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Appeals Denial of FOIA Request for Release of Documents Listed in Apps E & F,Originally Withheld
ML20153H133
Person / Time
Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 05/05/1988
From: Hamlin J
SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To: Chilk S
NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
References
FOIA-87-444, FOIA-88-A-29 NUDOCS 8809090095
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Washington, D.C. 20555 Re Appeal From Initial FOIA Decision NRC FOIA No.87-444

Dear Mr. Chilk:

On April 25, 1988, I received from the NRC a final decision or. FOIA Request No.87-444, a copy of which is attached for your reference. The response listed in Appendix E 63 documents that were withheld in their entirety under Exemption 5, 5 U.S.C.

S 552(b)(5) and 10 C.F.R. S 9.17(a)(5). In Appendix F, the response listed nine documents being withheld in part under Exemption 5. In accordance with 10 C.F.R. S 9.29, I hereby appeal from the NRC's FOIA determination and request release of all documents listed in Appendices E and F that were withheld.

The document descriptions in Appendices E and F are so brief that it is impossible from my position to judge the applicability of Exemption 5. Nevertheless, the descriptions do raise a number of questions, including the following:

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1. Exemption 5 applies only to documents that are predecisional, i.e. documents leading up to an agency decision.

See Wolfe v. Department of Health and Human Services, 839 F.2d 768, 774 (D.C. Cir. 1988) (en banc). Some of the withheld documents do not appear to meet this requirement, such as Appendix E, Item 50, which is dated after the last of the NRC's Diablo Canyon licensing decisions. In other cases, it is not at all clear what NRC decision is involved, such as Apper. dix E, Items 1, 11, 14, 15, 20, 25, 31, 34, 37, 46, 47, 48, 58, 59, 61 and 63.

2. Some documents seem unrelated to the internal agency decision-making process that Exemption 5 was designed to address.

For example, Appendix E, Item 21 is described as a note to "Bill" of the "National Journal," which is unlikely to fall within Exemption 5. Similarly, several documents deal with Congressional communications, rather than agency decision-making.

See, e.g., Appendix E, Items 34, 42 and 50; Appendix F, Items 4 and 5.

3. A principal purpose of Exemption 5 is to protect subordinates' willingness to provide decision-makers with frank opinions and recommendations. Wolfe, supra, 839 F.2d at 775.

Accordingly, documents f rom subordinates to superior of ficials are more likely to be exempt than documents ' lowing in the opposite direction. Coastal States Gas Corp. v. Department of Energy, 617 F.2d 854, 868 (D.C. Cir. 1980). So far as I can tell, none of the withheld documents is from a subordinate to his superior official.

Please review all of the withheld documents to deterrine whether they are actually protected by Exemption 5. Furthermore, even if you conclude that some or all of the documents literally fall within the Exemption, I request that you nevertheless release the records pursuant to 10 C.F.R. S 9.25(a) because the disclosure would not be contrary to the public interest and would not adversely af fect the rights of any person. As you know, the Diablo Canyon licensing decisions have long since become final, and the authors of most of the withheld documents have left the NRC. Under the circumstances, the historical value of the documents outweighs any theoretical concerns about protecting the deliberative process.

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Re: F01A-8/-444 APPENDIX C

. DOCUMENTS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE POR

1. 10/24/79 Memo from Joscah M. Herdrie to the POR and Parties to Diablo Canyon '.icensing Proceeding. Accession No. 791031038,
2. 4/21/80 Memorandum to Counsel For The Parties From J. Hendrie.

Accession No. 8204220194.

3. 7/21/81 Memo to the Files from William Manning. Accession No.

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4. 11/20/81 Note to Parties in Diablo Canyon from Gilinsky.

Accession No. 8111250371.

5. 10/30/81 Letter from Gilinsky to Stanley Mendes. Accession No.

8111200761.

6. 11/4/81 Memorandum to the Parties in Diablo Canyon from Gilinsky. Accession No. 8111090509.
7. 10/20/82 Letter from Gilinsky to Scott Schulke. Accession No.

8210220363.

