View source for IA-78-295, Responds to 781025 Request for Documents Re Environ Effects of Uranium Fuel Cycle & Waste Disposal.Some Matl Is Withheld from Disclosure.Other Documents Are in PDR

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| number = ML20197D889
| issue date = 12/05/1978
| title = Responds to 781025 Request for Documents Re Environ Effects of Uranium Fuel Cycle & Waste Disposal.Some Matl Is Withheld from Disclosure.Other Documents Are in PDR
| author name = Felton J
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
| addressee name = Roisman A
| addressee affiliation = NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
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| case reference number = FOIA-78-295
| document report number = NUDOCS 7812110148
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO PUBLIC ENTITY/CITIZEN/ORGANIZATION/MEDIA, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| page count = 4
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                   *****                                         DEC 0 51976 Mr. Anthony Z. Roisman Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
917 15th Street, N.W.                                          IN RESPONSE REFER Washington, DC 20005                                           TO F01A-78-295

==Dear Mr. Roisman:==

This is in further response to your letter dated October 25,1978 in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, copies of documents relating to the environmental effects of the uranium fuel cycle and the disposal of nuclear wastes.
The documents listed in Appendix A are being placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR),1717 H Street, N.W. , Washington, DC.                In addition, the documents listed in Appendix B are already in the PDR files for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
Documents 1 through 3 of Appendix C coritain aavice, opinions, and recommendations of the -+aff and are being withheld from public disclosure
                      ;.c . _:. i.v Exemption W) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552(b)(u)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(5) of the Commission's regulations.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.15 of the Commission's regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest.        The person responsible for this denial is James L.
Kelley, Acting General Counsel.
This denial may be appealed to the Commission within 30 days from receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."
The review of the remaining document subject to your request has not yet been completed. As soon as that review is complete, we will advise you of our determination.
Sincerely, l
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==Enclosures:==

As stated
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F0iA-76-295 s  .
APPENDIX A
: 1. 5/25/78      SECY-78-276 - WASTE MENAGEMEliT AND SPENT FUEL LEGIS-            ,
LATIVE MODIFICATIONS
: 2. 5/24/78      Memo from Shapar to Gossick - STAFF PAPER, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SPENT FUEL LEGISLATION MODIFICATIONS.
: 3. 2/16/78      SECY-78 AMENDMENTS TO TABLE S-3 0F 10 CFR PART 51, AND ADDENDUM TO SECY-77-449, RESPONSE TO NEW C0ALITION ON NUCLEAR POLLUTION (NECNP) PETITION FOR RULEMAKING (PRM-51-1) TO AMEND TABLE S-3 0F 10 CFR PART 51
: 4. 9/30/77      Memo from Eilperin to Rehm - C0FNENTS ON SECY-77-499, DRAFT NOTICE OF DENIAL OF PRM-51-1
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: 5. 9/12/77      SECY-77-489 - SUBMISSION OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE IMPLEMENTA-TION PLAN
: 6. 9/7/77       Memo from Smith to Gilinsky - NMSS-687 - REVIEW 0F INTERIM REPORT BY CALIFORNIA ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (ERCD) COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING AND HIGH-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL
: 7. 3/18/77      Memo from Shapar to Gossick, MINOR CORRECTIVE AMEND','.'fi TO 10 CFR PART 51, TABLE S-3
: 8. 3/11 /77     SECY-77-124 - SCOPE OF THE FINAL RULE MAKING ON THE S-3 TABLE
: 9. 1/28/77      Memo from Engelhardt to Gossick - SUPPORT FOR NRC NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
: 10. 9/30/76      Memo from Strauss to Shapar - YOUR DRAFT NOTICE OF HEARING
: 11. 8/19/74      Memo from L. V. Gossick to F. K. Pittman, REGULATORY REVIEW 0F RETRIEVABLE SURFACF STORAGE FACILITY.
: 12. 4/15/74      Letter from T. J. Casman, New York State Dept. of Environ-mental Conservation, to D. A. Nussbaumer, AEC i
: 13. 7/28/75      Information Report for the Commissioners, Completion of NRC Review of Maxey Flats, Kentucky Commercial Waste Burial Ground
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F01A-78-295 APPENDIX B
: 1. Interim Report on Management of Radioactive Wastes 4-15-76 (ACRSR-0689)
: 2. Suppl Info to ACRS Interim Rpt on Management of Radioactive Wastes 5-12-76(ACRSR-0691)
: 3. The Management of High Level Radioactive Wastes 12-20-76 (ACRSR-0727)
: 4. Environmental Survey of the Reprocessing and Waste Management Portions of the LWR Fuel Cycle NUREG-0116 (ACRSR-0733)
: 5. Low Level Solid Waste Generation 4-12-77 (ACRSR-0748)
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: 1.                             Memo, P. Strauss to H. Shap'r, NEED FOR A SAFETY FINDING REGARDING WASTE DISPOSAL
: 2. August 3, 1976          Memo, Strauss and Shapar to Rowdt.r. at. al.,
D.C. CIRCUIT DECISIONS ON THE FUEL CYCLE RULE, WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND ENERGY CONSER-VATION
: 3. December 3,1976         Memo, Strauss to Malsch, COMMISSION PAPER, NRDC PETITION FOR RULEMAKING ON WASTE MANAGE-MENT l
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