ML20236D449

Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents,Including Rd Martin 850716 Memo Re Allegation Processing Programs.Encl App E & F Documents in Pdr.App F & G Documents Partially & Completely Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemptions 5 & 6)

ML20236D449
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek, Limerick, Clinton, South Texas, Comanche Peak, 05000000, Shoreham
Issue date:	10/23/1987
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To:	Maxwell B COSMOS BROADCASTING CORP.
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ML20236D451	List: ML20236D449 ML20236D613 ML20236D655 ML20236D740 ML20236D771 ML20236D856 ML20236D902 ML20236D938
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FOIA-87-413 NUDOCS 8710280213
Download: ML20236D449 (5)

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Ni additional egency records subsect to the request have been located.

Agency records aut+ect to the request that are identified in App edix are already evadable for public Irupection and copy 6ng in the NRC P@dic Oocurnent Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC. i Agency recorde subsect to th6 request that are identified in Appendix b are bomg enade svedebio for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in e folder under this F5il nurnber and requester name.

1 The nonpropewtary versson of the proposatis) that you agreed to secept in a telephone conversation with a member of my staff is now being made eve 4eble for public ire 4 and coying at the NRC Public Document Aoom,1717 H Street, N W., Washqton, DC,in a folder under the FOIA nurnber and requester name. 'j Enc!osed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records placed in the NRC Pubhc Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washingem, D Agency records subsect to the request are enclosed. Any applicable charge for copes of the records provded and payrnent procedures are noted in the comments sectxm.

1 Records subject to the request have been referred to another Federal egency(ies) for review and direct response to you.

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In t4ew of NRC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appeal letter dated PART ll.A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBUC OtSCLOSURE Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the FotA exermtions described in and for the reasons stated in Part II, sec- i tions 8, C, and D. Any released portens of the documents for which only part of the record a being withhe6d are being rnade available for public inspection and copying h the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under the FotA nurnber and requester name.

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DATE: fMh $87 PAAT ll.8- APPLICABLE FOIA EXEMPTIONS Records subject to the request that are desenbed in the enclosed Appendices . _ are being withheid r) their entsrety or in part under FOIA Exemptions and for the reasons set forth below pursunt to 5 U.S.C. 562(b) and 10 CFR 9.5(a) of NRC Regulations.

1. The withheld information is property classFed pursuare to Executive Order 12356 (EXEMPTION 1)

2. The withheed information relates soiety to to intomat personnel rules and procedures of NRC (EXEMPTION 2)

3. The withhold information is specifically esempted from p@isc disclosure by statute irkkcated: (EXEM' PTION 3)

O Section 141146 of the Atomic Energy Act which prohbrts the deciosure of Restricted Detaior Formerly Restricted Data (42 U.S C. 21612166).

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0 Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act uhech prohtsns the disclosure of Unclaurtwd Safeguards Information (42 U.S.C. 2167).

4. The withhold information is a trade secret er commeraal or financial information that is being withheld for the reason (s) indicated iEXEMPTION di The Information a considered to be corddental busewes (proprietary) information.

The information is considered to be petsr'etary inkrmation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1). -

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@h The information was submitted and recewed in cdidence from a foreign source pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(2).

5.' The withheld information conmets of interesency or e'enagency records that are not available through discovery during litigation. Deciosure of predecisional information ,

would tend to inhibit the open and frank eschange of ideas essential to the deliberative process. Where records are withheld in ther entirety, the facts are inextricably intertw6ned with edecisional informaten. There asso are no reasonabt segregable factual portions because the release of tfw facts would permat en )

indirect inquiry intothe t {e predecisional process of the agency. (EXEMPTION

6. The withheid information is exempted frore public dah ee because its disclosure would result in a clearly unwarranted invasen or personal privacy. (EXEMPTION 6)

7. The withheld information conosts of investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason (s) indicated (EXEMPTION 7)

Disclosure would interfere wrth an enforcement prtceeding because it could reveal the scope, direction, and focus of enforcernent -erats. and thus could -

possitWy allow thern to take action to sheid potent.as congdorng or a violation of NRC requirements from investigators. IEXEMF",0N 7(A))

Disclosure would constrtute an unwerrar.and invasen of personal privacy (EXEMPTION 7(Cil The information consists of names of inshaduals ard other informaton the disclosure of which would reveal identities of coreder'nal sources. (EXEMPTION 7(01) ,

A PART li.C-DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.9 and/or 9.15 of the U.S. Nudser Reguesesry Commiseen regulations, it has been determined that the information wrthheid a exernpt from production ot disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary so eie public eenrest. The persons responsible for the denial are those officiais identified belaar as denying officials and the Director, Omeion of Ptulee and Records, Office of Admnaession, for any deniale that may be appealed to the Executive Director for Operations tEDOL DENylNG OFFICIAL TITLE / OFFICE , RECORDS DENiEO s APPELLATE OFFICIAL

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PART ll D- APPEAL RIGHTS The denial by each denying official ident/ed in Part ll.C may be appealed to the Appellate Official identified in that sectm Any such appeal must be in wnting and must be made within 30 days of receipt of thus response. Appeals must be addressed as appropriate to the Execudve Director for Operations or to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Ni. clear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial FOIA Decision."

