is esempt fgm pro The persons responsible for tiw den:ai e'e tc nse of ficials identified below as denytng of f+cals and the Director. Division of Freedom of information and Pubhcations Services. Of fice of Administration, for any denials that may be appeaied to the Executive Director for Opsrationi (E DOI.
l DENYING OFFICIAL TITLE / OFFICE RECORDS DENIED APPELLATE OFFICIAL Director Office Of Em SECRETARY IG IDennisK.Rathbun Congressional Affairs Appendix C X
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l PART 51. D-APPEAL RIGHTS Th3 denial by each denying official identified in Part II.C may be appealed to the Appellate Official identified there. Any such appeal must be made m writing within 30 davs of receipt of this response. Appeals must be addressed, as appropriate, to the Euecutive Director for Operations, to the Secretary of the Commission, or to the inspector General, iLS. Nuclear i
Regulatory Commission.Washmgton. DC 20555. and should clearly state on the envelope and m the letter that it is an " Appeal from en initial FOI A Decision."
NRC FORM 464 (Part 2) (191)
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FOIA-96-498 APPENDIX A RECORDS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE PDR i
j NO.
DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT) i 1.
2/16/93 Letter from Rep. Marge Roukema i
transmitting correspondence from Sidney I
Goodman regarding proposed new siting regulations.
(Accession 9306160238) 1 2.
4/13/93 Letter from Rep. Robert Andrews concerning funds set aside for nuclear powerplant decommissioning.
j (Accession 9306140289) 3.
1/13/93 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting j
correspondence from Sidney Goodman regarding proposed new siting regulations.
(Accession 9303040133) l 4,
2/4/93 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting j
correspondence from Ruth Cummins regarding application for material license renewal.
(Accession 9303050166) j 5.
1/13/93 Letter from Sen. Frank Lautenberg j
transmitting a letter from Sidney Goodman j
regarding proposed new siting regulations.
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(Accession 9303050083) 6.
7/25/94 Letter from Sen. Lautenberg on behalf of the Township of Wayne, New Jersey regarding Wayne Interim Storage Site.
(Accession 9409280184) 7.
2/3/94 Letter from Sen. Lautenberg transmitting correspondence from Mayor Everett Marshall concerning Shieldalloy site in Newfield, N.J.
(Accession 9403170079) 8.
11/3/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting correspondence from Lydia Merson-Polito, Berkeley Civic Committee, cencerning Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant.
(Accession 9412280405) 9.
10/21/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting correspondence from Helen Richmond, Environmental Commission in New Jersey, concerning the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant.
(Accession 9501240191) i
1 APPENDIX A FOIA-96-498 Page 2 10.
1/25/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting correspondence from the Naclear Information and Resource Service regarding the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(Accession 9504060199) 11.
4/10/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting correspondence from Walter Holm, Jr. of the Environmental Testing Laboratories, Inc. in New Jersey requesting an enforcement hearing.
(Accession 9506050390) 12.
10/25/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting correspondence from Paul Gunter regarding the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant.
(Accession 9511140091) 13.
4/26/95 Letter from Sen. Frank Lautenberg transmitting correspondence from Walter Holm of Environmental Testing Labs, Inc. in New Jersey requesting an enforcement hearing.
(Accession 9506290305) 14, 5/17/95 Letter from Sen. Frank Lautenberg on behalf of Louis Amato, Committeeman for the Township of Lacey, New Jersey, regarding the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(Accession 9507210098) 15.
5/5/95 Letter from Sen. Frank Lautenberg on behalf of William Pettit regarding the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(Accession 9508040281) 16.
6/20/95 Letter from Rep. Christopher Smith concerning Wall Township application for acquisition of property currently known as Camp Evans.
(Accession 9508030072)
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FOIA-96-498 APPENDIX B RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY
(* Identifies Copyrighted Material)
NO.
DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)/ EXEMPTIONS i
1.
8/16/93 Letter from Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Inouye concerning cost to federal government for conducting investigations used in granting l
security clearances.
(13 pages) 2.
