ML20236B872
| ML20236B872 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 07/23/1987 |
| From: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Bauman L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT |
| References | |
| FOIA-87-213, FOIA-87-A-49 NUDOCS 8707290268 | |
| Download: ML20236B872 (1) | |
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July 23, 1987 SECRETARY I
Linda Bauman Government Accountability Project Midwest Office 104 E. Wisconsin Avenue Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 1
Re: F01A 87-A-49C (85-213)
Dear Ms. Bauman:
l This letter responds to your June 30, 1987 appeal of this Agency's l
denial of portions of a document identified in our June 19, 1987 response to F0IA 85-213.
l In deciding your appeal, the withheld material was again reviewed. On the basis of this review, I affirm the Agene 's action in this matter, j
The withheld information consists of the adt. ass of an individual who provided information to the Agency regarding the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Disclosure of this information would clearly constitute an invasion of this' individual's privacy interests. Further, in applying the' balancing test required by the applicable FOIA Exemption,-(6), the Agency has determined that the privacy interests of this individual outweigh any benefit the public might enjoy from disclosure of the.
infonnation. See, Department of Air Force v. Rose, 425 U.S. 352, 372-373(1976).
This letter represents final Agency action on your June 30, 1987 appeal.
Judicial review of the Agency's denial of the above information is available in Federal District Court in the district in which you reside, or have your principal place of business, or in the District of Columbia.
Sincerely, I
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I GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Awmue, N.W., Suite 202 I
(202)232-6550 Washington, D.C. 20036 March 25, 1985 Freedom of Information Act Request FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Director ACT REQUEST Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 hp g y3 To Whom It May Concern:
gid,3/2 Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.
Section 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, inter-view reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, tele-phone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runof fs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or gener-ated in connection with the Broo&navan National Laboratory (BNL) investigation of the allegations of Mr. E. Earl Kent, and all drafts, materials, etc., developed by Brookhaven.
This request includes all correspondence (of any type) between BNL and the Bechtel Corporation, consumers Power Company, Southern California Edison, and any representatives or staf f members of the profes-sional societies (i.e.,
AWS, ASME, ANSI, etc.).
This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R.
Section 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 of ficial, " working", investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.
If any records are defined in 10 C.F.R. Section 9.3a(b) and the NRC Hanual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed af ter 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 des-cription of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connec-tion with, and/or issued in order to implement the action (s).
GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the infor-mation can be considered as primarily benefitting the general pub-lic," 5 U.S.C. 552 (A) (4) ( A).
GAP is a non-profit, nonpartisan f
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Treedom of Information Request March 25, 1985 J
Page Two public interest organization concerned with honest and open government.
Through public outreach, the. Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability.. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP of fers 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 mid-Michigan area concerning the construction of the Midland plant.
We are 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 any 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 justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is rele-vant to the document or portion of the document withheld.
This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 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 q
ten days.
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Ms. Billie P. Garde PART 4 -RECOP OS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See caecaev aosesi No agency records subsect to the negwest have base located No eddttsonal egenCV records sub,ect to the request have been located l
AMY records wbtect to the roQuest that are identfied en Append e __ _
are airsedy a ailabee for pubhc fococton and copyirig m tne NRC PAesc Document Room.
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,c,ne,ect,on and e0,y,, tne N C,w,6,. Doc,m n, Agency recorde subrect to the roovest that are ident#ied in Append,,
XX 11m 1717 H Street. N W. Washington. DC. m a fo6 der under the FOIA awmee' and recuester name The nong,opnetary,e,s.n oe ih. p,oposaitsi ihai vou agre.d io acc.oi.n a teteoam. cors.ession wrtn a,nemos, o my staff. now bemg made.. ao.e to, c,soect n n
snd coving at the NRC Putdic Document Room.1717 H Street, N W, Washsegtor DC. m a folder unoer the FOIA number and 'eaunce' name Ercomed e otormaton on how you may octam eccess to and the charges for copying records placed m the NRC Pweet Docummit Room.1717 H Street. N W. Weahmgton, DC.
Agency records >blect to the eo@est are enclosed Any apphcable charge for copies of the records provided and payr ent proce%ess are noted m the comments escten Recorde sub,ect to.he request hee been referred to another Federsi agencyhost for 'evww and direct response to vou l
l In www of NRC's response to the reawest no turver action a bems taken on apo ai wtter dated l
PART 11 A-INFORM ATION Wr"HMELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain enformaton in the 'sovested records is terig withheld from public doclosu e pursuant to tee FotA eiemetero descrted e are for the easons rated in Part it. sec.