8. 10/17/83 Note to the Parties in the Diablo Canyon Proceeding fron, Gilinsky. Accession No. 8310190054.
9. 12/16/83 Memoradum to the Files from William Manning. Accession No. 8312200121.
10. 2/28/84 Memo to the Parties in the Diablo Canyon Operating -

License Proceeding from Gilinsky. Accession No. 8402290084.

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Re: FOIA-87-4u APPENDIX 0 DOCUMENTS SEING PLACED IN THE PDR The following records were located in forur Connissioner Peter A.

Bradford's files:

1. 11/30/78 Letter from Bradford to Albert Lake. (2 pages)
2. 7/18/79 Letter from Bradford to M. Brook Tice. (3pages)
3. 1/30/81 Letter from Bradford to the Honorable John E. Bryson. (5 pages) 4, 8/7/81 Memo from Len Bickwit to the Cornission. (1 page)
5. 9/22/81 Letter froc Bradford to Marilyn Herlan. (2 pages)
6. 9/22/81 Letter from Bradford to Ruth Holtzman. (2 pages)
7. 9/22/81 Letter from Bradford to Pat Simonson. (1 page)
8. 9/23/81 Letter from Bradford to Lydia Pollard. (2 pages)
9. 9/23/81 Letter from Bradford to Dianne Wilson. (2 pages)
10. 9/23/81 Letter from Bradford to George Young. (2 pages)
11. 9/23/81 ' etter from Bradford to Nancy Levy (1 page) 12, 9/23/81 Letter from Bradford to Dr. Sidney Bergman. (2 pages)
13. 9/24/81 Letter from Bradford to Dr. Shirley Isaacson. (2 pages)
14. 3/24/81 Letter from Bradferd to Mr. & Mrs. Weinberg. (2 pagas)
15. 9/29/81 Letter from Bradford to Karen Schlaff. (2 pages) 16, 9/29/81 Letter from Bradford to Andrea Natel (2 pages)
17. 9/29/81 Letter from Bradford to James Jubenville. (5 pages)
18. 10/2/81 Letter from Bradford to P. Kitchuck. (2 pages)
19. 10/2/81 Letter from Bradford to Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Schiller. (2 pages)
20. 10/2/81 Letter from Bradford to Suzanne Borghet. (2 peqes) 21, 10/7/81 Letter from Bradford to Steve Wahl. (3 pages)

Re: FOIA-87-444 APPENDIX D DOCUMENTS BEING PLACED IN THE POR (Continued)

22. 10/13/81 Letter from Bradford to Karen Calhoun. (2 pages)
23. 10/13/81 Letter from Bradford to John Weibusch. (2 pages) l
24. 10/26/81 LetterfromBradfordtoJayNewbern.(2pages)
25. 10/26/81 Letter from Bradford to Ken Kucera. (4 pages)  !

r 26, 10/27/81 Letter from Bradford to Anna Collins. (2 pages)

27. 10/27/81 LetterfromBradfordtoPatDressendorfer.(2pages)
28. 10/27/81 Letter from Bradford to Yorgos Savides. (2 pages)
29. 10/27/81 Letter from Bradford to Susan Jaffe. (2 pages)
30. 10/28/81 Letter from Bradford to William Kennedy. (2 pages) 31, 10/29/81 Letter from Bradford to Dr. J. Carson Mark. (1 page)
32. 11/2/81 Letter from Bradford to Mr. & Mrs. William Townsend. (2 pages)
33. 11/12/81 Letter from Bradford to Lorna Chaplin. (2 pages)
34. 11/12/81 Letter from Bradford to Steve and Mary Pipkin. (2 pages) 35, 11/12/81 Letter from Bradford to Sue Rutherford. (2 pages)

.L 36. 11/12/81 Lettar from Bradford to Susan Stanners. (4 pages)

37. 11/12/81 Letter from Eradford to Susan Park. (2 pages) 1 The following documents wen located in fomer Comissioner John Ahearne's file:

38, 3/5/82 Letter from Ahearre to Cong Miller. (2 pages) 39, 3/17/82 Memo from Ahearne to Comission. (1 page)