11/2/93 Letter from State Representative Klein to i
Chairman Selin, subject:
License to Receive Radioactive Material With an 11.e.2 Classifification.
1 page 3.
11/17/93 Letter from Rep. Bob Franks transmitting correspondence from Emanuel Goldfarb regarding terminated license.
(11 pages) 4.
9/14/94 Letter from State Representative, Herb Klein to Chairman Selin, subject:
Classification of the Thorium-Contaminated Soil.
1 page 1
5.
10/20/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting correspondence from Helen Richmond regarding the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant.
(2 pages) 6.
5/11/95 Letter from New Jersey Governor, Christine Todd Whitman to Chairman Ivan Selin, subject:
New Jersey's State Liaison Officer to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
1 page 7.
7/31/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley transmitting l
correspondence from Louis A.
Amato, Township of Lacy, New Jersey, concerning the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(4 pages)
Attachment:
4/13/95 Article from the Asbury Park Press, entitled " State Department backs importing spent fuel" (1 page) 8.
10/31/95 Letter from Senator Bill Bradley, to Chairman Shirley Jackson, subject:
Candidacy for the Women Executives in State Government's l
" Breaking the Glass Ceiling" Award.
(1 page) l l
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6/14/96 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding letter from Mrs. Joanne Lucarelli and Ms.
Carolyn R. Vadala regarding cleanup of contaminated sites.
(3 pages) 10.
1/28/93 Letter from Sen. Lautenberg forwarding correspondence regarding licensing fees.
l (7 pages)
(Exemption 6) d 4
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FOIA-96-498 APPENDIX C RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN PART
(* Identifies Copyrighted Material) l l
NO.
DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)/ EXEMPTIONS l
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1/14/93 Letter from Sen. Lautenberg forwarding l
correspondence regarding safety at nuclear power plants.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6)
Attachment:
9/24/92 article from the New Milford Times entitled " Warren whistleblower caught in nuclear power struggle" (3 pages) 2.
3/4/94 Letter from Marge Roukema forwarding correspondence from Dr. Ray Pixley concerning the design of existing nuclear plants.
(8 pages)
(Exemption 6) 3.
3/10/94 Letter from Rep. B;b Franks forwarding correspondence concerning x-ray radiation exposure.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) 4.
4/26/94 Letter from Sen. Frank Lautenberg forwarding correspondence concerning the Shieldalloy Superfund site.
(3 pages)
(Exemption 6) 5.
6/14/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning the Salem nuclear power plant.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6)
Attachment:
5/2/94 article from The Philadelphia Enquirer, entitled "At Salem reactors, troubling problems" (2 pages)
[ Note: file copy incomplete]
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6/23/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning environmental situation in Newfield Borough, New Jersey.
(3 pages)
(Exemption 6) 7.
6/27/94 Letter from Rep. Bob Franks forwarding correspondence concerning the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station.
(6 pages)
(Exemption 6) 8.
7/27/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning radioactive cleanup.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) l
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APPENDIX C FOIA-96-498 Page 2 9.
7/27/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning waste and mismanagement on the nuclear waste cleanup program.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) 10.
7/29/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning the Salem Nuclear Power Plant.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6)
Attachment:
5/2/94 article from The Philadelphia Enquirer, entitled "At Salem reactors, i
troubling problems" (3 pages)
[ Note: poor quality file copy]
11, 9/6/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley fo,trarding correspondence concerning wasta uleanup.
(2 pages) (Exemption 6) 12.
10/7/94 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) 13.
4/12/95 Letter from Rep. Robert Andrews to President Clinton on behalf of Dr. Jeffrey Siegel.
(27 pages)
(Exemption 6) 14.
4/26/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(3 pages)
(Exemption 6) 15.
4/28/95 Letter from Rep. Frank LoBiondo forwarding correspondence concerning the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) l 16.
6/6/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning the Shieldalloy j
Corporation.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) 17.
7/7/95 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley forwarding correspondence concerning nuclear power plants.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6) 18.
4/11/96 Letter from Sen. Bill Bradley. forwarding correspondence concerning safety regulations at nuclear power plancs.
(2 pages)
(Exemption 6)