ML24040A032
| ML24040A032 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer, Vogtle, South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 01/29/2024 |
| From: | Stephanie Blaney NRC/OCIO/DIME/FLICB |
| To: | Bowen M Columbia Univ |
| References | |
| FOIA-2024-000044 | |
| Download: ML24040A032 (1) | |
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA or Reference Number Response Number (03-13-2023)
RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF FOIA-2024-000044 1 INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST Response Interim Final Type
Requester: Date:
Matt Bowen, Columbia University 01/29/2024
Description of Requested Records:
NRC records containing the number of NRC staff and contractor hours utilized as part of the 8 combined licenses (COLs) issued to South Texas 3 & 4; North Anna 3; William States Lee III 1 & 2; Virgil C Summer 2 & 3; Vogtle 3 & 4; Levy 1 &2; Fermi 3; and Turkey Point 6 & 7.
PART I. -- INFORMATION RELEASED
The NRC has made some, or all, of the requested records publicly available through one or more of the following means:
(1) https://www.nrc.gov ; (2) public ADAMS, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html; (3) microfiche available in the NRC Public Document Room; or the NRC Public Access Link (PAL), at https://foia.nrc-gateway.gov/app/Home.aspx.
Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.
Records subject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been referred to that agency (See Part I.D -- Comments) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.
We are continuing to process your request.
See Part I.D -- Comments.
PART I.A -- FEES
You will be billed by NRC for the amount indicated. Since the minimum fee threshold was not met, AMOUNT you will not be charged fees.
You will receive a refund for the amount indicated. Due to our delayed response, you will not be Fees waived. charged search and/or duplication fees that would otherwise be applicable to your request.
PART I.B -- INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE
We did not locate any agency records responsive to your request. Note: Agencies may treat three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records as not subject to the FOIA ("exclusions"). See 5 U.S.C. 552(c). This is a standard notification given to all requesters; it should not be taken to mean that any excluded records do, or do not, exist.
We have withheld certain information pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described, and for the reasons stated, in Part II.
Because this is an interim response to your request, you may not appeal at this time. We will notify you of your right to appeal any of the responses we have issued in response to your request when we issue our final determination.
You may appeal this final determination within 90 calendar days of the date of this response. If you submit an appeal by mail, address it to the FOIA Officer, at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-6 A60M, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. You may submit an appeal by email to FOIA.resource@nrc.gov. You may fax an appeal to (301) 415-5130. Please be sure to include on your submission that it is a FOIA Appeal. You may file an appeal through the NRC Public Access Link (PAL) at https://foia.nrc-gateway.gov/app/Home.aspx.
PART I.C -- REFERENCES AND POINTS OF CONTACT
You have the right to seek assistance from the NRC's FOIA Public Liaison by submitting your inquiry at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
foia/contact-foia.html, or by calling the FOIA Public Liaison at (301) 415-0717.
If we have denied your request, you have the right to seek dispute resolution services from the NRC's Public Liaison or the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). To seek dispute resolution services from OGIS, you may email OGIS at ogis@nara.gov, send a fax to (202) 741-5789, or send a letter to: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. For additional information about OGIS, please visit the OGIS website at https://www.archives.gov/ogis.
NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA or Reference Number Response Number (03-13-2023)
RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF FOIA-2024-000044 1 INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST Response Interim Final Type
PART I.D -- COMMENTS
Upon receipt of your request, we tasked the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) to search for responsive material.
NRR staff provided us with data identifying NRC staff resources and outside contractor hours that were utilized as part of the eight (8) combined licenses (COLs) that have been issued. This information is provided in the table below. NRR also recommended that we task the Offices of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) and Nuclear Material Safety & Standards (NMSS). Neither OCFO or NMSS located any responsive material.
COL Review Approx. Total Staff Hours for Safety & Approx. Total Contractor NRC Document Accession No.
& Environmental Reviews Hours
North Anna 105,000 20,000 ML17087A216; ML17114A465 Lee 67,000 26,000 ML16285A467; ML16309A567 South Texas 157,000 65,000 ML15327A450; ML15355A524 Fermi 69,000 28,000 ML15040A656; ML15068A411
[Safety: 52,000]
[Environmental: 17,000]
Vogtle 31,000 8,000 ML11276A145; ML11305A228
[Safety: 26,000]
[Environmental: 5,000]
Summer 40,000 17,000 ML11290A250; ML11311A319
[Safety: 25,000]
[Environmental: 15,000]
Turkey Point 89,000 16,000 ML17352A750; ML18018B345 Levy 83,000 39,000 ML16215A463; ML16256A766
Records with an ML Accession Number are publicly available in the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http:www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. If you need assistance in obtaining these records, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) at 301-415-4737, or 1-800-397-4209, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
For the part of your request asking for a breakdown of the NRC staff resources in certain categories, NRR staff provided us with the following information.
- 1. Docketing/application acceptability review - No records
- 2. Safety review - Partial records (if there is a record of this information, it is documented in the table with the total staff hours)
- 3. Environmental review - Partial records (if there is a record of this information, it is documented in the table with the total staff hours)
- 4. Financial/antitrust review - No records
- 5. Contested proceedings - No records
- 6. Mandatory hearing - No records
- 7. (Other? Administrative?) - No records
Signature - Freedom of Information Act Officer or Designee Stephanie A. Blaney Digitally signed by Stephanie A. Blaney Date: 2024.01.29 12:24:23 -05'00'