ML20140D290

Informs That Records Listed on Encl App Were Identified by NRC as Being Subj to Requests Submitted by Collins & T Allen.Info in Assisting in Determining Whether Info in Records Fall within Exemption 4 of FOIA Requested.W/O Encl

ML20140D290
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	06/06/1997
From:	Congel F NRC OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS & EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA (AEOD)
To:	Hebert J Maine Yankee
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NUDOCS 9706100321
Download: ML20140D290 (2)

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Mr. James R. Hebert, Manager Licensing and Engineering Support Department Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station 329 Bath Road Brunswick, Maine 04011

Dear Mr. Hebert:

The records listed on the enclosed appendix were identified by NRC staff as being subject to requests submitted to the NRC by Senator Susan Collins and Congressman Thomas Allen each on behalf of their constituents, Ms. Kris Christine and Ms. Carla Dickstein, respectively. Copies of the records and the requests are enclosed.

When reviewing documents for releasability, the staff uses the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as a guide. The NRC must determine what portions of these records, if any, should be withheld from public disclosure because they contain confidential business (proprietary) information. We need information from you to assist us in determining whether information in the records falls within Exemption (4) of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(b) (4)) and 10 CFR 9.17 (a) (4).

Please mark the records by bracketing ( ) information your company considers proprietary i and return them to us along with a letter answering the following questions in sufficient explanatory detail to permit the NRC to arrive at a determination.

1. Was the information transmitted to and received by the NRC in confidence? Please i give details. l 1

2. To the best of your knowledge, is the information currently available in public j sources?  !

3. Does your company customarily treat this information or this type of information as confidential? Please explain why.

4. Would public disclosure of this information be likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of your company? If so, how?

5. Since this information was transmitted to the NRC, have any events altered the proprietary character of the information? If so, please explain.

The FOIA and the Commission's regulations require that "any reasonably segregable -

portion of a record shall be provided to any person requesting such record after deletion of l the portions which are exempt under this section." Upon NRC's determination, we will respond to the requests by placing nonproprietary portions of the subject records in the / 0 l

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T Mr. J. R. Hebert NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, for public inspection and copying.

Please provide the bracketed copies of the documents, a nonproprietary version (the information in the brackets blacked out), and your responses to these questions to me no later than two weeks from the date of this letter. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please telephone Mr. Peter J. Prescott at (301) 415-7591.

Sincerely, OcipitM! > nnnd iv Frank .t. cenp!

Frank J. Congel, Director incident Response Division Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data

Enclosures:

1. Appendix Listing of Documents Distribution w/o encls:

2. Records Public

3. , Request from Senator Collins, File Center dated April 14,1997 Dross

4. Request from Ms. Kris Christine, EJordan dated March 20,1997

5. Request from Congressman Allen, dated May 7,1997

6. Request from Carla Dickstein, dated April 21,1997 DISK / DOCUMENT NAME: A:\DEllB\ LICENSE To r:ctiva a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy w/o attachment, *E" = Copy w/ attachment, *N' = No copy OFC IRD:AEOD MA:AEOD ,

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