ML20214Q976

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Appeals Denial of FOIA Request for Insp Repts 50-446/85-18 & 50-445/85-15.Response Requested within 20 Days
ML20214Q976
Person / Time
Site: Comanche Peak  
Issue date: 07/16/1986
From: Garde B
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To: Stello V
NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
References
FOIA-86-387, FOIA-86-A-128 NUDOCS 8609290034
Download: ML20214Q976 (1)


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTA.SILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)2324550 July 16, 1986 APPEAL OF NT4AL MA MC+%M Victor Stello Executive Director for Operations h h./g Q g3 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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Appeal of FOIA 86-387

Dear Mr. Stello:

This is an appeal pursuant to subsection a(6) of the Freedom of Information Act as amended ( 5 U.S.C.

522), of the effective denial of the Commission to release documents requested on May 22, 1986, by the Government Accountability Project.

No response from your agency has been received in this matter since a May 29, 1986 form letter acknowledging receipt of the request.

We expect your response to this appeal within 20 working days of your receipt so that we can determine whether to pursue this matter further in the courts.

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

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20555 To whom it may concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.

552, as amended, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of any and all agency 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, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the following:

Inspection Report 85-18/85-15, May 12, 1986, on Comanche Peak.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8, 1980), whether they currently exist in the NRC official, " working", investigative, or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

.If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed, or are destroyed and/or removed after receipt of this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement'the action (s).

GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the gene-ral public." 5 U.S.C. 552(a) (4) (A).

GAP is a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest organization' concerned with honest and open government.

Through its citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities.

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i FCIA Request May 22, 1986 Page Two GAP is requesting the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.

For any documents or portions of documents 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.

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

We look forward to your response to this request within ten Respectfully, N

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