ML20234B581
| ML20234B581 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 07/07/1986 |
| From: | Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT |
| To: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| References | |
| FOIA-85-59, FOIA-86-A-105 NUDOCS 8707060112 | |
| Download: ML20234B581 (1) | |
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 202 1
Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550
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APPEAL OF INITIAL FOLA DECJSiON Victor Stello h=- [ - /Q $
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Re:
Appeal of FOIA 85-59
Dear Mr. Stello:
1 This is an appeal pursuant to subsection a(6) of the Freedom of Information Act as amended (5 U.S.C.
522), of the actual denial of the Commission to release documents requested on January 21, 1985 by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) regarding the Comanche Peak Task Force established in March 1984.
By letter dated June 4,
- 1986, Mr. Donnie Grimsley, Director of the Division of Rules and Records advised us that of 94 docu-ments relating to draft supplemental safety evaluation reports designated as Appendix 0, portions of 81 documents were being withheld pursuant to FOI A Exemption 5 because they contain the advice, opinions and recommendations of the staff concerning potential violations.
We believe we are entitled to release of the portions of documents being withheld.
i 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 appeal.
Sincerely, b d 4 % he d -
Billie Pirner Garde Director, Environmental Whistleblower Clinic
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Docket Nos. 50-445/50-446 i
Ms. Billie Pirner Garde Director Environmental Whistleblower Clinic Government Accountability Project IN RESPONSE REFER 1555 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 202 TO F01A-85-59 Washington, DC 20036
Dear Ms. Garde:
This is in further response to your letter dated January 21, 1985, inJwhich you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), records related to the NRC Comanche Peak Task Force established in March 1984.
We are now placing a box of draft supplemental safety evaluation reports (Appendix 0 records numbered 1 though 94) into the Public Document Room (PDR) for public inspection and copying.
The records will be maintained in PDR file j
F01A-85-59 under your name.
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Portions of the records identified at numbers 2 through 60, 63 through 77, and
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88 through 94 are being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption
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(5) of the F0IA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(5) of the Commission's regulations. The withheld portions contain the advice, opinions, and l
recommendation of the staff concerning potential violations.
The nonexempt
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portions of the records are being placed in PDR file F0IA-85-59 under your.
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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 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
This denial may be appealed to the Executive Director for Operations within 30 days from the receipt of this letter.
Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulato:y Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the' envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."
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- A separate set of the released records is being made available for public inspection and copying at the Local Public Document. Room (LPDR) located at the University of Texas Library, 701 South Cooper Street, Arlington, Texas.
Additional boxes of records subject to your request are currently under review
.and will be placed in the PDR and LPDR in the coming weeks.
Sincerely, e. Iw h Donnie H.
rimsley, Director U
Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration.
Enclosure:
As stated C
l Re: F0lA-85-59 APPENDIX 0 DOCUMENTS IN PDR FILE F0lA-85-59 SSER DRAFTS 80X 1 i
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No Date Note to RC Tang From Walt Attached Abstract 91 of SSER 2.
8/29/84 SSER Draft 1 8
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QA/QC No. 8 As-Built
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9/11/84 SSER Draft 1 AQ-35 26 4
9/11/84 SSER Drafts AQ-4 60 l
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9/11/84 SSER Drafts AQ-99, AQ-136 45 6.
9/16/84 SSER Drafts AQ-25 7
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9/16/84 SSER Drafts AW-37 66 j
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9/18/84 SSER Drafts AQ-55 and AQ-78 12 l
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9/19/84 SSER Draf ts AQ-21, AQ-22, AQ-27, 16 AQ-28, AQ-108
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- 10. 9/20/84 SSER Drafts AQ-23, AQ-24, AQ-26, 31 AQ-27, AQ-28, AQ-108 11.
10/1/84 SSER Draft AQ-44, AQ-128 10 1
12.
10/2/84 SSER Draf t AQ-43, AQ-47, AQ-51 17 13.
10/4/84 SSER Draft AQ-126 12 14.
10/5/84 SSER Draf t AQ-6, AQ-69, AQ-122 31
- 15. 8/23/84 SSER Drafts AM-13 16
- 16. 8/28/84 SSER Drafts AM-4 14 17.
9/6/84 SSER Drafts AM-19 24 18.
9/10/84 SSER Drafts AM-5 45 19, 9/11/84 SSER Drafts AM-23 (a) 28
- 20. 9/11/84 SSER Draf ts AM-22 27
- 21. 9/11/84 SSER Drafts AM-12 34 1
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Re: F01A-85-59 APPENDIX 0
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9/11/84 SSER Drafts AM 16 23.
9/12/84' SSER Drafts AM-24 27 24, 9/15/84 SSER Drafts AM-15, AM-16 24 25.
9/16/84 SSER Drafts AM 19 26.
9/16/84 SSER Drafts AM-20 13 27.
9/19/84 SSER Drafts AM-8, AM-9, AM-10 27 28.
