ML23215A030
| ML23215A030 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/28/2023 |
| From: | Colbert L NRC/OCIO |
| To: | Greenewald J - No Known Affiliation |
| References | |
| FOIA-2023-000048 | |
| Download: ML23215A030 (1) | |
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA or Reference Number Response Number (03-13-2023)
RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF FOIA-2023-000048 1 INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST Response Type Interim Final Requester: Date:
John Greenewald 07/28/2023 Description of Requested Records:
Copies of records (which includes videos/photos), electronic or otherwise, pertaining to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), generated for the past five years.
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 the NRC Public Access Link (PAL), at https://foia.nrc-gateway.gov/app/Home.aspx.
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.
$0.00 Due to our delayed response, you will not be 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 email 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. You may file an appeal through the NRC Public Access Link (PAL) at https://foia.nrc-gateway.gov/app/Home.aspx.
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) 415-0717.
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 email 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 FOIA or Reference Number Response Number (03-13-2023)
RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF FOIA-2023-000048 1 INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST Response Type Interim Final PART I.D -- COMMENTS The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has responded to numerous requests for records relating to UFO and UAP sightings in the vicinity of one or more nuclear power plants. Although some are still in process, we have made the Form 464 responses and any released sets of records publicly available in ADAMS. We are continuing to work with the relevant program offices to search for, and locate, any additional records that are responsive to your request. In the interim, we have listed below the tracking numbers of these requests and the corresponding Main Library (ML) accession numbers in ADAMS:
FOIA-2017-0621 ML17213A003 NRC-2018-000059 ML17341A018 NRC-2021-000141 ML21132A210 NRC-2021-000177 ML21189A101 NRC-2021-000180 ML21197A016 NRC-2022-000075 ML22194A836 NRC-2022-000105 ML22207A020 NRC-2022-000106 ML23195A116 NRC-2022-000092 ML22207A029 NRC-2022-000111 ML22231A007 NRC-2022-000127 ML22231A003 NRC-2022-000151 ML22153A140 NRC-2022-000181 ML23010A212 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.
We appreciate your continued patience.
Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee Lezlie J. Colbert Digitally signed by Lezlie J. Colbert Date: 2023.07.28 09:49:02 -04'00'