ML20215B686
| ML20215B686 | |
| 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- 86-454, FOIA-86-454, FOIA-86-A-123 NUDOCS 8610080331 | |
| Download: ML20215B686 (1) | |
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTADIUTY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550 July 16, 1986 g pgTMt.'FDtA WN ggp 9 E 04-WV)
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20555 Re:
Appeal of FOIA 86-454
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 June 16, 1986, by the Government Accountability Project.
No response from your agency has been received in this matter since a June 19, 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.
Sincerely, D&& \\'Nw b c G.
Billie Pirner Garde Director, Environmental Whistleblower Clinic
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.1555 Connecticut Awmue. N.W., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550 April 9, 1986 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Director FREEDOM OF INFORMADON Office of Administration E EMU Nuclear Regulatory Commission h(( -M Q g Washington, D.C.
20555 R sc a + y -pc, To Whom It May concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 USC 552, 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, interviek "
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, reports, and any and all other records or reports relevant to and/or generated in connection with all information developed since October 1, 1985 regarding the evaluation of individual ISAP's at Comanche Peak, by all staff, including consultants.
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, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed after 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 general public," 5 USC section 552 (a) (4) (a).
GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest-organization concerned with. honest and open government.
Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.
Through its Environmental Whistleblower Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens group's: seeking to ensure the health and-safety of their communities.
The Environmental Whistleblower Clinic is currently assisting several
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We are requesting the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of Region IV and the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.
For any documents or portions that you' deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and derscribing the documents or portions of documents withheld.
iindex should provide a detailed justification.of your groundsThe for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption.ia_
relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld.
This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (IL, 484 F.2d.
section 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. section 977 (1974).
We-look forward to your response to this request within ten working days.
Sincerely, Billie Pirner' Garde Director, Environmental Whistleblower Clinic BPG:41909C l
OOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABluTY PROJECT 1555 Connecticur Awnue, N.W., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036
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Washington, D.C.
20555 Re:
FOIA Request 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:
The NRC's review of ISAP's I.a.4, I.b.3, II.b., III.de, and VII.b.2, released by Texas Utilities on April 14, 1986.
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 recordc, 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 assistanco to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities.
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FOIA Request June 16, 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 M, 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 days.
Respectfully, Bill'ie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director 42113 l
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