ML20216B676

Informs That 980331 Submittal Re Affidavit of Je Jones, Secretary & Treasurer of General Atomics Technologies Corp, Will Be Withheld Per 10CFR2.790 & Section 103(b) of AEC Act of 1954

ML20216B676
Person / Time
Site:	General Atomics
Issue date:	05/12/1998
From:	Alexander Adams NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Asmussen K GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER
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NUDOCS 9805180327
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i Dr. Keith E. Asmussen, Director Licensing, Safety and Nuclear Compliance General Atomics P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784

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REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Dear Dr. Asmussen:

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By letter dated March 31,1998, you submitted the March 31,1998, affidavit of John E. Jones, Secretary and heasurer of General Atomics Technologies Corporation (GATC), along with the enclosed documents, " General Atomic Technologies Corporation, Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 31,1997 and 1996" and

" General Atomic Technologies Corporation, Report on Agreed-Upon Procedures, March 13, 1998." It was requested that these enclosures be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

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The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from inandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

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The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure is owned and has been held in confidence by GATC.

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The information constitutes confidential financial information of a privately-held corporation and is customarily held in confidence by GATC.

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The information is not available in public sources.

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Public disclosure of the information would cause substantial harm to GATC by providing detailed financial information to its competitors and other parties whose interest may be adverse to GATC.

We have reviewed the affidavit and the materialin accordance with the requirements and criteria of 10 CFR 2.790, and on the basis of GATC's statement, we have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.

Therefore, the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of

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Withholding from public inspection will not effect the rights, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future, such that the information could then be made available for public information, General Atomics should promptly notify the NRC. General Atomics also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes this information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, General Atomics will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-89 and 50-163 DISTRIBUTION:

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If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future, such that the information could then be made available for public information, General Atomics should promptly notify the NRC. General Atomics also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes this information. in all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, General Atomics will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management I

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-89 and 50-163 DISTRIBUTION:

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Withholding from public inspection will not effect the rights, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of l

this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future, such that the information could then be made available for public information, General Atomics should promptly notify the NRC. General Atomics also should understand l

that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes this information. In all review l

situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, General Atomics will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

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Mr. Steve Hsu Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Service P.O. Box 942732 Sacramento, California 94234-7320