ML20236V080

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Final Response to FOIA Request.No Addl NRC Records Subj to Request Located
ML20236V080
Person / Time
Issue date: 12/02/1987
From: Grimsley D
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To: Rubinton D
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
References
FOIA-87-464 NUDOCS 8712040078
Download: ML20236V080 (1)


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( INFORMATION ACT (FOlA) REQUEST DEC 2 1987 DOCKET NUMBERtSi W ppecem 1.EOUESTER q D8 k) YTb A ,

PART l.-RECbRDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checked boass)

No agency records subpet to the request have been located.

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Agency records subact to the request that are identified in Appendia are already eveilable for public irspection and copying in the NRC Pubisc Document Room, 1717 H Street, N W., Washington, DC.  !

Agency records subect to the request that are identified in Appendix are being made available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name.

1 The nonpropnetary version of the proposaltsi that you egreed to accept in a telephone conversaten with a member of my staff is now being made avaRable for public inspecten end coying at the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N W., Washington, DC, in a folder under the FOIA number and requester name.

Enclosed is informaton on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records placed in the NRC Pubisc Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

Agency records subtset to the request are enclosed. Any applicable charge for copies of the records provided and payment procedures are noted in the comments secton.

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

In view of NRC's response to the request, no further action a being taken on appeal letter dated PART ll.A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain informaton in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the FOIA exemptons described in and for the resanns stated in Part 11, sec-tions 8, C. and D. Any released portons of the documents for whch only part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Pubhc Document Room 1717 H Street. N.W., Washington, DC, m a folder under the FOIA number and requester name Comments 2

NA URE. DIRECTOR. I ISION JLES AND RECORDS

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABluTY PROJECT 1555 Connecncut Avenue. N.W.. Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)232 8550 July 17, 1987

[REIDOM 0F INFORMATION Director ACT REQUEST Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, h _ .g Washington, D.C. 20555 h 7-5Q -

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("POIA"), 5 U.S.C. 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, i minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, agency analyses, drawings, files, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, tele- i phone messages, computations, voice recordings, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connec-tion with a letter dated July 15, 1987 to Ms. Garde and Mr.

Condit from Samuel J. Chilk concerning a May 29, 1987, 10 CFR 2.206 petition requesting the establishment of an investigative unit to review allegations concerning the South Texas nuclear power plant. This request includes but is not limited to records I of al communications between the NRC and any outside individuals and/or organizations parties concerning this letter and the dates and times such communications were made.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 CPR 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. This request  !

does not include responsive records that the Department has never possessed.

If any records covered by tisis request have been destroyed and/or removed, and/or are destroyed and/or removed after receipt of this request, please provide all surrounding records, includ-ing but not limited to a list of all records which have been and/or are estroyed and/or removed, a description of the actionts) ta%en, relevant date(s), individual, office and/or agency-wide policies and/or justification (s) for the action (s).

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Director Office of Administration 1 July 17, 1937 Page Two CAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be considered as primarily benefitting the gener- 1 al publ i c," 5 U.S.C. 552 (a)(4)(a). GAP is a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest organization concerned with open and hr.. nest government. GAP is organized under section 501(c)(3) of t he IRS Code as a tax-exempt organization. Through public out-reacn, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of govern-ment accountability. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers as-sist.cnce to local public interest and citizens groupds seeking to ensare the health and safety of their communities. GAP is Our-rently assisting several citizens groups, local governments and int ervenors in the NRC Region IV area concerning the construction ct nuclear power plants.

We are requesting the above information as part of an ongo- {

ing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.

Fcr any documents or portions that you deny due to a specif- i l

ic iOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describ-ing tr.e documents or portions of documents withheld. The index shculd provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claining each exemption, explaining why each exemption is rele-vant to the dccoaent cr portion of the document withheld. This i n d e :. is rego red uncer Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C.

cit. 1973), cert. den. 415 U.S. 977 (1974).

We Icek for.iard to your response to this request within ten  !

(10) days.

Siicerely, <

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David S. Rubinton, Esq.

Coordinator, FOIA Litigation Clinic-GAP Touase r, ate cur new address:

25 C. Street, NW.

Saite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 347-0460

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