ML20288A423
| ML20288A423 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/07/2020 |
| From: | Stephanie Blaney Information Services Branch |
| To: | Kolar J Government Accountability Project |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20288A411 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA, NRC-2018-000096 | |
| Download: ML20288A423 (3) | |
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC - RESPONSE NUMBER
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DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTED RECORDS:
Records corresponding to items 105, 107, 108, and 109, as further explained in the Comments Section, below.
PART I. -- INFORMATION RELEASED The NRC has made some, or all, of the requested records publicly available through one or more of the following means: (1) -https://
www.nrc.gov ; (2) public ADAMS, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html; (3) microfiche available in the NRC Public Document Room; or FOIA Online, https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/home.
Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.
Records subject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been referred to that agency (See Part I.D -- Comments) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.
We are continuing to process your request.
See Part I.D -- Comments.
PART I.A -- FEES You will be billed by NRC for the amount indicated. Since the minimum fee threshold was not met, AMOUNT you will not be charged fees.
You will receive a refund for the amount indicated.
Due to our delayed response, you will not be 11 11 Fees waived. charged search and/or duplication fees that would otherwise be applicable to your request.
PART I.B -- INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE We did not locate any agency records responsive to your request. Note: Agencies may treat three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records as not subject to the FOIA ("exclusions"). See 5 U.S.C. 552(c). This is a standard notification given to all requesters; it should not be taken to mean that any excluded records do, or do not, exist.
We have withheld certain information pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described, and for the reasons stated, in Part II.
Because this is an interim response to your request, you may not appeal at this time. We will notify you of your right to appeal any of the responses we have issued in response to your request when we issue our final determination.
You may appeal this final determination within 90 calendar days of the date of this response. If you submit an appeal by mail, address it to the FOIA Officer, at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-6 A60M, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. You may submit an appeal by e-mail to FOIA.resource@nrc.gov. You may fax an appeal to (301) 415-5130. Please be sure to include on your submission that it is a FOIA Appeal. Only a pre-registered user may file an appeal through FOIA Online, -https://
foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/home. A user who has not registered an account prior to filing the initial FOIA request may still submit an appeal by one of the above mentioned options.
PART I.C -- REFERENCES AND POINTS OF CONTACT You have the right to seek assistance from the NRC's FOIA Public Liaison by submitting your inquiry at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
foia/contact-foia.html, or by calling the FOIA Public Liaison at (301) 415-1276.
If we have denied your request, you have the right to seek dispute resolution services from the NRC's Public Liaison or the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). To seek dispute resolution services from OGIS, you may e-mail OGIS at ogis@nara.gov, send a fax to (202) 741-5789, or send a letter to: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. For additional information about OGIS, please visit the OGIS website at https://www.archives.gov/ogis.
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o' TYPE INTERIM FINAL PART I.D -- COMMENTS In item 105, you asked for "all Memoranda of Understanding [MOU] between the NRC and any outside organization concerning access to information on dams and/or flooding." The following MOUs include provisions that may involve the sharing of dam/flooding information; these MOUs are already publicly available in ADAMS under these accession numbers:
ML062920211, ML082540354, ML011590594, ML12172A375, ML14189A307, ML16125A522, and ML16273A359.
Records with an ML accession number are publicly available in the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http:www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. If you need assistance in obtaining these records, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) at 301-415-4737, or 1-800-397-4209, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
In item 107, you asked for "all records pertaining to the NRC's decision to restrict access to flooding and dam failure information from employees not specifically assigned duties requiring the use of that information." After conferring with staff in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation [NRR], the former Office of New Reactors [NRO], the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research [RES], and the Office of the Chief Information Officer [OCIO] we are unaware of any such decision.
We have, however, included as responsive to your request any records that these offices located that touch upon this topic.
In item 108, you asked for "all records related to NRC guidance and policies concerning 'need-to-know' as it pertains to unclassified non-safeguards information [SUNSI]." Your request noted your specific concern with respect to any restrictions regarding the sharing of nuclear-safety information (e.g., flooding at nuclear power plants); your request excluded any guidance strictly pertaining to the limiting of access to personally identifiable information or allegation information. The records responsive to this item are enclosed.
In item 109, you asked for "all records related to the NRC decision to withdraw NRC ADAMS document ML13084A022, 03/25/2013 Slides from Meeting with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3, Concerning the Flooding Hazard Reevaluation Report, from the public domain. Specifically, GAP seeks the affidavit required under 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1). If the NRC waived the affidavit requirements, then GAP seeks any and all records pertaining to the NRC decision to withdraw ML13084A022 from the public domain." The only records responsive to this item are the same records responsive to items 39, 40, and 42 of your request, which we addressed in our interim responses #1 and #5 to your request.
We appreciate your continued patience.
Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee Stephanie A. Blaney Digitally signed by Stephanie A. Blaney Date: 2020.10.07 08:21:16 -04'00'
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"'1s-0,,~ INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST I I PART II.A -- APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS Records subject to the request are being withheld in their entirety or in part under the FOIA exemption(s) as indicated below (5 U.S.C. 552(b)).
Exemption 1: The withheld information is properly classified pursuant to an Executive Order protecting national security information.
Exemption 2: The withheld information relates solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of NRC.
Exemption 3: The withheld information is specifically exempted from public disclosure by the statute indicated.
Sections 141-145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data (42 U.S.C. 2161-2165).
Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards Information (42 U.S.C. 2167).
41 U.S.C. 4702(b), which prohibits the disclosure of contractor proposals, except when incorporated into the contract between the agency and the submitter of the proposal.
Other:
Exemption 4: The withheld information is a trade secret or confidential commercial or financial information that is being withheld for the reason(s) indicated.
The information is considered to be proprietary because it concerns a licensee's or applicant's physical protection or material control and accounting program for special nuclear material pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1).
The information is considered to be another type of confidential business (proprietary) information.
The information was submitted by a foreign source and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(d)(2).
Exemption 5: The withheld information consists of interagency or intraagency records that are normally privileged in civil litigation.
Deliberative process privilege.
Attorney work product privilege.
Attorney-client privilege.
Exemption 6: The withheld information from a personnel, medical, or similar file, is exempted from public disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Exemption 7: The withheld information consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason(s) indicated.
(A) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with an open enforcement proceeding.
(C) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(D) The information consists of names and other information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to reveal identities of confidential sources.
(E) Disclosure would reveal techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or guidelines that could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law.
(F) Disclosure could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual.
Other:
PART II.B -- DENYING OFFICIALS In accordance with 10 CFR 9.25(g) and 9.25(h) of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, the official(s) listed below have made the determination to withhold certain information responsive to your request.
APPELLATE OFFICIAL DENYING OFFICIAL TITLE/OFFICE INFORMATION DENIED EDO SECY OIG Stephanie A. Blaney FOIA Officer third party PII; draft document attorney-client communications; attorney Marian L. Zobler General Counsel work product David H. Lee Assistant Inspector General for Investigations third party witness identities Select Title/Office from drop-down list NRC Form 464 Part II (06-2020)