40. 4/6/83 Note from L. Van Lise to B. Hayes. (2 pages) i i

Re: F0iA-87-444 APPENDIX D DOCUMENTS BEING PLACEO la THE POR (Continued)

The following records were located in fonner Comissioner Victor Gilinsky's files:

41, 5/9/80 Letter from Gilinsky to Cong. Panetta. (4 pages)

42. 10/30/81 Lettar from Gilir. sky to Pat Dressendorfer. (1 page)
43. 10/r;/81 Note frcm Gilinsky to Maura Kleeman. (3 pages) 44, 11/4/81 Office of Public Affairs News Sumary with Handwritten note from Gilinsky. (2 pages)
45. 11/11/81 Letter to Gilinsky from Gail Jacobsen. (2 pages) 46, 11/23/81 Memo from Gilinsky to Ccmission. (1 page)
47. 1/20/82 Mer,o from Gilinsky to Comission. (2 pages)
48. 1/20/82 Letter from Gilinsky to Ruth Holtz. (2 pages)
49. 12/10/81 Letter from Gilinsky to Robert Landman. (3 pages)
50. 1/20/82 Letter from Gilinsky to Carl Mansfield. (5 pages)
51. 1/20/82 Statement of Edward C. Abbott (1 page) 52, 2/26/82 Memo from Manning to Chilk (7 pages)
53. 3/26/82 Letter from Gilinsky to L. D. Belveal. (2 pages) 54, 4/1/82 Note from Gilinsky to Tom Redburn. (1 page) 55, 3/11/83 Letter from Gilinsky to Cong. Udall. (28 pages)
56. 4/25/84 Letter from Gilinsky to Ronald Smutz, (2 pages) 57, 8/19/81 Notes from Abbott to Gilinsky. (10 pages)
58. 4/27/84 Letter from R. Goldsmith to Pamela Secrest. (3 pages)
59. 4/27/04 Letter frem R. Goldsmith to Alejandro Gil. (2 pages)
60. 5/21/84 Letter from R. Goldsmith to Marcy Scandalis. (2 pages)
61. 10/17/83 Note to S. Chilk from Manning. (1 page)

Re: FOIA-87-444 APPENDIX D DOCUMENTS BEING PLACED IN THE POR (continued)

62. 11/26/83 Meuo from Manning to Chilk. (6 pages)
63. 12/6/83 Letter from R. GolOtth to Harold Hudson. (1 page)
64. 12/8/83 Memo from Gilinsky to Comission. (1 page)
65. 1/2C/84 Letter from R. Goldsmith to Laurie & Amiel Needham. (2 pages) 66, 1/26/84 LetterfromR.GoldsmithtoBarbaraSnader.(2pages)
67. 1/26/84 Letter from R. Goldsmith to Dorothy Andersen. (5 pages)
68. 1/26/84 'etterfromR.GoldsmithtoKimBurgruff.(2pages)
69. 1/26/84 Letter from R. Goldsmith to Eleanor Lewallen. (8 pages)
70. 2/24/84 Letter from R. Goldsmith to Cary English. (4 pages)
71. 3/6/84 Letter from R. Goldsnith to Debbie Highfill. (5 pages)
72. 4/10/84 Note from Gilinsky for Jack Burby. (1 page)
73. 4/9/84 Memo from V. Gilinsky to S. Chilk (1 page) [ NOTE: The attached 4/6/84 memo from Fitzgerald to Gilinsky is already in the PDR. Accession No. 8404100175.]

The following record was located in former Chairman Nunzio Palladino's files: ,

74. 7/31/84 Memo from Palladino to the Comissioners. (3 pages)
75. 9/17/B4 Memo from Palladino to the Comissioners. (2pages)
76. 11/2/84 Memo from Palladino to William Briggs. (1 page)
77. 3/11/85 Memo from Palladino to the Comissioners. (30 pages)  ;
78. 4/4/85 Memo from Palladino to the Comissioners. (3 pages)
79. IndicesfordocumentsidentifiedonAppendixC.(10pages)
80. Indices for documents identified on Appendix D. (76 pages)
81. Indices for documents identified on Apper. dix E. (42 pages)
82. Indices for documents identifieo en Appendix F. (9 pages)

