ML20214E429

FOIA Request for Two Categories of Documents Re 870331 Decision to Order Suspension of Operations & Correspondence Between NRC & Util Involved in Operation of Plants Preceding Order

ML20214E429
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	04/04/1987
From:	Bossong K PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP
To:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
FOIA-87-205 NUDOCS 8705220084
Download: ML20214E429 (2)

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PUBLIC CITIZEN Buyers Up C Congress Watch C Cntical Mass : Health Research Group C Utsgatson Group C Tax Group April 4, 1987 Don Grimsley, Director Division of Rules and Records Nuclear Regulatory Commission IR DOM 0F INFORMATION MNBB 4210 ACT REQUST Washington, D.C. 20555 h M -[ b M G Attn Dear Sir Freedom of Information Act Request 2M 'd hh-n Pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. g 552, Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project hereby reauests copies of any and all records that provides (1) Information underlying the March 31, 1987 decision to order the suspension of operations at the Peach Bottom nuclear plant in Peach Bottom, Pennysivania. This includes but is not limited to any studies, reports, memoranda or other records or documents analyzing safety problems with the facility itself, problems with plant or personnel management, or any other shortcomings in plant operations.

(2) Any correspondence between the NRC and the Philadelphia Electric Company or other of ficials involved in the operation of the Peach Bottom plants preceding and relating to the decision to order the suspension of operation.

This request pertains to all records in the possession of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, its contractors or licensees. In this request, " record" includes, but is not limited to, databases which contain the requested information or any other memoranda, reports, studies, reviews, letters, computer memories and printouts, cudio and video tapes, movies and other forms of communication, in the possession of any individual or office in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory j Commission, whether generated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, its contractors, or any other source.

Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project is a nationally known non-profit public interest organization founded in 1974. We will use these documents in a study we are presently researching and plan to issue on the adequacy of training programs presently in place for nuclear power plant workers. We plan to broadly disseminate the information contained therein to the press and the general public.

Our past publications have attracted attention in the local, national and trade media. Thousands of copies of the reports have been sold or distributed t.o members of the public, industry, and citizen groups. Since furnishing these documents "can be considered 215 Pennsyhunia Ave. SE Q Washington. DC 20003 O (202) 546 4996

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as,primarily bsnofiting the general public," we request a complete waiver of any processing or duplicating costs you .might incur in

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'providing these records to us.- If you rule otherwise, please notify us before filling the request.

t;othing in this' request should be considered a request for the private records of any specific individual. Hence, no provisions of the Privacy Act should be deemed applicable.

-If all or any parts of this request are denied, please cite the~

specific exemptions on which you rely in refusing to release the documents.

Further, since the Freedom of Information Act provides that the remainder of a file must be released if only portions are exempt from disclosure, we request that we-be provided with all non-exempt portions which are reasonably segregable. of course, we reserve our right to appeal the withholding or deletion of any information.

As provided in the Freedom'of Information Act, we will expect to receive the requested records or a final determination within ten working days. If your office is unable to fully respond to this request in that time, please send us a written esticate of when the request will be completed. (

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If you have any questions about this request, please telephone me at 202-546-4996.

Thank you for your attention to this request.

Sincerely, i

Ab\ L en Bossong, D ector Critical M nergy Project of Public it zen 1

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