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NRC-2021-000179 - Resp 4 - Final
ML23269A044
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Issue date: 07/20/2023
From: Colbert L
NRC/OCIO
To: Donna Ford
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA or Reference Number Response Number (01-26-2023)

RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF NRC-2021-000179 4 INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST Response Interim Final Type

Requester: Date:

Daniel Ford 07/20/2023

Description of Requested Records:

Records on the Surrey issue/ interface LOCA discovered during the WASH-1400 study discussed with [a named individual]; documents sent to or received by that individual or by NRC staff relating to studies on siting criteria for nuclear plants drafted circa 1991-1992; and any memos from the files of Ivan Selin or other Commissioners.

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.

$0.00 You will receive a refund for the amount indicated.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 (01-26-2023)

RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF NRC-2021-000179 4 INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST Response Interim Final Type

PART I.D -- COMMENTS

Upon receipt of your request, we had tasked the Offices of the Secretary to the Commission (SECY), Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) and the Office of the Executive Director for Operations (OEDO) to search for any responsive records. By responses dated August 12, 2022, November 23, 2022, and June 16, 2023, this Office provided you interim responses that addressed some of the records located by SECY, NRR, OPA, RES, and OEDO. This fourth, and final, response addresses the remaining records SECY, RES and OEDO located. Those records are enclosed.

Please note: The NRC is providing the following record that is now publicly available:

ML083390160

Records with a ML Accession Number are publicly available in the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at https://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.

Thank you for your patience.

Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee Lezlie J. Colbert Digitally signed by Lezlie J. Colbert Date: 2023.07.20 15:48:38 -04'00'