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the NRC PutWic Document Room,1717 H Street, N W. Washmgton. DC, se a foider under the FOIA numoet and sovester name l
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I The eneed eformaton e p'oce<iv stessdod Dw'swant to Esecutive Order 123A. EXEMPTION ti 1
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3 The.nmneid information e icecif<aiN esempied from puberc discloso.e bv staiwie trocated ' EXEMPTION 3 I
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soctson 141 145of the Atomic i<w'gv Act which peonents the decicew<e of Pestncted Cate or For~env Resvec Osta.42 U $ C 2t612165s l
Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act *Nch p'ohituts the disclosu e of Unciass,f nd Safegua<ds informaree C. 5 C 216h r
i The efethheld informaDon e a trade secret or Comtneroal of financel eformatiofi that a being withheid for the Meso
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The information e considered to be confidentel bussness (propretary) information l
l Two mfonnaten a considered to be p<coretsrv eformaton purwant to to CFR 2 7pontt The information was submrtted and <ecerved in Confidence ff 3m a fore.gn source pursuant to tQ CFR 2 7DC 2 5 The enethheid eformation conosts of ete<agenes or etraagency records that are not availabee through decove% Lt g stigation Oscloswee of precocoecel information wouse tend to mheit the open and trona enchange of ideas essentiaa to the delibe<atne process Where recoros a o eaeid m their entirety, the facts are oestreaD8v l
amy*wmed with the Dredecasonal eformaten There oito are no reasceably segregates factual portees bec4vne N *eiease of the facts would permet an inerect couiry mio the predecisional process of the agency (DEMPTION 58 (EXEMPTION 6>
6 The enthhe+d eformation e enempted t'om pubiac disclosu'e because its disciosw<e would rese in a csesriv w ra e: evasen of personal pnvecy a
y The awethheid information Conssts of #wesligatory 'eCords Compded for la* enforcement purposes and 4 be'e'G * *eac for the reasontal indicated (ExEMPitON h l Draciosure would miedre with an eMoresWt proceed #g becawse it Could reveal the scope. direcison, anC %s p eMotCernent efforts and thus Could possabtv allow them to take actioe to shised potented wrongdoing of a violaten of NRC reoveremects f'oF Ses" Gato's IExEMPTION WAsl Deciosure would constitute an unwonamed evasen of personal pnwacy (EXEMPTION hCH
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l *he information consists of names of edeviewais and other informaten the onclosure of which wouid re r
P ART 11 C. DENYING OFFICI ALS Purswam to 10 CFR 9 9 and or 9 tiof the U S Nwceer Regulatory Commesen regulatens et has toen determmed that tre ec stee *>thhe+d o esempt from peoduc.en or esciosu e r
(nd that es production or doctosure e contrary to te public emerest. The persons responsetne for the denel are those c*'ce s centified tMo* as denymg officials and the Director been oe Rules and Records. Of' ice of Adminstration, tor any deniais that may be sposaned to the Esecuove Direce to' Doe <stens isooi DENviNG OFFICIAL TITLE OFFICE RECORDS Dt%iD APPELLATE OFFICIAL sicm-ioo lirector, Office of Ran n_ wayes Investigations H-1 XX PART tl D-APPE.AL RIGHTS The eenial by each denying officialidentifed in Part li.C may be appealed to the Appenate Officialidentified in that section. Any such appeaf must be in writeg and must be made enthin 30 days of receapt of this response. Appeals must be addressed as apprognate to the Executive Director for Operations or to the Secretary of the Commason, U.S. Nuclear Rgulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20565, and should clearty state on the envelope and in the letter that a e an " Appeal from an inetaal FOIA n=e~n U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION sEc Fonsa ese frert D FOIA RESPONSE CONTINUATION o-asi
APPENDIX G RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE PDR UNDER THE ABOVE REQUEST NUMBER 1.
Undated Handwritten notes regarding' multiple listed allegations (1 page) Note:
Poor quality 'rerox 2.
August 4, 1982 Memorandum for James A. Fitzgerald from James G. Keppler,-
re: Midland - Request for investigation of GAP allegations (2 pages) 3.
May 18, 1984 Memo for C. E. Norelius from C. H. Weil, re: Review of Inquiry Report No. Q3-83-001 (1 page) without the enclosure 4.
August 23, 1984 Letter to J. Harrison from John H. Taylor, BNL, re:
Welding allegations at Midland (2 pages) with attached i
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Undated Allegation Synopsis (5 pages) b.
Undated Allegation Category (1 page) l 5.
August 28, 1984 Memo for J. Harrison from J. Foster, re: Brookhaven Review of Alleger's Concerns (1 page) 6.
September 28, 1984 Memo for C. H. Weil from R. F. Warnick, re: Midland Allegations (2 pages) 7.
March 14,1985 Memo for C. E. Norelius from C. H. Weil, re:
Review of Brookhaven National Laboratory's Report on Midland l
Allegations (3 pages) with attached handwritten letter dated June 29, 1982 to Mr. Keppler from Billie Pirner Garde transmitting six affidavits (1 page) l l
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F01A-85-213 APPENDIX H RECORDS PARTIALLY WITHHELD 1
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March 27,1985 Letter to E. Earl Kent from Charles H. Weil, re:
Information regarding Midland Nuclear Plant (1 page) without enclosure l
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Dear F.r. L e r.t :
[s+1r: July '.952 you pcs icec the U. 'i hucleer F e g,1 t c r,) C onr i t s i or. S i t h i
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Wr cooperation. with the U.' 5. Nuclear Fegulatory Co rissior, was greatly appre:iated.
Sincerely..
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Charles H. Weil i
Investigation. and Corpliance Specialist 3/22/85 Letter to f fso urc 0,cunc,-
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ATS ho. R111 A-0137 Docket No. 50-329; 50-330 fidentf5 Weil/jg 3/ //85
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