ML20147C028

Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Safeteam Program.Forwards App I & J Documents.App H & I Documents Available in Pdr.Other Records Available in Pdr.App J Documents Partially Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 6)

ML20147C028
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek, South Texas, Comanche Peak, 05000000
Issue date:	01/12/1988
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To:	Maxwell B COSMOS BROADCASTING CORP.
Shared Package
ML20147C031	List: ML20147C028 ML20147C052 ML20147C089 ML20147C169 ML20147C185
References
FOIA-87-413 NUDOCS 8801190052
Download: ML20147C028 (5)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Nxc sota naoussT Nuvataisi FOIA-87-413 f[g iw,*\ ,

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'u INFORMATION ACT (FOlA) REQUEST JAN 121983 (e..../ DOCKET NuYSEA's: ur sacaceo*

KEOVESTER Bruce Maxwell PART 1.-RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checked bones)

No agency records subpect to the request have been located.

No adeter'ai agency records subsect to the request have been located.

N Agency records subre ct to the request that are coet#ed in Appenen H are ai,eady avadatee fo, pubhc m.pecion and copyma in the NRC Pubhc Document Room, 1717 H Street, N W., Washegton, DC.

Agency records subject to the reouest thtt are dent fed e Appendia are being made avadable for pubhc especton and copymg m the NRC Pubhc Documeet X Room.1717 H Street. N W . Washengton, DC, e a folder under the FOIA number and roovester name The nonpropretary verson of the proposaNsl that you agreed to accoot m a teiephone conversaton etn a member of my staff a now beeg made avadable for pubhc especton and coymg at the NRC Pubbe Document Room.1717 H Street. N W . Washengton, DC , e a folder under this FOt A number and reovester name.

Enclosed e eformaten on how you may obtam access to and the charges for cooymg records placed m the NRC Pubhc Document Room.1717 H Street. N W., Washegton. DC.

Agency records mbrect to the request are enclosed. Any apphcable charge for copies of the records provced and payrrent procedures are noted in the comments secton.

Records subre ct to the roovest have been re' erred to another Federal agencytest for review and daect response to you in vew of NRC s response to the request no further action a boeg taken on appeal letter cared ..

PART 11 A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC OISCLOSURE Cenam informaton m the roovested records e be.ng ethbeid from pubhc disclosur e pursuant to the FOIA exemptions decribed e and for the reasons stated in Pad il sec.

X tions 8. C. and D. Any re' eased pone of the documents for WNch only paq of tN record ra beeg wthheld are being made swadab6e for pubhc especton and cooveg a the NRC Pubbe Document Room,1717 H Street. N W., Washmgton DC. m a folder under this FOIA number and roovester name Comments Other records regarding Safeteam programs were addressed in response to previous FOIA requests. You may obtain access to these records by requesting the following file folders which are maintained in the NRC Public Document Room:

F01A-86-132--Garde F01A-86-191--Garde F01A-86-245--Puntenney F01A-86-420--Pohlman 5 aget pni: ce o os cs e gfaso ngcenas s 4d  ! ' f' _ W t 8801190052 880112 PDR FOIA MAXWELL 87-413 PDR NIC FORM 464 ee "

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RESPONSE FOIA NUMLE;ttSI: FOIA-87-413 OATE: dMk 1 9 mea ~"

PART 11 B- APPLICABLE FOIA EXEMPTIONS Records subject to the request that are desenbed in the enclosed Appendices are being withheld in their entirety or in part under FOIA E2emptions and for the reasons set forth below pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 10 CFR 9.5(a) of NRC Regulations.

1. The withheld informacon is property classened pursuant to Executrve Order 12356 IEXEMPTION 1)

2. The wthhold information rotates solety to the intemal personnel rules and procedures of NRC. IEXEMPTION 21

3. The wthheld information is speerncally esempted from public disclosure by statute indicated: IEXEMPTION 3) l Secton 141145 of the Atomic Energy Act wtuch prohets the desclosure of Restncted Data or Formerly Restncted Data (42 U S C. 21612166).