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APPENDIX E-1

' DOCUMENTS BEING PLACED IN THE PDR

1. 7/16/851 Memo from d.D. Martin to J.M. Taylor, subject: Comments  :

on Proposed Comission Paper,:" Allegation Processing  ;

Programs Implemented by Utilities." (16 pages)

2. ~10/23/85 Memo from Denise to Westerman, subject: 01 Assist on '

'CPSES Safeteam (A4-85-020). (1 page)

3. 2/12/86 Han'dwritten Memo from E. Johnson to G. L. Constable, ,

subject: STP Drug Investigation. (2 pages)  ;

-4. 4/28/86 Memo from R. D. Martin to R. K. Herr subject: Request for Investigation- Assistance During an Upcoming Review of ComanchePeakSafeteam.(1page)

5. 5/27/87 Letter from J. H. Goldberg to .R. D. Martin. subject:  !

Allegation of Potential Fastener Problems at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station. (4 pages)

6. Undated Plan for Review of South Texas Safeteam. (5 pages) l j

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l '. . 6/19/85' Memo from C. H. Weil to E. G. Greerman, subject: Clinton 1 Safeteam Concern. (55 pages) [ Portions being withheld, Exemption 6].

2.  : 1/9/86 ' Letter from'I. L. Guthrie; re arding Concern No. 10833.(2 l- -pages)[Portionsbeingwithhefd, Exemption 6]. .!

3. 3/4/87 Letter from A. L. Francis to J. K.' Asselstine. '(3 pages)

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1.- 7/15/P,6 MemofromJ.NelsonGracetodames'M. Taylor, subject:

Proposed Commission' Paper, "A11egation' Processing Programs I.nplemented By Utilities". -(4 pages) Exemption 5.

2. 7/22/85 -Hamo from Thomas E. Murley to ' James M. Taylor, subject:

Proposed Consnission' Paper " Allegation Processing Programs Implemented by Utilities". (5 pages) Exemption 5.

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Washington, D.C. 20555 FREEDOM OF INFORMA110N REQUEST

Dear Sir oc Madam:

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- This 'is a request for information under the provisions of the Freedos ,

of Information' Act as amended (5 U.S.C. 552). 1 I' request a complete and thorough search of all. filing systems for all records _or documents maintained by your agency concerning the SAFETEAM programs being used at several nuclear power plants .

,. SAFETEAM 'was developed in early.1983 at Detroit Edison's Fermi 2 ' nuclear

- plant to provide a forum for construction workers to express concerns. about'

the' quality of construction. Since then,. the SAFETRAM program has been . l

- marketed to other: nuclear utilities by an Edison ' subsidiary. This subsidiary was originally named Utility Technical Services , Inc. , but was renamed Syndeco, _ Inc.

Besides Fermi 2, I know the program has been implemented at the Clinton plant owned by Illinois Power Co. ; Sales-2, owned by the Public Service .j Electric & Gas Co. ; the South Texas Project, owned by Houston Lighting & I Power Co. ;. and Comanche Peak, owned by the Texas Electric Utilities Co.

It also might be used by Public Service Electric & Gas Company's Hope ' Creek-1 plant.

I request copies of all documents concerning the SAFEIEAM program at the listed plants. These documents include, but are not limited to, inspection reports, notices of violation, correspondence with Detroit Edison or its

subsidiaries about SAFETBAM, and internal NRC documents concerning SAFETEAM.

I_ as making this request in sg capacity as a reporter for WTOL-TV. I hope to use the requested information for a news story.

If documents are denied in part or in whole, please specify which exemption (s) is (are) claimed for each passage or whole document denied.

.Please provide a complete itemized inventory and a detailed factual '

justification of total or partial denial of documents. Specify the number ,

of pages in each document and the total avaber of pages pertaining to this request. {

If there are any fees for searching for, or copying, the records I have requested, please supply the records without inferming me if the fees do not emceed $50.00.

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.l Atflyou know, the Act permits you to. reduce or waive the fees "if discl osure '!

of the information isiin. the public interest because it is likely to' contribute' I significar,tly'to public unders tanding of thl" operations or activities ' of the i

. governments and is not primarily in ' the ' commercial interes t of the reques ter."  !

.I-believeYt hat my request fitsc this category, and I therefore .ask that you waive any fees.

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• cur handlir,g this request as ybickly as 'possible, I and I look forward to heating from you within 10 working days, as the law .

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