ML22230A197
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| Issue date: | 05/25/1978 |
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ORIGI A RETURN TO SECRETARIAT RECORDS NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF:
AFFIRMATION SESSION 78-11 Place -
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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May 25, 1978 ACE
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25 BEFORE:
PRESENT:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR' REGULATORY COML"v!ISSION PUBLIC MEETING AFFIRMATION SESSION 78-11
- Room 1130 1717 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, 25 May 1978 1
The Commission met, pursuant to notice, at 3:55 p.m.
DR. JOSEPH M. HENDRIE, Chairman PETER A. BRADFORD, Commissioner VICTOR GILINSKY, Commissioner RICHARDT. KENNEDY, Commissioner SAMUEL CHILK, Secretary
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2 CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
The Secretary will lead us in an affirmation.
MR. CHILK:
This is SECY paper 78-255, that deals 4
.with an FOIA appeal of Stanley Klein for documents in the OIA 5
file on his open-door complaint; and it is a joint effort 6
between OIA and OCG to resolve this appeal. which the 7
Commission, as recommended in the paper, has been asked to 8
approve the release of 10 documents to Mr. Klein.
9 Chairman Hendrie has approv.ed the recommendation of 10 the paper.
Commissioners Gilinsky and Kennedy have approved
.11 the recommendation.
12 13 COMMISSIONER GILINSKY:
I understand there is some deletion.
I have been persuaded that it should not be.
I have changed my vote here.
14 MR. CHILK:
The deletion that is being requested, 15 if I can just air the i.ssue for a moment, is that in the 16 release of the 10 documents, the Commission decided not to 17 release.the file number and the internal circulation list.
18 That is the. point at issue.
19 I don~t think that Commissioner Bradford disagrees 20 with the release of the JO documents.
I have just heard of 21 Commissioner GilinskyJs change of vote.
But originally, he 22 agreed with the release of the 10 documents.
23 What they are objecting to is a retention, 24 nonrelease of the file numbers and the internal circulation 25 memorandum.
That is, as I understand it, that is Commissioner
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Bradford*"s view.
2 COMMISSIONER BRADFORD:
I think if you take -- I 3
guess it was originally the SECY paper that contains the OGC 4
views and starting point.
5 COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
I don-"t understand what --
6 what is it we were called upon to vote on, in the first place?
7 And what is it that we voted, and where are we now?
8 MR. CHILK:
We were called upon to vote a 9
recommendation of the general counsel that we dispose of an 10 FOIA appeal by releasing 10 documents to Mr. Stanley Klein.
11 COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
With the exception of what?
12 MR. CHILK:
With the exception of the deletion of 13 file numbers, internal circulation, and the deletion of some 14 names.
15 COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
Excuse me, I can-"t hear.
16 MR. CHILK:
The deletion of file numbers and the 17 deletion of internal distribution lists that are on the paper.
18 and the distribution of certain names that are referred to.
19 There seems to be no argument about the release of the paper, 20 and there seems to be no difference about the matter of names.
21 Commissioner Bradford, I believe, feels that the 22 internal distribution, 3.2, you know, 320 point, wherever you 23 f i 1 e it, shoul dn*" t be re 1 eased.
The document has recommended 24 that it won't be released.
OIA does not want it released 25 because they think that it represents a shopping list to
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potential lookers at the system.
There is an internal circulation list; that is the issue.
4 COMM! SSIONER KENNEDY:
What would be the purpose of 5
releasing thB internal circulation list?
I don1 t think that 6
is relevant here.
I think that there is no question about 7
oomplyirig with the la.w.
8 COMMISSIONER BRADFORD:
That is my problemo I
9 10 1 l 12 13 don1 t think that the law permits withholding the ~nformation that OIA wants to withhold.
MR. CHILK:
The general counsel has pointed out that it is permissibl2 to withhold this under the --
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
The executive legal director 14 has indicated -- it is my recollection, that the general counsel 15 said the same thing.
16 CHAIRMAN HENDRIE~
I wonder if I can call Mr. -
17 Vic, if you changed your vote, then this item comes off the 18 agenda.
We are not scheduled -
.we do not have scheduled a 19 meeting.for the Commission to discuss.
If we are going to 20 discuss the major merits of the issue and decide whether it 21 should or shouldn 1 t go, or that it doesnJt or does comply.with 22 the law, let 1 s schedule a meeting of the Commission, and OGC 23 24 25 can present their views, and anybody else who wants to, theirs.
And maybe the Commission can make a decision.
Okay?
So, let1 s scratch it as an affirmation item at the
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present time.
2 COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
We will now be in violation 3
of the law?
We will have not accomplished the release within 4
the time specified?
5 CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
I suppos~.
6 COMMISSIONER BRADFORD:
I don--'t have any difficulty 7
.with that.
8 MR. KELLEY:
There would remain the question of 9
whether.we might later decide to also delete -- what you are 10 objecting to, we might send out an additional.copy releasing
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12 13 14 15 16 COMMISSIONER BRADFORD-:
At that point, we would have to indicate to them that we still had a piece of it under review.
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KELLEY:
Yes.
COMMISSIONER BRADFORD.:
You could indicate what was l 7 de f i n i t e l y -11 yes, " what was de f in it e l y.1, no,-11 a n d what was 18 deleted.
19 20 21 22 23 24 MR. KELLEY:
It is 9/10 of a loaf.
You would prefer to wait?
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
I am not going to release agree to release documents that say "parts of the documents are still being discussed."
CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
We keep turning inevitably to 25 the substance of the matter, and that is the nature of an
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affirmation session.
(Whereupon, at 3:55 p *. m., the meeting was adjourned.)