ML20236J489

Final Response to FOIA Request for Documents,Including J Philips 821018 Memo Re Delegation of Authority.Encl App C & D Documents & App F Documents in Pdr.App C & F Documents Partially & Totally Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 5)

ML20236J489
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Issue date:	10/29/1987
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To:	Condit R GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
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ML20236J492	List: ML20236J489 ML20236J514 ML20236J581 ML20236J636 ML20244D104
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FOIA-87-577 SECY-84-417, NUDOCS 8711060139
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V Enclosed in Wormanon on how rou may obtain access to and the charges for copying reewM pD.ced in the NRC Public Secument Room,1717 H Street. N.W., WaeNngto'n, DC.

Assncy recorde subeset to the request are enclosed. Any applicable charge for copes of the recorh provided and payment procedures are noted b the corweats section.

Records subpect to the request have been referred to another Federal agencytes) for review and direct response to you.

In usw of NRC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appeal letter dated PART fl.A-INFORMATION WTTHHELD FROM PUBLIC Ol5 CLOSURE Certs informeton in the requested records is bs,ing withheld from public declosure pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described in and for the ex.wrs rasend in Part II, acc-tions S. C, and D. Any roleesed portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withheld are being vads availab's forJP.tJn h4ecnon and copying it' tts Nf9C Pubac Document Room,17t7 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder unow this F0tA runsber and requarer name.

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-i Re:'F01A-87-577-APPENDIX D

' RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE PDR UNDER THE APOVE RfQUEST NUMBER

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. Memo for Hayes from.Chilk, subject: 01 Policies.L(6:pages)

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9/15/83 Motion to Quash Subpoenas and for Expedited =

Consideration. In the matter of Metropolitan Edison Company

-(Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,. Units I and 2). -(13 pages)

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.10/26/84 SECY-84-417 for the Commission from.Dircks and Hayes,-

subject: Delegation of Subpoena Authority.. (3 pages) y 4.

1/11/85 Memo to Ben Hayes, OI from Nunzio Palladino, entitled

" Delegation of. Authority".

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Undated' Memo for Commissioners from Hayes, subject: 10 CFR Part 1-Statement on. Functions of Office of Investigations. (1 page):

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'5/2/85 Routing slip to Ben Hayes, 01, from J. M. Felton, re.

. review of Delegation of. Subpoena Authority rule. (1 page).

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.' 2/23/86 - NRC Manual Chapter 0119. (5 pages)

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-Undated Unidentified page titled: "IVAgencySubpoenas".(1page) 9.

9/12/83 SubpoenasissuedbyNRCandlistedasExhibitIV-A.-(1 page) i i

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Re: F01A-87-577 APPENDIX E RECORDS TOTALLY WITHHELD 1.

7/16/82 Memo to Chairman Palladino, et. al., from James Fitzgerald, Acting Director. 01, re: Actions for Improvement in.NRC Investigations w/ attached draft Investigative 82-0010, 82-0011. (13 pages)ProcedureMemorandumHos.82-004, (F0IAExemption-(5).

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5/2/85 Draft congressional letters transmitting final rule on-Delegation of Authority. (1 page) (FOIA Exemption (5))..

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Undated Draft final rule " Delegation of Authority." (5 pages)

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Undated Draft final rule of Delegation of Subpoena Authority. (4 pages) (F0IA Exemption (5)).

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5/ /86 Draft memo to John Hoyle from Ben Hayes transmitting rule -

for publication in Federal Register with attached final rule.

(6 pages) (F0IA Exemption (5)).

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12/17/86 Memo to Chairman Zech, et. al., from William Parler, re:

Request for OGC comments or suggestion that subpoenas be employed in investigation leaks of confidential documents at Braidwood. (2 pages) g(FOIA Exemption (5)).

7. Undated Office of Investigation Investigative Procedures Manual (4.4-Subpoenas),'(6pages)

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T GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT-25 ti Street, N.W., Suite 700 LWashington, D.C. 20001' (202) 347-0460 August 28, 1987 EREEDOM 0F INFORMATION j

FOIA Request ACT REQUEST

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Ford -27 sy; Freedom of Information Office

$ ig 9. f g 7 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Fre'edots,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, logs, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, instructions,

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agency analyses, files, charts, photographs, agreements, j

handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, inspections, and investigations relevant to and/or generated in connection with:

any NRC regulations, procedures, guidelines and/or policies pertaining to the~ issuance of an investigative subpoena by j

the Executive Director for Operations and/or any other NRC employee.

This request includes all records as defined by 10 C.F.R.

$9.3a, and all records responsive to this request that have ever been within the NRC's custody or' control.

This includes records or'information in " working", investigative, retired or other files at any NRC location.

If_any records covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed, and/or are destroyed and/or removed after receipt of this request, please provide all surrounding records,

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including but not limited to a list of all reccrds which have been destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken, relevant dates, and individual, office and/or agency-wide j

' policies and/or justifications for the action (s).

GAP requests that all fees be waived, because " finding the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public."

5 U.S.C. $552(a)(4)(A).

GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and 1

open government.

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FOIA Request

' August 28, 1987 Page Two.

For any documents or portions of' documents that you deny due to ' specific FOIA exemption (s), please provide an index itemizing l

and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld.

- The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming such an exemption, explaining.why each exemption is relevant to the document or portion.of document withheld.

This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir.

,1973), cert, denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974).

Because we believe.that this information may have some-bearing upon_the case of U.S. v. Billie Pirner Garde, Misc. No.87-274, we must insist that the deadlines imposed under the FOIA are strictly followed.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, A A-Richard.E. Condit Staff Attorney RC/jl (079a15) cc:

William D. Paton, Esq.

NRC-OGC Ka rla D. Smith, Esq.

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