Re: F01A-87-444 A9pENDIX E Dgl,UMENTS BE!NG WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY FURSUANT TO EXEMPTION 5 The following records are located it forrner Commissioner Bradford's '

files:

1. *c :/29/81 Memo to Dircks from Bradford, subject: Diablo Canyon safety injection pump failing (PNG-V-81-60). (1 page) 2, 10/26/81 Memo to Remick from Bradford, subject: Diablo Canyon seismic. (1 page)
3. 11/10/81 Memo to Cmrs from Bradford, subject: Thoughts regarding the reassessment of the sei;mic issue at Diablo Canyon.

(1page)

4. 9/21/81 Memo to Cars from Bradford, subject: Suggest the Attached modifications to the Diablo Canyon Or'er. (5 pages)
5. 9/21/81 Memo to Cmrs from Bradford Diablo Canyon fire protection provisions.(1page)
6. 9/15/81 Bradford's connents to Chilk on Fleischaker letter subject: Respoh e to motion of 9/11 requesting the disclosure of any discussions between J. iourtelotte and Cmrs Roberts or other members of his staff re Diablo Canyon licensing proceedings. (1 page)garding the
7. 9/15/81 Memo to Chilk from Bradford, subject: SECY-81-508 review of ALAB-644 (In the Matter of Pacific Gas & Electric Company).

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8. 6/4/81 Memo to Bickwit from Bradford, subject: Diablo Can low power operating licensing proceeding. (1 page) yon
9. 3/31/81 Memo to Bickwit from Bradford, subject: Request for opintor, on any rules of justification for the exclusion of Ms. Sandra Silver frem the Diablo Canyon facility. (1 page)
10. 3/4/80 Pemo to Cnrs from Bradford, subject: SECY-80-17-Request that the Commission institute proceedings to determine whether Commissioner Kennedy and Hendrie should be disqualified from further participation in the Diablo Canyon operating license proceedings. (1 page)

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Re: F0lA-87-444 APPENDIX E (Continued)

DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION 5 The following records are located in former Comissioner Gilinsky's files:

11. 4/11/84 Memo to W. Dircks from Gilinsky, subject: Diablo Canyon lossofECCS.(1page) 12, 3/28/84 Meam to Cmrs from Gilinsky, subject: Diablo anyon low power license. (1 page) 13, 3/23/84 Memo to Cmrs from Gilinsky, subj: Diablo Canyon seismic design. (1 page)
14. 2/28/84 Memo from W. Manning to h E. Plaine, subject: Ex Parte review of Diablo Canyon diaft reports 50-275/83-37 and 50-323/83-25. (1 page)
15. 2/27/84 Memo to Cmrs from Gilinsky, subject: Diablo Canyon allegation management. (1 page) 16, 12/23/83 Mem; to Cnrs from Gilinsky, subject: Consnercial licensed operating)experienceofDiabloCanyonlicensedoperators.

(94pages 17, 9/28/83 Memo from Gilinsky to J. J. Ray, ACRS subject: 9/8 request for opinion on Tau effect re Diablo Canyon. (1 page) 18, 7/8/83 Menc to J. Ray from Gilinsky ACRS subject: ' TAU Effect" re Daiblo Canyon".

19, 6/3/83 Memo from W. Hanning to Chilk subj: Meno to T. Moore re treatment of infomation contained in ALA8-l53 (Diablo Canyon physical security). (1 page) 20, 5/4/83 Memo for Leonard Bickwit from Gilinsky, subject: Purgin of Diablo Canyon Physical security Decision. (2 pages) g 21, 3/26/82 Mote to Bill of National Journal from Gilinshy, subject:

Diaolo Canyon and breeder study. (1 page) 22, 12/18/01 Memo to Cnrs from Gilinsky, subject: Review of ALAB-644-DisbloCanyonseismic(SECY-87-508).(1page) 23, 12/11/81 Memo to Cers from Gilinsky, subject: Peview of ALAB-644--Diablo Canyon seismic decision (IECY-81-508).

