ML20205Q513

Further Response to FOIA Request for Records Re NRC Comanche Peak Task Force Box 3 in Qa/Qc Category,Covering App E Documents 381-439 in PDR & Lpdr.Portions of App E Documents 381-384 & 405 Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 5)

ML20205Q513
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	04/17/1986
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
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ML20205Q515	List: ML20205Q513 ML20205Q517
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FOIA-85-59 NUDOCS 8605300018
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APR 171986 Docket Nos. 50-445/50-446 Ms. Billie Pirner Garde Director, Environmental Whistleblower Clinic Government Accountability Project IN RESPONSE REFER -

1555 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 202 TO F01A-85-59 Washington, D.C. 20036

Dear Ms. Garde:

This is in further response to your letter dated January 21, 1985, in ~,

which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (F0IA),

records related to the NRC Comanche Peak Task Force established in March, 1984.

We are now placing one additional box of records (Box #3) in the QA/QC category, covering Appendix E documents 381 through 439, into the Public Document Room (PDR) in file F01A-85-59 under your name.

Portions of Appendix E documents 381, 382, 383, 384, and 405 are being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemption (5) of the F0IA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(5) of the Commission's regulations.

The withheld portions-contain the advice, opinions,'and recommendations

, of the staff concerning potential violations. The nonexempt portions of the Appendix E documents numbers 381 through 439 are being placed in PDR

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file FOIA-85-59 under your name.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.9 of the Commission's regulations, it has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from production or disclosure and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the i public interest. The persons responsible for this denial are the undersigned and Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. , , _

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This denial may be appealed to' tie Executivd' Director for Operations ,

within 30 days from th'e receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Executive Director for Operations, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555',. arid should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."

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O Ms. Garde A separate set of the released records is being made available for public inspection and copying at the Local Public Document Room (LPDR) located at the University of Texas Library, 701 South Cooper Street, Arlington, Texas. Additional boxes of records in the QA/QC category are currently under review and will be placed in the PDR and LPDR in the coming weeks.

Sincerely, Donnie H. Grimsley, Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration -

Enclosure:

As stated

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Re: F01A-85-59 APPENDIX E l

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Box 3-QA/QC DATE PAGES 381. 2/20/85 Note to: Herbert Livermore 58 from: Ted Workinger,

Subject:

QA/QC SSER, Section 4, Actions Required of TUEC with Attachments 382. 5/4/85 SSER AQ-50, Rev. 3 49 Draft with Comments

) 383. 5/16/85 AQ-50, Rev. 3 SSER 50 Draft 384. 5/18/85 AQ-50 Rev. 3 SSER 47 Draft 4

385. 3/29/85 Facsimile Request, y. 71 l To: Livermore from: I #

C. Hale transmitting '

Comanche Peak SSER 11 TC ,

386. 4/24/85 Partial Copy of 46 CP SSER 11 App 0 .

Duplicate 387. 4/25/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 67 l

388. 4/28/85 Comments against Rev. 1 5 of Appendix 0, CP SSER 11

App. O Duplicate

389. 4/29/85 Comments on Rev. 1 7 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 390. 4/29/85 CP SSER 11 App P 35 Duplicate (1st Cut App. P Rev. 1) 391. 4/29/85 Note to: Cliff Hale 1 from: Ted Workinger,

Subject:

QA/QC SSER's not

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safety significance 392. 4/29/85 CP SSER 11 TC 67 Duplicate (2nd Cut) 393. 4/30/85 Draft CP SSER 11 69 TC Duplicate (with comments)

?' 394. 4/30/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 68 Extra Copy 395. 4/30/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 76 Rev.1 Draft Markup 396. 4/30/85 CP SSER 11 TC uD' plica.te" .,

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397. 4/30/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 1,72 Appendix 0 398. 5/2/85 Appendix P " Staff Evaluation 36 i

Of Quality Assurance and Quality Control Issues Resulting from findings of all TRT Group Assess-ments" Draft Revisions 2

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1 399. 5/2/85 Attachment I to App. P 18 Tables of TRT QA/QC Deficiencies ,

Identified All Groups .