9/20/84 SSER Drafts AM-14 25 29.
10/22/84 SSER Drafts AM-30 25 30.
10/25/84 SSER Drafts AM-21 39 i
31.
2/13/85 SSER Drafts AM-17 10
- 32. No Date SSER Drafts AM-18 22
- 34. 8/4/84 SSER Drafts AQC-4, AQC-5, AQC-6, 32 AQC-8,AQC-11
- 35. 8/4/84 SSER Drafts AC-22, AC-23 27 36.
8/6/84 SSER Drafts AQC-10 13 37, 8/6/84 SSER Drafts AC-26, AC-31, AC-36, AC-43 24
- 38. 8/22/84 SSER Drafts AQC-9 21
- 39. 8/22/84 SSER Draf ts AC-16, AC-19, AC-20, AC-21, AC-27 29
- 40. 8/22/84 SSER Drafts AQ-25, AC-34, DC-008 55 and DC-009
- 41. 8/28/84 SSER Drafts AQC-13, AQC-14, AQC-15 64 AC-18, AC-40 42.
10/19/84 SSER Drafts AC-24, AC-35 and AC-52 40 43.
10/21/84 SSER Drafts AC-44 49 44.
10/22/84 SSER Draf ts AQC-1, AQC-2, AQC-3, AQC-7 39 AQC-46 and AQC-51 45.
10/24/84 SSER Draf ts AC-30, AC-37, AQC-12, AC-38, 48 AC-39 and AC-49 2
Re: F0iA-85-59 APPENDIX 0 (continued) 46.
8/6/84 SSER Drafts AE-13, AE-16, AE-18 106 AE-22, AE-26, AQE-12, AQE-36, and Parts of AQE-7, AQE-8, AQE-37 AQE-39 and AQE-46 1
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8/8/84 SSER Drafts AQE-8, Parts of AQE-4 AQE-6 42 and AQE-12 l
- 48. 8/8/84 SSER Draft AE-17 79 i
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8/8/84 SSER Drafts AQE-10, AE-14, AE-27, AE-29, 62 l
AE-31 and Parts of AQE-3, AQE-4, and AE-24
- 50. 8/8/84 SSER Drafts AQE-6, AQE-11, AE-15, AE-20, 137 AQE-49, AE-51 and Part of AQE-44
- 51. 8/8/84 SSER Drafts AQE-1, AQE-2, AQE-3, AQE-4, 65 AQE-5, AQE-25, AQE-33, AQE-34, AQE-35, AQE-37, AQE-38, AQE-40, AQE-41, AQE a2, AQE-45, AQE-47, AQE-48, AE-24, AE-50 and Parts of AE-22, AE-27, AQE-12 and AQE-36 52.
10/3/84 SSER Drafts AE-19, AE-28, AE-30, AE-50 Parts 68 of AQE-5 and AE-29 and Special Review Team SRT-10 53.
11/21/84 SSER Drafts AE-17 31 i
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11/26/84 SSER Drafts AQE-23, AQE-32, AQE-39, 60 AQE-44, AQE-46, AQE-52 and Parts of AQE-6, AE-18, AE-20 and AQE-37 55.
11/26/84 SSER Drafts AQE-7 and AQE-43 29
- 56. 8/2/84 SSER Draf t 1 AT-1-6, 8-11,13,17 9
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8/27/84 SSER Draft 6 AT-1-6, 8-11, 13, 17 22 58.
11/7/84 SSER Draft, Rev. 1 AT-1-6, 8-11, 13, 17 18 l
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11/7/84 SSER Draft Rev. 1 AT-1-6, 8-11, 13, 17 107 60.
11/17/85 SSER Final AT-1-6, 8-11, 13, 17 47 61.
11/7/84 Partial SSER Final Draft AT-1-6, 8-11, 13, 17 3
- 62. No Date Partial SSER 75 l
- 63. 8/23/84 Draft SSER's 7
AT-16 i
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11/7/84 Draft SSER's AT-18 21 I
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APPENDIX 0-(continued) 65.
1/9/85 Draft SSER's AT-12 39 I
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1/10/85 Draf t SSER's AT-14 119 1
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1/14/85 Draft SSER's AT-7 71 68.
1/14/85 Draft SSER's AT-15 108 69.