(1page)

Re: FOIA-87-444 APPENDIX E IContinued)

DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTlHETY PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION 5 The following records are located in former Comissioner Gilinsky's files:

24, 11/27/81 Memo to Cmrs from Gilinsky subject: Comission review of Diablo Canyon Seismic issue. (1 page)

25. 11/9/81 Memo to Cmr from Gilinsky, subject: Diablo Canyon. (1 page)
26. 10/19/81 Memo to Cmrs from Giiinsky subject: Diablo Canyon seismic analysis and resclution of design problems.

27, 9/23/81 Memo to Cmrs from Gilinsky, subject: Comission review of DiabloCanyonseismicdecision(ALAB-644).(1page)

28. 9/8/81 Diablo Memo Canyonto N. Palladino low-power from decision. (1Gilinsky),

page subject:

29. 9/4/81 Memo to Chairman Palladino from Gilinsky, subject: Diablo Canyon low power decision. (1 page)
30. 6/3/81 Memo to Bickwit from Gilinsky, subject: Diablo Canyon low power license proceeding. (1 page)

The followirg records are located in former Chairman Palladino's files:

31. 11/10/81 Memorandum to Cmrs from Palladino, subject: Diablo Canyon.(1page)
32. 11/18/81 Note to Gilinsky from Palladir.o. subject: TMR Proposal forDiabloCanyonOrder.(2pages) 33, 11/7/83 Memo to Cars from Palladino, subject: Diablo Canyon Order. (10 pages)
34. 12/27/83 Memo to Cmrs from Palladino, subject: Proposed Response to Congress Markey re NRC handling of Working Pa DiabloCanyoncasestudy.(CR-07-173),(1 page) per for 35, 1/13/E4 Memo to Zerbe from Palladino, subject: Cowercial Licensed Operators. Operating)

(1 page Experience of Diablo Canyon Licensed

. Re: FO!A-87-444 APPENDIX E (Continued)

DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY PUR$UANT TO EXEMPTION 5 The following records are located in former Chairman Palladino's files:

36. 1/23/84 Memo to H. E. Plaine from Palladino, subject: Diablo Canyon (1 page) 37, 1/30/84 Memo to Asselstine fron Palladino, subject: Diablo Canyon.(1page)
38. 4/3/84 Memo to Gilinskv from Palladino, subject:

COMVG-87-4-Diablo Canyon Low Power License. (1 page)

39. 4/4/84 Memo to J. Ebersole from Palladino, subject: ACRS Review of Diablo Canyon Issues. (1 page)
40. 4/13/84 Memo to Cmrs from Palladino, subject: Draft Order on Diablo Canyon. (6 pages) 41, 4/13/84 Memo to J. Ebersole from Palladino, subject: ACRS Review of Diablo Canyon Issues. (2 pages)
42. 6/13/84 Memo to Cmrs from Palladino, subject: Revised Response to Congressman Panetta (CR-84-43 Diablo Canyon). (3 pages)

, 43. 6/19/84 Memo to Dircks from Palladino, subject: Response to 0/8 Ltr re Diablo Canyon. (4 pages) 44 6/29/84 Mer.o from Palladino to W. J. Dircks, subject: ACRS Review of Diablo Canyon SSER. (1 page)

45, 8/24/84 Memo to Plaine from Palladino, subject
Diablo Canyon. (2 j pages) 46, 10/9/84 Memo to J. K. Asselstine from palladino, subject: Concur with F. Bernthal's suggestion re 9/1/84 ltr from Richard Parks re Diablo Canyon. (1 page)
47. 10/9/84 Moo to J. K. Asselstino from Palladino, subject
Diablo Canyon. (1 page)
48. 10/11/84 Memo to Plaine from Palladino, subject: Review of Transcripts of Meetings on Diablo Canyon (1 page)
49. 11/2/84 Memo to Briggs frem Palladino subject: NRC Brief in Diablo Canyon Case. (2 pages) l i
50. 11/8/85 Mero to Cmrs from Palladino, subject: Response to Rep Markey's Ltr re Earthquake and Emergency Planning at Diable Canyon (CR-85 74A),

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Re: F0!A-87-444 APPENDIX E (Continued)

DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION 5 The following records are located in former Comissioner Ahearne's files:

51, 6/5/80 Memo to SECY from Ahearne, subject: SECY-A-80-57AL Diablo Canyon - Release of Physical Security Plan to Intervenors.

