ML20289A588

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NRC-2017-000698 - Resp 2 - Final
ML20289A588
Person / Time
Issue date: 04/03/2018
From: Stephanie Blaney
Information Services Branch
To: Blanch P
- No Known Affiliation
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ML20289A584 List:
References
FOIA, NRC-2017-000698
Download: ML20289A588 (2)


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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:

Record corresponding to item 5 (ML17227A821) of your request, as more fully explained in the Comments, 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.regulations.gov/foia/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 AMOUNT met, you will not be charged fees.

You will receive a refund for the amount indicated.

Due to our delayed response, you will not 11 11 Fees waived.

be charged fees.

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-2 F43, 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. Or you may submit an appeal through FOIA Online, https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. Please be sure to include on your submission that it is a FOIA Appeal.

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.

NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC RESPONSE NUMBER

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o' TYPE INTERIM FINAL PART I.D -- COMMENTS As we explained in our interim response, the NRC was able to locate this record by the ADAMS accession number when your request was received. Since the date of your request, however, this item has been removed from ADAMS consistent with Guidance for Determining the Public Availability of NRC Records (ML072770468).

This final response addresses the record identified as item 5 of your request. We have confirmed that the office of the NRC Chairman received a copy of this record, which had been written by, and in the context of, a matter that was pending before the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). With the conclusion of that proceeding, the OSC made this record publicly available at https://osc.gov/PublicFiles/FY2017/17-44-DI-15-5254/DI-15-5254%20Supplemental%20Report.pdf.

Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee Stephanie A. Blaney Digitally signed by Stephanie A. Blaney Date: 2018.04.03 09:03:03 -04'00'