Secten 147 of the Atomic Energy Act which prob. bits the disclosure of Unclasssfed Safeguards informanon i42 U S.C. 2167).

4. The wthheld informaoon e a trade secret or commercial or francel information that es being wthbeid for the reasonist indicated: IEXEMPTION 41 The informaton e consadored to be contcentel business (propnetaryl informaton.

The informaton is considered to be propnetary informanon pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(dH11.

The informaton was submitted and recerved m confdence from a fore.gn source pursuant to to CFR 2.790ldM2).

5. The ethheld ir formaton consists of eteragency or etraagency records that are not evadable through decovery dureg htigaton. Osclosure of predecsenal mformation ,

would tend to mhebet the open and frank enchange of 46as essential to the dobbe'ative process. Where ecords are wthheid in ther entirety, the facts are inextncab8y j intertuned uth the prodociscaat eformatom There etso era na reesonatdy segregable factual portons because the reiease of the facts would permet an I moirect inquiry eto the predecisonal process of the agency. iEXEMPilON Si 1 x 6 The wthhe6d inforNoon e esempted from publec decfosste because its d:sclosure would result in a cioarty unwarranted invassort of personal prwacy. (EXEMPTION 61

7. The wthbed eformaton consists of investigatory reco'ds corrvied for law enforcement purposet and is becg uthh d 4r the reason <st mdicated (EXEMPTION 71 i

Disclosurs would interfere wth an enforcement proceedeg because 't couk$ revoel the scope, deocton. aN focus of enforcement eMorts. and thus covW .

pcssb'y aNow tnem to tame acton to shed potential wrong %ng or a colaton of NRC recusements f'om mvestigators. (EXEMPTION 71 All l

i D sclosure wouW cor'stetute an uewananted invas.on of personal prwacy IEXEMPTION 7(CD The information corsets of eames of comduals and other eformation the d sclosure of which would reveal contaties of con 6 der tel sou ces. r IEXEMPTION 7tD>l PART 11 C-DENylNG OFFICIALS r

Pu suant to 10 CFR 9 9 and 'or 9MS of the U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commason regulatons. vt has been determeed that the eformaton wthhed is euempt from production or dsclosu e, r

and that its prodxton or disclosure e corstrary to the public eterest. The persons resoors&e for the derwal s'e t%ose office's usectifed below as denyeg oMoa s and the Ovector.

Orvsion of Ruies and Recorcs. Office of Adminstraton, for any denia s that may be apoealed to the Executve Director for Operations trooi DENYING OFFictAL TITLE OFFtCE RECORDS CENtED APPELLATE OFFICIAL Reg 1onal Administrator secasta" sw willim T oneco11 ~~~~~~'

Region I J/l X Regional Administrator Robert D. Martin Region IV J/2 - J/5 x

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PART 11 D- APPEAL RIGHTS The denial by each denying official identtfied in Part il.C may be appealed to the Appellate Offcal identified in that section. Any such appeal must be in wnting and must be made within 30 days of receipt of this response. Appea's must be addressed as appropriate to the Executive Director for Operations or to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearfy state on the envetope and in theset'er that 4 is an "Appeal from an Initial FOIA Decision.

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l Re: FOIA-87-413 APPENDIX H l

DOCUMENTS ALREADY IN THE PDR

1. 7/26/85 Memorandum from V. Noonan to D. Eisenhut, subject: Plan for review of Comanche Peak Safeteam.

Accession No. 8508070292

2. 8/14/85 Memorandum from V. Noonan to D. Eisenhut, subject: Plan for review of Comanche Peak Safeteam.

Accession No. 8508200510.

3. 8/22/85 Memorandum from R. P. Denise to V. Noonan, subject: Plan for review of Comanche Peak Safeteam.