(1 page)

52. 3/9/81 Memo to the Chairinan and Comissioners from Ahearne, subject: SECY-81-115A - Diablo Canyon Prehearing Conference Order. (3 pages) 53, 3/24/81 Memo to Chaiman and Comissioners from Ahearne, subject:

Revised Diablo Canyon Order (SECY-81-115A) (2 pages)

54. 3/30/81 Memo from V. Harding to Comissioners' Assistants, subjec;: Revised Diablo Canyon Order - Maren 28, OGC Versi a (See SECY-81-115A). (2 pages) 55, 8/6/81 Memo from Ahearne to OGC, subject: Diablo Canyon low power contentions. (2 pages)
56. 9/1/81 Memo fron Ahearne to Comission, subject: Contentions not admitted in Diablo Canyon low power proceeding (COMVG-81-6).

(10pages)

57. 9/4/81 Memo from Ahearne to Chairmat Palladino, subject: Diablo Canyor low-power decision. (1 page)
58. 9/14/81 Memo from Ahearne to OPE, subject: Seismic consultant for Diablo Canyon. (1 page)
59. 11/12/81 Memo from Ahearne to OPE, subject: Diablo Canyon I proceeding. (1 page) l
60. 12/23/81 Memo from V. Harding to T. Rothschild, subject: Newmark issue in Diablo Canyon. (1 page)
61. 2/8/82 Memo from Ahearne to Comission, subject: Diablo Canyon notice of violation. (4 pages)
62. 4/30/82 Ahearne's coments on A/22/82 memo from Bickwit to Commission, subject: Diablo Canyor physical security.

(2 pages)

63. 7/13/82 Memo from Ahearne to Corvnission, subject: Diablo Canyon Phase II. (1 page) f

Re: FOIA-87-444 APPENDIX F DOCUMENTS BEING WITHHELD IN PART

1. 8/27/81 Memo from Gilinsky to Comission, subject: Diablo Canyon power decision (3 pages), Exemption 5, entirety, with attachments: SECY-81-115, dated 2/23/81, portions withheld, Exemption 5; SECY-81-115A, dated 3/6/81, Exemption 5, entirety; SECY-81-329, dated 5/27/81 Exemption 5, with attachment: Order CLI-81-5, released.

2, 10/19/83 Memo from Gilinsky to Comissioners, subject: Diablo Canyon "TAU-Effect" (3 pages) Exemption 5; with attachments:

Letters to Byron Georgiou and Lawrence Lanpher with views of individual Comissioners re: decision of Comission 1 reviewofALAB-644(inPDRAccessionNos. 8203230111, and 8203230121).

3. 11/13/81 Memo to Comissioners from Palladino, subject: Diablo Canyon (1 page) release; with attached Approach for the Independent Reverification of the Diablo Canyon Design (1 page) withheld, Exemption 5.

4, 7/31/84 Memo from Palladino to Comission, subject: Diablo Canyon (1 page) withheld, Exemption 5; with attachment: Letter from Representatives Patterson and Panetta. Released.

5. 10/5/84 Memo from Palladino to Comission, subject:

Telecon-Congressman Markey (2 pages), withheld, Exemption 5, with attachment: 9/17/84 letter from Rep. Markey and 9/21/84 response (2 pages) Released.

6. 11/12/81 Memo from Palladino to Remick, subject: OPE Analysis of Diablo Canyon Seismic Issues (1 page) release, handwritten notes of P. Brtdford's being withheld, Exmeption 5.

7, 1/28/81 Memo from Ahcarne to L. Bickwit, subject: Diablo Canyon Scheduling Estimates (1 page), withheld Exemption 5, with l attachtrent: 1/23/81 memo from Denton to Ahearne. (3 '

pages), released.

