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REF-2023-000006 - Resp 3 - Final
	ML23332A124
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Issue date:	11/16/2023
From:	Colbert L; NRC/OCIO
To:	Hathaway O; - No Known Affiliation
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ML23332A128	List: ML23332A123; ML23332A124;
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	REF-2023-000006, FOIA
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NRC FORM 464 Part I (03-13-2023)

RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA or Reference Number Response Number

Response

Type Interim Final Requester:

Date:

Description of Requested Records:

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 AMOUNT You will be billed by NRC for the amount indicated.

You will receive a refund for the amount indicated.

Fees waived.

Since the minimum fee threshold was not met, you will not be charged fees.

Due to our delayed response, you will not be 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.

REF-2023-000006 3

Oona A. Hathaway 11/16/2023

1) Unclassified guidance, policies, directives, rules, or regulations governing the drafting or evaluation of nonbinding understandings and arrangements. 2) Unclassified records associated with nonbinding understandings or arrangements, 3) Unclassified nonbinding understandings or arrangements in written form.

NRC FORM 464 Part I (03-13-2023)

RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Response Number Interim Final PART I.D -- COMMENTS Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee FOIA or Reference Number

Response

Type 3

The NRC received a referral of responsive records to your FOIA request from the Department of State for NRC review (Case No. FL-2021-00490) on July 28, 2023.

On August 18, we issued the first interim response which consisted of two documents that were already publicly available.

On September 29, we issued the second interim response which consisted of one document that was withheld in its entirety under FOIA exemption B(4).

Attached is the final response, consisting of two documents that are released in their entirety.

Lezlie J. Colbert Digitally signed by Lezlie J. Colbert Date: 2023.11.16 11:33:10 -05'00' REF-2023-000006

NRC FORM 464 Part I (03-13-2023)

RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Response Number

Response

Type Interim Final Requester:

Date:

Description of Requested Records:

PART I. -- INFORMATION RELEASED Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.