ML20214Q575

Responds to Appeal of Denial of FOIA Request for Documents Re NRC Insps Into Allegations on Stainless Steel Liner Plates.Forwards Documents on App.Portions of Document Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 7).Documents in PDR

ML20214Q575
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	09/22/1986
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
Shared Package
ML20214Q578	List: ML20214Q575 ML20214Q581 ML20214Q585 ML20214Q590
References
FOIA-86-180, FOIA-86-A-61 NUDOCS 8609260155
Download: ML20214Q575 (4)

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,og e o NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 5 ;y WASH tNGTON, D. C. 20555

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Ms. Billie Pirner Garde, Director Environmental Whistleblower Clinic Government Accountability Project IN RESPONSE REFER 1555 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 202 TO FOIA-86-180 AND Washington, DC 20036 F0IA-86-A-61 De'ar Ms. Garde:

This is in response to your letter dated March 6,1986, which the NRC treated as a request, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), for records that are subject to your previous F0IA request, F01A-84-778, dated October 1, 1984. Specifically, in F01A-84-778, you requested copies of all -

records regarding inspections that Region IV has conducted into allegations by current or former employees of the Comanche Peak project about the stainless steel liner plates of the spen' fuel pool, transfer canal, refueling cavity, or any other facility at the site including background records to those inspections or investigations and technical review records generated by other NRC offices.

The NRC staff conducted another search for records and located no records on technical matters in addition to those addressed in our July 2,1985, letter responding to F01A-84-778. However, the staff did identify an investigation report regarding allegations of intimidation of a quality control (QC) inspector at Comanche Peak which may be of interest to you. In light of the fact that the investigation relates to allegations about falsification of records regarding liner plates, we are addressing the report in this response letter.

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The investigation was initiated to detennine if Brown & Root QC supervisors at Comanche Peak improperly ordered a QC inspector to make late entry sign offs on liner plates inspection travelers using QC acceptance recorded on construction documents made years earlier.

The investigation report, case number 4-84-039, is identified on the enclosed appendix and is being released in part. The information being withheld consists of the names and other identifying information the disclosure of which would reveal the identities of confidential sources. The information is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption (7)(C) of the F0IA, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(D), and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(7)(iv). The releasable portions of the report are being placed in the NRC Public Document Room located at 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, in file folder F01A-86-180 in your name.

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Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.15 of the Commission's regulations, it has been determined i that the information withheid is exempt from production or disclosure and that j its production or disclosurt is contrary to the public interest. The person

! responsible for this denial is Mr. Ben B. Hayes, Director, Office of i Investigations.

j This denial may be appealed to the Secretary of the Commission within 30 days

from the receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed j to the Secretary of the Commission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, i Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."

In light of this response, no further action will be taken on your April 7,1966, letter appealing our lack of response to this F0IA request.

j Sincerely, t

( M a ( f f Y y,. 4 y Donnie H. Grimsley, Director Division of Rules and Records i

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Enclosure:

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Appendix Comanche Peak: Alleged Intimidation of Quality Control Inspector (4-84-039)

(re: F01A-86-180)

1. Investigation Status Record (1 p.) Portions 7D

2. Investigation Status Record (1 p.) Portions 7D

3. Investigation Status Report (1 p.) Release

4. Investigation Status Report (1 p.) Release

5. Memo from Hayes to Martin dated 8/28/85 (22 pp.) Release

6. Report of Investigation, 4-84-039 (23 pp.) Portions 70

7. Memo from Griffin to Herr dated 10/31/84 (2 pp.) Release

8. Transcript of Interview with Named Individual (105 pp.) 70

9. Transcript of Interview with Named Individual (31 pp.) 7D

10. Transcript of Interview with Named Individual (91 pp.) 7D

11. Transcript of Interview with Named Individual (7 pp.) 7D

12. Report of Interview with Named Individual (1 p.) 70

13. Report of Interview with Sam Bell (1 p.) Release

14. Report of Interview with Billie Ray Snellgrove (1 p.) Release

15. Report of Interview with Named Individual (1 p.) 70

16. Report of Interview with Don Vogt (2 pp.) Release

17. Report of Interview with Named Individual (1 p.) 70

18. Report of Interview with Named Individual (1 p.) 7D

19. Review of Testimony of Named Individual (2 p.) 70

20. Transcript of Investigative Deposition of Named Individual 7D (76pp.)

21. Report of Interview with Named Individual (2 pp.) 70

22. Report of Interview with Named Individual (1 p.) 70

23. Transcript of Investigative Interview of Named Individual 70 (45 pp.) l

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24. Report of Interview with Named Individual (1 p.) 7D I

j 25. Deposition of Named Individual (79 pp.) 7D l 26. Transcript of Investigative Deposition of Named Individual 70  ;

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27. Comanche Peak Safety Evaluation Report, pp. 0-199 Release through 0-207 (9 pp.)

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