8. 2/19/81 Memo from Ahearne to Chilk, subject: SECY-81-76: Diablo Canyon (1 page) released, attached draft additional views being withheld, Exemption 5. (1 page)
9. 4/20/82 Memo rom Ahearne to SECY, subject: Diablo Canyon Physical additionalSecurity views 1(Order (1 page)Exemption page) withheld, released,5.attached draft l i i i

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The NRC's response (page 3) identifies "30 boxes" of former NRC Commissioners' files, which are "indexed by date and subject." I request that you provide me with copies of all documents in those 30 boxes that from the index listing or otherwise can be readily identified as relating specifically to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and/or 2. I also request a copy of the index for the 30 boxes.

I hereby commit to pay the costs of processing this request up to $1,000.00. If the costs are estimated to exceed that amount, please contact me in advance of expending any funds, b

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Director, office of Administration July 10, 1987 Page 2 After further consideration, I may have additional refinements of the original request. I would ask, however, that you begin now to process the request with respect to the 30 boxes of Commissioners' files described above. Please call me if there are any questions. [

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Dear Mr. Hamlin:

l This is in response to your letter dated March 27, 1987, in which you .

requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA), "copies of l all records relating in any way to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,  ;

Units 1 and/or 2, that were created at any time from January 1,1966 through March 31, 1986." You expressed an interest in a search of all Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) k files that may contain responsive records, excluding records already l l publicly available at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDel). l Af ter careful consideration, we have detennined that your request does '

not "reasonably describe" the records sought, but rather is a broad,  !

sweeping, indiscriminate request for production, lacking reasonable specificity. As such, the re

, requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552(quest a)(3). fails to meet the threshold j The NRC headquarters offices are not consolidated in a single location; sta.f f members are presently housed in rented spaces in seven separate buildings in various locations. In addition, the NRC maintains regional  ;

offices and onsite Resident inspector offices. There is no "master ,

file" containing all records that the NRC has directly pertaining to 4 l particular power plant. In each of the various of fices, records may be '

filed by a number of subjects instead of or in addition to plant names, according to activities and functions of particular of fices, such as ,

reviews of generic issues, evaluations related to construction of plants i and licensing activities, inspections, and investigations.

It is reasonable to assume the files located throughout various Offices and Otvisions of the NRC contain records that might fall within the scope l of your request for records "relating in any way to Diablo Canyon.... [

We could net, however, short of examining nyery file possessed by the l NRC, state with any degree of confidence that all records that directly  !

pertain to Diablo Canyon have been located and could not, even after  !

examining every file, be confident that we could identify every record  !

which you might construe as "relating in any way to Diablo Canyon...."  ;

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Mr. James B. Hamlin The House Report on the 1974 amendments to the FOIA provides that:

"A ' description' of a requested document would  !

be sufficient if it enabled a professional employee of the agency who was familiar with the subject area of the request to locate the record with a reasonable amount of effort." (H. Rpt.93-876 at 5-6.)

As indicateo above, much more than a reasonable arount of effort would be required to attempt to comply with your request.

Likewise, the Senate Regort indicates that the 1974 amendments to the FOIA were not intended to authorize broad categorical requests where it is impossible for the agency reasonably to deterstne what is sought.

(See Irons v. Schuyler, 465 F.2d 608 (DC Cir.1972))...." (S. Rpt.93-834 at 10!)

In view of the scope and nature of your request, the documentary material being sought, and the considerations expressed above, we conclude that your request does not meet the requirerrents of 5 U.S.C.

552(a)(3). Accordingly, no further action will be taken with respect to your present request.

If you consider this response to be a denial of your request, you may appeal this detennination within 30 days to the Executive Director for Operations. As provided in 10 CFR 9.11, any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Executive Director for Operations. U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Ctanission. Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly r state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an "Appeal from an Initial F0!A Decision."