Accession No. 8606020292 i

1 Re: FOIA-87-413 1 APPENDIX I .

l DOCUMENTS BEING PLACED IN THE PDR

1. 10/15/85 Memo from S. M. Dew to J. H. Goldberg, Houston Lighting  !

and Power Company, subject: Interim Investigation Report i South Texas Project Electric Generating Station. (2 pages)

2. 11/5/85 Memo from S. M. Dew to J. H. Goldberg, subject: Final Investigation Report South Texas Project Electric Generating Station. (8 pages)  :

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3. 5/6/86 Memo from R. Herr to R. Martin, subject: Request for l Investigative Assistance re: Review of Comanche Peak Safeteam dated April 23, 1986. (1 page)

4. 10/6/86 Organization Chart. (1 page)

5. 1/28/87 Ltr from I. L. Guthrie to NRC:RIY, re: South Texas l Safeteam Manual. (approx. 125 pages)

6. 2/23/87 Ltr from I. L. Guthrie to NRC:RIV re: South Texas Safeteam llanual. (6 pages)

7. 11/17/7 Handwritten note. (1 page)

8. Undated Handwritten Organization Chart. (1 page)

9. 11/17/7 Handwritten notes. (3 pages)

10. Undated Memo from Denise to Taylor, subject: Review of CPSES '

Safeteam Activities. (3 pages)

Re: F01A-87-413 1

APPENDIX J l

DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN PART I I

1. 11/9/85 Ltr from A. L. Francis to Richard Walsh, subject: Hope l Creek Safeteam response. (4 pages) Portions being l withheld pursuant to Exemption 6.

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2. 11/17/86 Handwritten notes (1 page) Portions being withheld pursuant to Exemption 6.

3. 11/18/86 Handwritten notes (4 pages) Portions being withheld  ;

pursuant to Exemption 6.

4. 11/19/86 Handwritten notes (2 pages) Portions being withheld pursuant to Exemption 6.

5. 1/16/87 Handwritten notes (1 page) Portions being withheld  !

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cc,mmission Washington, D.C. 20555 FREEDOM OF INFORMA'IION REQUEST Daar Sir or Madam:

This is a request for information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act as amended (5 U.S.C. 552).

I request a complete and thorough search of all filing systems for all records or documents maintained by your agency concerning the SAFETEAM programs being used at several nuclear power plants .

SAFETEAM was developed in early 1983 at Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 nuclear plant to provide a forum for construction workers to express concerns about the quality of construction. Since then, the SAFETEAM program has been marketed to other nuclear at'litiee by an Edison subsidiary. This subsidiary was -iginally named Utility 'lechnical Services , Inc. , but was renamed Synduo, Ir.c.

Besides Fermi 2, I know the program has been implemented at the Clinton plant owned by Illinois Power Co. ; Salem-2, owned by the Public Service El. set.ic & Gas Co.; the South Texas Project, owned by Houston Lighting &

Power Co. ; cnd Comanche Peak, owned by the Texas Electric Utilities Co.

It also might be used by P:blic Service Electric & Gas Company's Hope Creek-1 plant, s

I regnest copies of all documenta concerning the SAFETEAM program at the listed pla.ts. These documents include, but are not limited to, inspection reports, notices of violation, correspondence with Detroit Edison or its subsidiaries about SAFETFAM, and internal NRC documents concerning SAFETEAM.

I am making this reques t in my capacity as a reporter for WTOL-TV. I hope to use the ruquested information for a news story.

If documents are denied in part or in whole, please specify which exemption (s) is (are) claimed for each passage or whole document denied.

Please provide a complev itemized inventory and a detailed factual justificktion of total or partial denial of documents. Specify the number of pages in each document and the total number of pages pertaining to this request.

I l If there are any fees for searching for, or copying, the records I have requested, please supply the records wi th ou t informing me if the fees do not exceed $50.00.

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I believe that my request fits this category, and I therefore ask that you waive _ any fees. .

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