ML20197D793

Suppls FOIA Request for Info Re NUREG-1055,including Notes Taken During Onsite Interview & Case Study C Team Notebook

ML20197D793
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	02/10/1986
From:	Oneill E CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
To:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-84-516, RTR-NUREG-1055 NUDOCS 8605150054
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- Donnie Grimsley Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration United States Nuclear Regulatory ,

Commission Washington, D.C. 20556 Re: FOIA-84-516

Dear Mr. Grimsley:

On June 19, 1984, the Public Utilities Commission of the State .of California requested copies of all statements, comments, interview notes, minutes, transcripts or tapes used, reviewed or relied upon in preparing Case Study C of the Ford Amendment Report (NURG-1055), pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 5552.

The Commission explained in this request, and in a phone conversation of July 10, 1984, that the Public Utilities Commission has an urgent need for such information as part of our review of the reasonableness of Diablo Canyon management practices. Mr. Mark Fogelman,'PUC Staff Counsel, reiterated our need for this information in more recent telephone conversations with NRC staff, and by letter of December 26, 1985. To date, we have not received compliance with our request.

We are writing again to reiterate our need and our right of access to this information. In particular, we request the following additional information, not previously provided:

1. Interview notes taken during on-site visits to Diablo Canyon. One of the documents you sent us (P33, "Ouality .

Assurance Case Study Working Paper - Site Specific Information")

indicates that in preparation of Case Study C, W.P. Altman, E. Bradford, K.C. Caroll, H. Harty, R.M. Kleckner, and M.G.

Patrick, of the NRC Case S.tudy Team, visited Pacific Gas and Electric Company's corporate headqitarters and.the Diablo Canyon plant site on January 24-28, 1983. During their visit they talked to the following Diablo Canyon project personnel:

F. Mielke G. Cranston G.A. Maneatis M. Tressler D.A. Brand J. McCall J.C. Rocca W. White R.V. Bettinger R. Ashley 1 J.R. Herrera J-B. Hoch W.A.,Raymond P. Hornbeck' J. Schuyler W. Kellerman 1 J. Shiffer R.D. E' ler  !

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l Donnie Grimsley February 10, 1986 Page 2 R. Wischow J. Shryock D. Dick .J. Carlson G.G. Ralston M. Mendoca R. Lock R. Patterson H. Friend S. Skidmore R. Anderson G. Moore Under the Freedom of Information Act, you are required to disclose all interview notes, meeting minutes, transcripts or other information secured by the Case Study Team during this visit. We request that you contact Messers. Altman, Bradford, et al. , if you have not already done so, to obtain this information necessary to l comply with our request.

2. Minutes of the third NRC review group meeting of January 10-11, 1984. The documents we have received from you include minutes from the first and second review group meetings (P. 80, "Second Review Group Meeting Minutes"; p. 82, " Draft _ Summary Report of QA Review Grou We request copies of any and all minute 3~o'f"tTe7,p CommAnts"). herd review ~g'roup meeting.

4 3. The' " site-specific field notebook" prepared by the Case Study

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, C Team prior to their field visit to Diablo Canyon. This g4 notebook is referred to in a document you sent us, P92, " Nuclear

( j Construction Project QA Case Study Methodology", at p. YAME:C31929.

The Freedom of Information Act was intended to establish "'a general philosophy of full agency disclosure unless infromation is exempted under clearly delineated statutory language'", E.P.A. v.

Mink, 410 U.S. 73, 80 n.6 (1972), quoting S. Rep. No. 813 We are aware of no statutory exception which would justify withholding the information we have requested. If you are relying on some statutory exception to the Act's general disclosure requirement, you are required, under the Act, to make . .

this determination within ten days and to immediately notify us of your determination (5 U.S.C. 5 522(a)(6)(A)). We respectfully request that you either promptly comply with our request or identify the exception which you believe exempts the information we have requested from disclsoure.

Thank you for your cooperation to date. I look forward to your cooperation in completing our request.

Sincerely, fOrs$Y$ /

' Edward W. O'Neill Staff Counsel 1 EO:FC:bjk l

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