ML18330A175
| ML18330A175 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/19/2018 |
| From: | Stephanie Blaney NRC/OCIO |
| To: | Casey M Associated Press |
| References | |
| FOIA, NRC-2019-000030 | |
| Download: ML18330A175 (2) | |
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC RESPONSE NUMBER (04-2018) f
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DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTED RECORDS:
Copies of public records related to dams regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission dams including but not limited to all the data you submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers' National Inventory of Dams (NID) for high hazard and significant hazard dams.
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:
D (1) bllQs://www.nrc.gov; (2) public ADAMS, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html; (3) microfiche available in the NRC Public Document Room; or FOIA Online, https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home.
D 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 D that agency (See Part I.D -- Comments) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.
D We are continuing to process your request.
[Z] See Part I.D -- Comments.
PART I.A -- FEES AMOUNT D You will be billed by NRC for the amount indicated.
D Since the minimum fee threshold was not met, you will not be charged fees.
D You will receive a refund for the amount indicated.
Due to our delayed response, you will not be 11 11
[Z] Fees waived. D charged search and/or duplication fees that would otherwise be applicable to your request.
PART 1.8 --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
[Z] 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.
D 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 D 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,
[Z] address it to the FOIA Officer, at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-2 F43, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. You may submit an appeal by e-mail to FOIA.resource@nrc.gov. You may fax an appeal to (301) 415-5130 .. Or you may submit an. appeal through FOIA Online, https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. Please be sure to include on your submission that it is a "FOIA Appeal."
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) 415-1276.
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 e-mail 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 REGULA TORY COMMISSION NRC RESPONSE NUMBER 1 2019-000030 1 RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF 11 INFORMATION ACT {FOIA) REQUEST RE~~~SE D INTERIM I./ I FINAL PART I.D -- COMMENTS We reachec;I out to the Office of New Reactors (NRO) to search for any records responsive to your request.
NRO staff have informed us that the data that the NRG submits to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (US ACE), which is included in the NID, pertains to the dams that are part of the NRC's. Dam Safety Program. None of the current eight dams under the program are classified as high hazard or significant hazard dams.
If you are interested in obtaining information beyond what is available in the Public NID for high- and significant- hazard dams, you may wish to submit a FOIA request to the US ACE. Please refer to the US ACE's FOIA web page for assistance in making a FOIA request: https://www.usace.army.mil/FOIA.aspx.
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Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee
,,( Digitally signed by Stephanie A. Blaney Stephanie A. Blaney ;,/*'Hate: 2018.11.19 13:15:58-05'00'