ML20137J791

Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Commission 840731 Closed Meeting Concerning Grand Gulf 1.Documents Released Per FOIA-84-658 Available in Pdr.App B Transcript Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemptions 5 & 7)

ML20137J791
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	08/29/1985
From:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Liza Cunningham TIMES-PICAYUNE, LA PLACE, LA
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FOIA-85-185 NUDOCS 8509110285
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Dear Ms. Cunningham:

This is in further response to your letter dated March 18, 1985, in which you

requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), copies of docu-ments regarding the July 31, 1984, closed Comission meeting on Grand Gulf 1.

! Documents relating to the closed Comission meeting were released in our d

response to a previous FOIA request, F01A-84-658. Copies of that request and the released documents are filed in the NRC Public Document Room located at

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1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, under the name Bell.

The July 31, 1984, closed Comission meeting transcript, identified on enclosed Appendix B, is being withheld in its entirety. The closed Comission meeting pertained to a briefing on the investigation of potential material 4 false statements and possible enforcement actions regarding the Grand Gulf i facility. The statutory authority for withholding this information is Exemptions (5)and(7)(A)oftheGovernmentintheSunshineAct(5U.S.C. >

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I Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.15 of the Comission's regulations, it has been i detemined 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 John C. Hoyle, Assistant Secretary of the Comission.

} This denial may be appealed to the Secretary of the Comission within 30 days  ;

from the receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, (

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1. 07/31/84 Transcript of closed Commission meeting entitled, " Discussion of Investigation and Possible Enforcement Action." (52 pgs).

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3800 HOWARD AVENUE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70140-1097 TELEPHONE (504) 586-3785 March 18, 1985 i Mr. Joseph Felton, Director FREEDOM OF INFORMAllON Division of Rules and Records ACT REQUEST Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 FoI A-85-185

Dear Mr. Felton:

This request is made under the Federal Freedom of INformation 1 Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

Please send me copies of all correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies and other documents regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's closed meetings held on Grand Gulf 1 on July 31, 1984. Grand Gulf 1, located near Port Gibson, Miss., is owned by Middle South Energy Inc.

and operated by Mississippi Power & Light Co.

The Freedom of Information Act provides that if portions of a document are exempt from release, the remainder must be segregated and disclosed. Therefore, I will expect you to send me all nonexempt portions of the records which I have requested, and ask that you justify any deletions by reference to specific exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act.

I promise to pay reasonable search and duplication fees in connection with this request. However, I am a journalist employed by The Times-Picayune /The States-Item and intend to use the information as the basis for newspaper articles. Therefore, I ask that you waive all search and duplication fees.

As I am making this request in the capacity of a journalist, and this information is of timely value, I would appreciate that any questions regarding my request by posed by telephone -- not by mail.

Thank you for your assistance, and I look forward to receiving a reply within 10 days, as required by law.

Sincerely,

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