ML20045D673

FOIA Request for Documents Re Effects of Hurricane Andrew on Emergency Planning & Preparedness for Plant

ML20045D673
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	10/13/1992
From:	Riccio J Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project
To:	Shirley Ann Jackson Federal Emergency Management Agency
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ML20045D674	List: ML20045D673 ML20045D693
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FOIA-93-125 NUDOCS 9306290289
Download: ML20045D673 (2)

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Office of General Council, Room 840 500 C Street, SW b OD Fen),9 Washington, D.C. 20742 C2t}/

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REOUEST -

Dear Ms. Jackson:

5 U.S.C. 522, as Pursuant to the Freedom Part of Information Act,5 of the Federal Project Emergency Man amended and 44 C.F.R.

Agency's regulations, Public Citizen's Critical Massf Hurricane Energy requests the following documents regarding the ef f ectsk o Point Andrew on emergency planning and preparedness for the Tur ey nuclear power plant.

Please consider " documents' to include reports, i studies, i tes, test results, correspondence, memoranda, meeting notes and notes, summariesmeet ng m nu of f or m-working papers, graphs, charts, diagrams, h conversations and interviews, ccmputer records and any d ot er of written communications including internal FEMA memoran a.

please provide all documents Pursuant to this request, in the possession of, or routed through prepared or utilized to the by, hurricane and the subsequent discussions Power FEMA related the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Florida between FEMA, in the shutdown of the Turkey Point and Light which resulted Please also provide any information on the nuclear power plant. preparedness for theiimitad Turkeyto Point current status of emergency the emergency planning zone (EPZ) including but not emergency planning requirements of 10 C.F.R. 50.47.

C.F.R. 5.43 of the Pursuant to and in compliance with 44 fees, Public Agency's regulations governing requests putsforforth waiver theoffellowing Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project  ;

information. Project seeks the Energy Public Citizens Critical Mass h 1 requested information niely to contribute to and help shape t ins t e l public debate on emergency planning and preparedness as it per a to nuclear issues. 4 0

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Public CitizenDritical Mass Energy Project is a nationally -+

known non-profit public interest organization founded in 1974. We will use these documents in an analysis of Hurricane Andrew's ef fect on emergency planning and preparedness at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. We plan to broadly disseminate the .

information contained in this analysis to the press and the general public.

Our past publications have attracted attention in the local, 1^

national and trade media. Some have addressed emergency planning and preparedness at nuclear power plants. Thousands of copies of the reports have been sold or distributed to members of the public, industry, and cititen groups. Since

" disclosure of the information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to the public understanding of the operation or activities of . the . government and is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester" .(5 U.S.C.

552 (a) (4) (A) (iii); 44 C.F.R. 5.43(a)), we request a complete waiver of any processing or duplicating costs you might incur in providing. these records to us. If you rule otherwise, please notify us before filling the request.

If all or any parts of this request are denied, please cite the specific exemptions on which you rely in refusing to release the documents.

If in some way this request ' requires clarification or additional detail, please contact us.

Further, since the Freedom of Information' Act provides that the remainder of a file must be released if only portions . are exempt from disclosure, we request that we be provided with all ,

non-exempt portions which are reasonably segregable. Of course, we reserve our right to appeal the withholding or deletion of any information. ,

As provided in the Freedom of Information Act, we will expect to receive the requested . records or a final determination within ten working days. If your office is unable to fully respond to this request in that time, please send us a written estimate cf when the request will be completed.

If you have any questions about this request, please telephcne me at 202-546-4996.

Thank you for your attention to this request.

Sincerelv, .'

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