ML20138Q856

FOIA Request for Documents Re Ofc of Inspector & Auditor Investigation Into Charges That NRC Responded Improperly to Allegations by Whistleblowers at Facility

ML20138Q856
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	11/20/1985
From:	Devine T GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-85-770 NUDOCS 8512300036
Download: ML20138Q856 (2)

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GOVEMNT ACCOUNTABluTY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Awnue, N.W., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550 November 20, 1985 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

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20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.

section 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 runoffs, 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 inv.estigation of the NRC's Office of Inspector and Auditor (OIA) into charges that the NRC staff responded improperly to allegations.by "whistleblowers" at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

The whistleblowers had raised the possibility of Quality Assurance (QA) and other safety violations through Diablo Canyon Allegation Management Program (DCAMP).

Among the sources for the charges against the NRC staff were petitions under 10 C.F.R. 2.206 filed by GAP on behalf of whistleblowers and the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace.

Issuance of OIA's report is imminent, if it has not occurred already.

If the report has not yet been issued, this request is ongoing and extends through the date of issuance.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R.

section 9.3a(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 location, including private residences.

This request also extends to any such records relevant to and/or generated in connection with reconfirmation of original OIA findings at the Commission's direction.

If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. section 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 36 851120 DR O

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GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C. section 552 (a) (4) (a).

GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization' concerned with honest and open government.

Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.

Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities.

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 of documents that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide and 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 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 (1954).

We look forward to your response to this request within ten days.

Sincerely, Thomas Devine Legal Director TD':40901 E.

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