ML20129E629
| ML20129E629 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/23/1996 |
| From: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Curran D HARMON, CURRAN, SPIELBERG & EISENBERG, LLP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20129E635 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-96-286, FOIA-96-A-12, REF-10CFR9.7 SECY-96-124-C, NUDOCS 9610030227 | |
| Download: ML20129E629 (1) | |
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 4
Ms. Diane Curran !
Harmon, Curran & Spielberg i 2001 S Street, N.W. i Suite 430 i Washington, D.C. 20009-1125 )
RE: FOIA Appeal 96-A-012 C (FOlA-96-286) !
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Dear Ms. Curran:
l This letter responds to your September 6,1996 appeal of the decision to withhold in the i entirety the document identified on Appendix A (document "A-1") of the agency's August 2,' i 1996 response to your Freedom of information Act (FOIA) request 96-286. Although untimely under our regulations, which require appeal within 30 days of the NRC's denial (10 CFR S 9.29(a)), your appeal, received September 9,1996, was considered on the merits.
In response to your appeal, the withheld material again was reviewed. I have carefully i considered the material withheld from this record under policy guidance issued by the President and the Attomey General. On the basis of my examination, I have decided to grant your appeal.
Document A-1 is a one-paragraph memo dated July 8,1996 to James M. Taylor from John C. Hoyle,
Subject:
Staff Requirements - SECY-96-124 - Financial Assurance for General Atomics Facilities. This document consists of a memo advising of the Commission's '
decision related to SECY-96-124. It had been withheld on the basis of the deliberative process privilege, exemption 5 of the FO!A. However, in accordance with the above policy, I have reviewed the denied material to determine whether it should be released and I have determined that the withheld material msy be made publicly available. Therefore, I have decided to grant your appeal and release the document in question. A copy is enclosed.
Sincerely,
'b J n C. H le ecretary of the Commission {4r 1
Enclosure:
Memo fm J. Hoyle to J. Taylor l l i dated July 8,1996 9610030227 960923 ,
CURRAN 96-A-12 PDR