We are provicing the following information concerning persons and '

offices specified in your letter in an effort to assist you in redefining a new request so that the NRC may, with a reasonable amount of effort, locate records on the specific subject (s) in which you are interested.

t We are enclosing a list of FOIA requests pertaining to the Diablo Canyon ,

1 plant which were not included in your letter. Our responses to these requests are maintained in the PDR. With regard to these previous i related FOIA requests, please note that NRC project managers transfer their files to new project managers. Therefore, existing project manager i

files on the Diablo Canyon plant are subject to previous requests F01A 86-151 and F01 A-86-197. Also, Mr. Yin's existing records were incorporated with additional records on the Diablo Canyon plant into

" files which are subject to pending request F0!A-84 21. Mr. Bishop is no -

longer working for the NRC; his existing files were incorporated into i regional flies. Such files, as noted above, are generally organized by 4

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Mr. James B. Hamlin I have been informed by the staff that the NRC does not maintain files of former AEC Comissioners but that some then-existing files of AEC '

Coenissioners my have been transferred from AEC to the Department of Energy (00E), a successor organization of the AEC. You may wish to submit an FOIA request to the DOE official whose name and address are provided below.

John H. Carter Department of Energy Chief. F01/PA Division of Reference & Inforination 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585 With regard to fonner NRC Comissioners' files, I have been informed that the hRC maintains only incomplete files, only chronological files rather than subject files, for only a few former Coanissioners. There are approximately 30 boxes of such records, which are indexed by date and subject.

If you have any que:'.wi.i regarding this response to your FOIA request, you may telephone Ms. L.inda Robinson at 492-8133.

Sincerely, p us W /c rbj r

Donnie H. Grimsley, Director

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:'.";":.11 (202) 663-8127 March 27, 1987 Director, office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Freedem of Information Act Request Gentlernen:

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5 552 and 10 C.F.R. Part 9, I hereby request copies of all records relating in any way to Diablo Can-yon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and/or 2, that were created at any time f rom January 1,1966 through March 31, 1986. As used in this request, the term record" has the meaning specified in 10 C. F.R. $ 9. 3a. In processing this request, please search all files of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Atomic Energy Commission that may contain records responsive to the request.

The search should cover all files including, but not limited to, those of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Saf eguards, Region V, all Diablo Canyon project managers, all AEC and NRC Commission-ers, the Office of Congressional Affairs, Isa Yin, and Thomas Bishop.

I as aware that the following Freedom of Information Act re-quests relating to Diablo Canyon have already been made:

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Director, office of Administration March 27, 1987 Page 2 FOIA Docket No. Requester 76-411 Rushforth 79-464 Fleischaker 80-10 Fleischaker 80-43 Varon 80-222 Varon 80-269 Johnston 80-383 Eissler 80-588 McCarthy 80-600 Brown 81-72 Jordan 81-84 Hanback 81-406 Schweigert 82-151 Kronzek 82-160 Fleischaker 82-286 Eissler 83-130 Reynolds83-267 Reynolds83-483 Calsoyas83-599 Calsoyas 84-73 Reynolds84-208 Bell 84-247 Calsoyts84-259 Pedro 84-269 Calsoyas84-289 Buckles84-400 Williams ,84-470 Bell i 84-740 Devina/Dixon 84-741 Devine 84-742 Devine 84-745 Devine '84-795 Bell i 84-809 Bell 84-814 Bell 84-925 Bell 85-81 Devine 85-240 Freire 85-354, 355,356 Devine 85-690 Holmes85-691 Holmos [

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86-144 Holmes86-146 Holmes86-147 Holmes86-148 Holmes86-173 Harding 86-371 Hough 86-391 Hough 86-412 Hough 86-489 Hale 86-585 sholly 86-652 Individual 86-679 Bishop 86-699 Dickey To the extent records have been made available in response to the above requests, they need not be produced again and shoald be '

treated as outside the scope of this request. In addition, all records that are already on file in the NRC Public Document Room in Washington, D.C. should likewise be considered outside the scope of this request.

I hereby commit to pay the costs of processing this request up to $5,000.00. If the costs are estimated to exceed that amount, please contact me in advance of expending any funds.

It is important that this request be procesred promptly. To that end, I would be pleased to work closely with you to clarify and prioritize the request, or to take other steps that my facil-itate the handling of this request. Please call me if you have any questions.

Sincerely yours,

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