ML24278A288
| ML24278A288 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 09/18/2024 |
| From: | Sillah A NRC/OCIO |
| To: | Lieber D Dallas Morning News |
| References | |
| NRC-2021-000233 | |
| Download: ML24278A288 (1) | |
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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.
David Lieber 09/18/2024 Records relating to the June 7, 2021 fire at Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in Glen Rose, TX; any reports that pertain to the fire, its cleanup, its cause and other details and findings
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 1
Upon receipt of your request, we tasked staff in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)'s Region IV office to search for, and provide disclosure recommendations about, any responsive records. Because some of the records originated with, or contained information originating with, the licensee of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant we initiated several consultations with Luminant, which is the plant's licensee, to ascertain whether the records contained information it considered proprietary or critical energy/electric infrastructure information (CEII). Once having received Luminant's views, we solicited RIV staff's views about those claims. Finally, with respect to the records that were believed to consist or contain CEII, we initiated a consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which has been given the statutory authority to make CEII designations. Now that the consultation with FERC is complete, we are issuing our final response to you.
Some of the responsive records have been determined to be releasable to you, in whole or in part. (please refer to Part II for the exemptions claimed). They are enclosed. In addition, two reports, the "ABB Report" and "Doble Report", consisting of 19 and 16 pages, respectively, as well as 28 pages of photographs taken at the plant, have been withheld in their entirety on the basis of FOIA exemption 3, in conjunction with 16 U.S.C. 824o-1 (CEII), and FOIA exemption 4. Finally, in addition to the enclosed records, please note that there are two responsive records that are already available to the public in NRC's official record repository, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) and may be located under the following accession numbers: ML21174A094 and ML21216A3866. Records with an ML accession number may be found in the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html or through a Web-based ADAMS (WBA) search at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
We appreciate your patience.
Alecia S. Sillah Digitally signed by Alecia S. Sillah Date: 2024.09.18 07:01:27 -04'00' NRC-2021-000233