ML20134J143

FOIA Request for All Records & Info in Connection W/Ltr from Russell to Thompson,Communications Between NRC to Hlp Ref in Russell Ltr & Communications Between NRC & Hlp Re Thompson & Status of Security Access

ML20134J143
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	04/03/1996
From:	Colapinto D KOHN, KOHN & COLAPINTO, P.C. (FORMERLY KOHN & ASSOCIA
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
Shared Package
ML20134H832	List: IA-96-379, Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Documents Listed in App A.Documents Available in Pdr.W/O Encls IA-96-386, Partially Deleted Info Discussing Regulatory Concerns Re Oct 95 Settlement Agreement Reached W/Houston Lighting & Power ML20134H830 ML20134H837 ML20134J143 ML20134J167 ML20134J345
References
FOIA-96-379, FOIA-96-386 NUDOCS 9611150021
Download: ML20134J143 (2)

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KOHN, KOHN, & COLAPINTO, r.C.  !

ATTORNEYS AT LAW l 1

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$ [202) 234-4663 . FAX (202] 462-4145 l

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i April 3., 1996 ,

j FREDOW 0F INF0itMATION

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Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail h I-fp 3[o- 157

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Chief, FOIA/LPDR Branch Division of Freedom of Information kc I

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. Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 j Re: Privacy Act and FOIA Reauest To Whom It May Concern:

2 We represent Mr. Ronald A. Thompson who filed a whistleblower discrimination claim against the Houston Power and Light Company

("HLP") pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Part 24. In January, 1996, Mr.

4 William T. Russell, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,

)i wrote Mr. Thompson a letter toncerning language contained in a settlement agreement between Mr. Thompson and HLP. Mr. Russell

' informed Mr. Thompson that the NRC would request HLP to advise the i NRC what actions HLP intends to take if an inquiry by third parties l- ' about Mr. Thompson and the status of his security access while he i was employed at the South Texas Project. A copy of Mr. Russell's 4

letter is attached hereto.

Pursuant to t'ne Freedom of Information Act ( FOI A" ) , 5 U.S.C. i S 552, et sea. , we hereby request copies of any and all records and l

information, including but not limited to notes, letters, j memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, i 4

! charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies,

. data, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, interim '

and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records  !

a relevant to and/or generated in connection with: l the letter from Mr. Russell to Mr. Thompson, attached  !

, (1) hereto; (2) any communications between the NRC to HLP as referenced l in Mr. Russell's letter; and 4

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(3) any communications between the NRC and HLP concerning Mr.

Thompson and the status of his. security access to South Texas Project between October 1, 1995 and the present.

As you are aware, the FOIA requires you to release documents in segregable portions in the event they contain exempt material.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA enmption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld.

.We also ask that all fees be waived because the information requested will contribute significantly to the public's understanding of the operations of the government and/or is primarily in the public interest. Notably, the Secretary of Labor has determined that cases under 29 C.F.R. Part 24 involve the litigation of." health and safety hazards to the public" not merely

" private harms." Polizzi v. Gibbs & Hill, Inc., No. 87-ERA-38, slip op. of SOL at pp. 2-3 (July 18, 1989). Moreover, a fee waiver should be granted because this request should not require major expenditures of staff time or. place a burden on reproduction facilities.

We look forward to hearing from you within ten (10) working days as the law stipulates.

Sincerely, f

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David K. Colapinto Attorney for Mr. Thompson

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