ML20197E238

Further Response to FOIA Request for Records on Register, L Price & JB Register Complaints Re Alleged Illegal & Improper Procedures.Portions of App B Records & All App C Records Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemptions 6 & 7,respectively)

ML20197E238
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	05/02/1986
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Fowler L AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Shared Package
ML20197E242	List: ML20197E238 ML20197E266 ML20197E296 ML20197E305 ML20197E317
References
FOIA-86-43 NUDOCS 8605150204
Download: ML20197E238 (3)

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Law Offices of BRIAN SPEARS SUITE 220-GRANT BLDG.

BRIAN SPEARS ATTonNEY AT I.AW 44 BROAD STREET. N.W.

ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 LAURIE FOWLER (404)5224694 January 15, 1986 Office of Freedom of f E6DOW OF INFORMATK)N Information Act Requests ACT REQUEST Nuclear Regulatory- Commission DM j f-1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 h /- 2/-d Re: Freedom of Information Act Request NRC Investigation of Complaints of Susan Register, Leslie Price and James B. Register

Dear FOIA Officer:

e Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F01A, 5 U.S.C.

.552 as amended), the Georgia office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) requests: copies of any and all NRC 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, ntudies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and

,. any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the NRC's investigation into the Complaints of Susan Register, Leslie Price and James B. Register regarding illegal and improper procedures and practices at Georgia Power Company's Nuclear Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia. (See attached letters from NRC's Bruno Uryc for reference.) This request includes, but is not limited to, any and all NRC records and information regarding Region II Insp ector Bruno Uryc's initial contact and follow-up with Susan Register an8"7 L$ site Price in January of 1985.

Because the ACLU is a non-profit organization established to protect the civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, we believe it is appropriate for you to waive copying and search charges, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 522(a)(4)(a).

In this case, " furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the general public."

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an 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 the document withheld.

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This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974).

I look forward to hearing from you within 10 days as the law stipulates.

Sincerely, su wls~

Laurie Fowler Cooperating Attorney, Georgia ACLU LF:jy cc: NRC, Region II e

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Docket No. 50-424/425 Ms. Lauri Fowler, Esquire Georgia ACLU HAY 2 196 Suite 220 - Grant Building 44 Broad Street, NW IN RESPONSE REFER Atlanta, GA 30303 TO F01A-86-43

Dear Ms. Fowler:

This is in further response to your letter dated January 15, 1986, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Infonnation Act (F0IA), all documents related to the NRC investigation into the complaints of Susan Register, Leslie Price, and James B. Register regarding alleged illegal and improper procedures and practices at the Vogtle plant located in Waynesboro, Georgia.

Port. ions of the 13 documents listed on the enclosed Appendix B have been deleted in order to prevent disclosure of personal home addresses and telephone numbers. Because disclosure of this information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, it is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption (6) of the FOIA (5 USC 552(b)(6)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(6) of the Commission's regulations.

The documents listed on the enclosed Appendix C are records compiled for law enforcement purposes and are being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption (7)(A) of the F0IA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(A) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(7)(i) of the Commission's regulations. Disclosure of the information would interfere with an enforcement proceeding.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.9 of the Commission's regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The persons responsible for this denial are the undersigned and Dr. J. Nelson Grace, Regional Administrator, NRC Region II.

The NRC has not completed its search for and review of documents subject to your request. We will respond as soon as those actions are completed.

Sincerely, bk AO[v b

Donnie H. Grimsley, Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration

Enclosures:

As stated

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F01A-86-43 APPENDIX B

1. 2/26/85 Letter from Uryc to Tiller, subject: Vogtle - Abuse of Drug Screening Program and Construction Deficiencies - 3 pages

2. 2/26/85 Letter from Uryc to Price, subject

Vogtle - Abuse of Drug Screening Program and Construction Deficiencies - 3 pages 1

3. 6/20/85 Letter from Uryc to Register, subject: Allegations Regarding Vogtle Nuclear Plant - 1 page 4 6/20/85 Letter from Uryc to Price, subject: Allegations Regarding

) Vogtle Nuclear Plant - 1 page

) 5. 6/20/85 Letter from Uryc to Register, subject: Allegations Regarding Vogtle Nuclear Plant - 1 page

6. 8/12/85 Letter ' rom Uryc to Register, subject: Corrected Copy of Interview - 1 page

7. 9/4/85 Case File Memorandum - 1 page

8. 2/28/85 Certified Mail Receipt - 1 page 4

9. 3/1/85 Certified Mail Receipt - 1 page

10. 6/25/85 Certified Mail Receipt - 1 page

11. 6/25/85' Certified Mail Receipt - 1 page 12, 6/25/85 Certified Mail Receipt - 1 page

13. 8/14/85 Certified Mail Receipt - 1 page t

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F01A-86-63 APPENDIX C i

1. 10/10/84 Georgia Power Company Handwritten Memo - 3 pages

2. 1/28/85 Allegation Report - 3 pages

3. 1/28/85 Memorandum to Case File - 3 pages 4 1/28/85 Allegation Report - 3 pages

5. 1/28/85 Memorandum to Case File - 3 pages

6. 1/29/85 Memorandum to Case File - 2 pages

7. 1/31/85 Memorandum to Case File - 1 page

8. 2/4/85 Memorandum to Case File - 2 pages

9. 2/25/85 Meno from Uryc to Herdt, subject: Vogtle - Alleged Abuse of Drug Screening Program and Construction Concerns - 2 pages

10. 2/27/85 Memorandum to Case File - 1 page

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11. 3/27/85 Memo from Herdt to Uryc - 1 page

12. 5/22/85 Results of Interview - 7 pages

13. 5/22/85 Results of Interview - 6 pages

14. 5/22/85 Results of Interview - 4 pages

15. 5/23/85 Results of Interview - 8 pages

16. 6/4/85 Memorandum to Case File - 2 pages 17, 7/8/85 Memorandum to Case File - 1 page

18. 9/27/85 Memo from Uryc to File, subject: Vogtle - Review of DOL Transcript Regarding Testimony of Price and Register -

3 pages

19. Undated Memorandum to Case File - 1 page

20. Undated Memorandum to Case File - 1 page

21. Date Withheld Deviation Report - 5 pages '

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