1/14/85 Draft SSER's AT 50
- 70. No Date Draft SSER AQH-2~ and AQH-17 4
Mechanical and Piping 21, NCR Activities on Pipe and Hangers
- 71. No Date Draft SSER AH-4, AH-9, AH-11, 6
AH-18, AH-20, and AH-21 Mechanical Piping
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32, Unauthorized Fabrication Techniques on i
Hangers and Incompetent Personnel
- 72. No Date Draft SSER AQW-74 Mechanical and Piping 3
46, Improper Weld Quenching Technique
- 73. No Date Draf t SSER AP-26 AP-27 and AP-28 7
Mechanical and Piping 35, Computer Program Verification for Piping
- 74. No Date Draft SSER AQW-93 Mechanical and Piping 50',
3 Radiography Examination
- 75. No Date Draft SSER AQP-3 Mechanical Piping 22, Design 32 Change Control of Whip Restraint
- 76. No Date Draf t SSER AW-45, AW-46, AW-61 and AW-66 48 Mechanical and Piping 6, Improper Weld Preparation
- 77. No Date SSER Docket 50-445/50-446 (Parts cf AQ0-18-21, 133 AQ0-37, AQO-46-47, AQ0-54-56) Coatings 1, Backfit Test Program
- 78. No Date SSER AH-5 Mechanical and Piping 15, Pipe 5
Hanger Design Problems 79.
No Date SSER AH-8 Mechanical and Piping 16, 3
Intimidation For Hanger Redesign Suggestion
- 80. No Date SSER AH-6, AW-50, AQ-58, AP-18, 21 and AQW-73 10 Mechanical and Piping 31, Hanger Welding Problems 81.
No Date SSER AH-3, AH-7, AH-15, AQW-71 and AQH-22.
9 Mechanical and Piping 33, Use of Nonqualified (Non-Q) Materials on Hangers 4
Re: FOIA-85.
APPENDIX 0 (continued)~
- 82. No Date SSER AP-24 and AP-25 Mechanical and Piping 6
34, Computer Programs for Base Plate not Properly Validated
- 83. No Date SSER SRT-4, SRT-5 and SRT-6, Mechanical Piping 8
37, Hanager QC Inspection Deficiencies
- 84. No Date SSER AQW-75 and AQW-76, Mechanical and Piping-
'3 47, Unacceptable Vendor Welds in Pipe Whip
~ Restraints
- 85. No Date SSER AP-5, AP-8 and AP-10, Mechanical 44-and Piping 10, Damaged Pipe
- 86. No Date SSER Attachment 2 QW-34-35, AW-38 and AQW-24 39 Mechanical and Piping 1, Welding with Incorrect or Without any Procedures
- 87. No Date Signature Pages (Partially Signe'd) 27
- 88. 5/31/85 Comanche 11 App. O Cat. 8 SSER 272 (unsuppressed Version for Signature Copies)
- 89. No Date SSER AT-12 Test Program 2, Unit 2 Test Program 2
- 90. No Date SSER AT-7 Test Program 3, CILRT 4
- 91. No Date SSER AT-14 6
Test Program 4, Prerequisite Testing i
- 92. No Date SSER AT-15 Test Program 5, Preoperational 7
Testing
- 93. No Date SSER AT-16 Test Program 6, Lack of Management 7
Conservatism
- 94. No Date SSER AT-18-Program for 4'
start up testing 5
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l GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 45$5 Conn 6cticut Awnue, N.W., Suite 202 Woshington, D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550 G:85:104 Ja nua ry 21, 1985 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACI REQUESI fora-/5-67 Director Office of Administration k g g8/-g-fg Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("F0I A"), 5 U.S.C. 5 552, 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, interview re-charts, maps, photographs, agreementsports, procedures, instructions, enginee handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages,, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status re-ports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the overview, ragulation and investigation of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant by any person, branch, or department of the NRC since January 18, 1985.
'This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. @ 9.3a(b) ari the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211 Parts 1. A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8,1980)
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If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. S 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, 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 con-GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organizati;on con honest and open government.
Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.
Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities.
The Citizens Clinic is currently assisting several citizens groups, local governments and interveners in the central Texas area concerning the construction of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.
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Office of Administration Page Two We are requesting the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's ef forts 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 describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed jusitfication of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explainir.g why each exemption is relevant to_ t'.* document or portion of the document. withheld. This index is required under taughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S.
977 (1974).
We lot k forward to'your response to this request within ten days.
Sincerely, l
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550 1
July 7, 1986 APPEAL OF INITML FDIA DECJSiON j
Victor Stello
[p- [ - /Of { ([g, Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555
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Re:
Appeal of FOIA 85-59
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 actual I
denial of the Commission to release documents requested on January 21, 1985 by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) regarding the Comanche Peak Task Force established in March 1984.
By letter dated June 4,
- 1986, Mr. Donnie Grimsley, Director i
l of the Division of Rules and Records advised us that of 94 docu-ments relating to draft supplemental safety evaluation reports designated as Appendix 0, portions of 81 documents were being I
withheld pursuant to FOI A Exemption 5 because they contain the advice, opinions and recommendations of the staff concerning a
potential violations.
We believe we are entitled to release of the portions of documents being withheld.
We expect your response to this appeal within 20 working days of your receipt so that we can determine whether to pursue l
this matter further in the courts.
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Thank you for your consideration of this appeal.
1 Sincerely, SdL P~AA Billie Pirner Garde Director, Environmental Whistleblower Clinic
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