400. 5/2/85 CP SSER 11 App. P 52 Duplicate Rev. 2 401. 5/2/85 Attachment 1 " Tables of TRT 17 QA/QC Deficiencies Identified -

All Groups" 402. 5/6/85 Attachment 1 (Tables of TRT 17 ',

QA/QC Deficiencies Identified -

All Groups) 403. 5/6/85 Attachment 1 20 (Tables of TRT Qa/QC Deficiencies

- All Groups) 404. 5/6/85 CP SSER 11 App. P 59 Dup. TC 405. 5/7/85 NRC Memorandum for: 197 J. A. Calvo, L. C. Shao, R. C. Tang, and S. Treby from: H. Livermore,

Subject:

Review of QA/QCSSER Sd;Yplsment

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406. 5/7/85 CP SSER 11 Ap. P Dup. TC I,58 ,

(Master) 407. 5/7/85 CP SSER 11 App. P Duplicate '

58 Redraft Revisions 408. 5/7/85 CP SSER 11 App. P Duplicate 3 TC (Table of Contents) 3

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409. 5/17/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate App 0 69 Redraft 410. 5/17/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 39 App. O Redraf t with coments 411. 5/18/85 Comanche Peak Attach. 1 20 to App.~P 412. 5/18/85 Comanche Peak Attach 1 to 38 App. P (with corrections) 413. 5/18/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 72 (Latest "0") Redraft 414. 5/18/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 72 Redraft (with comments) 415. 5/18/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 55 Redraft - -

t 416. 5/18/85 CP SSER 11 App. P 55 Duplicate (RedraftRevisions) 417. 5/19/85 CP SSER 11 App. P 58 Dup. TC (Marked up copy) 418. 5/20/85 CP SSER 11 App.' ' Dup. 64 .

TC (Redraft) 419. 5/20/85 CP SSER 11 App.' P Dup 63 TC Redfaft (with conenents) .

420. 5/20/85 CP SSER 11 App. P. Dup 56 Duplicate (RedraftRevisions) 421. 5/23/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 71 App 0 (Marked up copy) 4

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422. 5/23/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 70 Redraft 423. 5/24/85 CP SSER 11 App. P Dup TC 41 (with corections) 424. 5/24/85 Comanche Attach. I to 21 App P "Mattrix for App. P" 425. 5/24/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 71

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Redraft (App 0) 426. 5/25/85 Comanche Attach 1 21 to App. P (Matrix) 427. 5/25/85 CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 52 (App. 0 w/ comments) 428. 5/29/85 CP SSER 117c Duplicate 53 L (ForRetyping) 429. 5/29/85 CP SSER 11 TC App. P 57 (Draft with comments) 430, 5/29/85 Cornnche Attach I to 21 App. P *- ~

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e 434. 5/30/85 Comanche Attach 1 22 to App. P 435. No date The first 4 paragraphs 3

and 1 sentence on 5th paragraph on P-1 436. No date Table 5 QA/Qc issues 7 -

Identified in SSER No. 11 (QQ/QC),RegionIVIRs 50-445/84-11, 84-26, 84-32, and Technical Report -

TR-62168 437. No date CP SSER 11 TC 67 Duplicate (T. Curry's Comments) 438. No date CP SSER 11 TC Duplicate 6 (abstract)

• 9 439. No date Attachment 1 Tables 19 of TRT QA/QC Deficiencies Identified - All Groups

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, 1 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Awnue. N.W., Suite 202 Washington. D.C. 20036 (202)232-8550 G:85:104 January 21, 1985 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACI REQUESI Fora-2-6y Director kd4, 8g/-g-g Office of Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("F0IA"), 5 U.S.C. 5 552, the Government Accountability Project (" GAP") requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, sumaries, interview re-ports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status re-ports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the overview, ragulation and investigation of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant by any person, branch, or department of the NRC since January 18, 1985.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 5 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8,1980) whether they currently exist in the NRC official " working," investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R! $ 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed after this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connection with, and/,or issued in order to implement the action (s).

GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can be con-sidered as primarily benefitting the general public," 5 U.S.C. 5 552(a)(4)(a).

GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities. The Citizens ,

Clinic is currently assisting several citizens groups, local governments and intervenors in the central Texas area concerning the construction of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant. .

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Office of Administration Page Two We are requesting the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at -

nuclear power plants.

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index,should provide a detailed jusitfication of your.

grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant -

to the document or portion of the document. withheld. This index is required '

under Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir.1973), cert. denied _ 415 U.S.

977 (1974).

We look forward to your response to this request within ten dr,s.

Sincerely.

LW Billie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director

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