ML20202C121

Further Response to FOIA Request for Documents Re Comanche Peak Task Force Established in Mar 1984.Forwards Documents Listed on App.Documents Partially & Entirely Withheld (Ref FOIA Exemption 7).Documents Also Available in PDR

ML20202C121
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	06/30/1986
From:	Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Garde B GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
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ML20202C125	List: ML20202C121 ML20202C133 ML20202C156 ML20202C169 ML20202C175 ML20202C593
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FOIA-85-59 NUDOCS 8607110098
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3  : WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 L bO 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, DC 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.

The staff has completed its review of the records identified by asterisks on Appendices J, K, L, M. P, Q, T, W, and X which we previously sent to you. The following records are being released in their entirety:

K/19 K/112 K/254 K/108 K/113 K/412 K/109 K/237 P/173 The records identified on the enclosed list are being withheld in their entirety or in part.

Information in these records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Exemptions (7)(C) and/or-(7)(D), as noted, of the F0IA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(C) and (7)(D)) and 10 CFR 9.5(a)(7)(iii) and (7)(iv) of the Commission's regulations.

These records contain information the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or disclose the identities of confidential sources. The nonexempt in the NRC Public Document Roomin(PDR) portions under file F01A-85-59 of these yourrecords name. are being plac Pursuant to 10 CFR 9.15 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 public interest. The person responsible for denial of the records identified on the i

enclosure is Mr. Ben B. Hayes, Director, Office of Investigations.

This denial may be appealed to the Secretary of the Commission within 30 days from the receipt of this letter. Any such appeal must be in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an " Appeal from an Initial F0IA Decision."

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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, 170 South Cooper Street, Arlington, Texas.

This completes NRC's action on your FOIA request.

,c OWb' Donnie H. Grimsley, Director  !

Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration

Enclosure:

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F01A-85-59 DISPOSITION OF RECORDS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY ASTERISKS ON APPENDICES J, K, L, M P, Q, T, W. AND X Withheld Partially Appendix / Document No. in Entirety Withheld Exemption (s)

J/1 X 7c K/66 X 7c K/142 X 7c K/239 X 7c '

K/240 X 7c K/243 X 7c K/289 X 7c K/294 X 7c K/322 X 7c K/373 X 7c K/376 X 7c L/31 X 7c L/115 X 7c L/152 X 7c M/57 X 7c M/81 X 7c M/100 X 7c M/155 X 7c M/206 X 7c M/214 X 7c M/253 X 7c M/257 X 7c M/260 X 7c M/261 X 7c M/263 X 7c M/264 X 7c

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M/276 X 7c M/279 X 7c M/297 X 7c M/315 X 7c M/334 X 7c M/339 X 7c

M/361 X 7c M/449 X 7c M/456 X 7c M/457 X 7c M/458 X 7c M/459 X 7c

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M/505 X 7c P/25 X 7c P/31 X 7d P/33 X 7c, 7d P/34 X 7c P/35 X 7c P/45 s X 7d P/51 X 7d P/66 X 7c P/72 X 7c P/181 X 7c P/183 X 7c Q/2 X 7c Q/34 X 7d Q/40 X 7c Q/64 X 7c, 7d Q/120 X 7c, 7d

, Q/127 X 7c, 7d Q/134 X 7d Q/135 X 7d Q/138 X 7c Q/189 X 7c, 7d Q/191 X 7d T/25 X 7c T/29 X 7c, 7d T/101 X 7c, 7d W/44 X 7c W/210 X 7c W/254 X 7c W/267 X 7c W/291 X 7c W/341 X 7c W/383 X 7c X/125 X 7c X/173 X 7c X/220 X 7c X/236 X 7c X/239 X 7c X/251 X 7d X/355 X 7c X/356 X 7c X/357 X 7c X/358 X 7c

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Washington. D.C. 20036 (202)232 8550 G:85:104 January 21, 1985

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FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT REQUEST MOftMATION ACT REQUESI Director k "l f Office of Administration kd4 h/-M-fj Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("F0I A"), 5 U.S.C. $ 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, summaries, 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 reg 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. 0 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. S 9.3a(b) and the NRC Hanual, 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 gener I public," 5 U.S.C. 6 552(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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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 days.

Sincerely, LW Billie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director D

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