ML20133G957

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FOIA Request for Documents Re Ofc of Inspector & Auditor Charges That NRC Responded Improperly to Allegations of Possible QA & Safety Violations by Whistleblowers at Plant
ML20133G957
Person / Time
Site: Diablo Canyon  Pacific Gas & Electric icon.png
Issue date: 08/20/1985
From: Devine T
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
To:
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-85-589 NUDOCS 8510160201
Download: ML20133G957 (2)


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GOVERNMENT 1555 Connecncut Avenue N.W.. Suite 202 (202)232 4550 Woshington D.C. 20036 August 20, 1985 4

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FiMUXmst QF INFOW A I *) A ACT REQUEST I

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Director Office of Administration

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C.

the Government Accountability Project (" GAP") requests copies 5 552, including but not any and all agency records and information, limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes diaries, logs, of calendars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, pro-files, graphs cedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, charts, maps, photographs, agrgements, handwritten notes, studies data sheets, notebooks, books, telephone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runoffs, any other data complitations, status reports, and any and all other interim and/or final reports, records relevant to and /or generated in connection with the investi-i gation of the NRC's Office of Inspector and Auditor (OIA) into charges that the NRC staff responded improperly to allegations by "whistleblowers" at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

The whistleblowers had raised the possibility of Quality Assurance and other safety violations through Diablo Canyon Allegation (QA)

Program.("DCAMP"). Among the sources for the charges Management filed against the NRC staff were petitions under 10 CFR 2.206 4

on behalf of whistleblowers and the San Luis Obispo by GAP Mothers for Peace.

Issuance of OIS's report is imminent, if If the report has not yet been issued it has not occurred already.

issuance.

request is ongoing and extends through the date of this includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R.

This request Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 g 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, (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.

H 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. request have been destroyed and/or and covered by this please provide all surrounding records,

supra, removed after this request, limited to a list of all records which have been including by not or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued i

in order to implement the action (s).

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  • Office of Administration August 20, 1985 Page Two GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the information can by considered as primarily benefitting the general public, 5 U.S.C. 8 552 (a)(4)(a). GAP is an non-profit, non-partisa.n public interest organization concerned with honest and open govern-ment. Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. Through its Citizens GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens
Clinic, groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities.

We are requesting the above information as part of an ongoing moniter-ing project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.

documents or portions that you deny due to a specific For any FOIA exemption, please provide and index itemizing and describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justificaiton 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 (1954).

We look forward to your response to this request within ten days, Sincerely,

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Thomas Devine Legal Director hm

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