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Responds to FOIA request for documents setting forth policy re issuances of NRC press releases in connection w/ enforcement & licensing activities.Forwards documents listed on app.Documents also available in PDR.

Accession Number: ML20069A419

Date Released: Friday, October 25, 2024

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• ML20069M383 - Responds to FOIA request for documents setting forth policy re issuances of NRC press releases in connection w/ enforcement & licensing activities.Forwards documents listed on app.Documents also available in PDR. (3 page(s), 11/1/1982)
• ML20069M642 - Press release discussing NRC decision,on trial basis,to permit camera by news media in covering proceedings before ASLAB & ASLB.Commission plans reassessment of policy in 6 months. (1 page(s), 2/1/1978)
• ML20069M502 - Informs that Commission will permit,on trial basis,camera coverage of proceedings before ASLB & ASLAB under certain conditions. (1 page(s), 2/1/1978)
• ML20069M420 - Discusses implementation of camera policy at hearings.No significant problems identified in cases where cameras were allowed. (2 page(s), 10/6/1978)
• ML20069M554 - Advises that 14 of 25 federal agencies surveyed have partially implemented Recommendation 72-1 re adoption of regulations encouraging broadcast coverage of proceedings involving issues of public interest. (2 page(s), 10/3/1977)
• ML20069M674 - Forwards first cut at Commission paper on camera policy. Comments needed as soon as possible.Other federal agencies will be checked to determine current camera policy & info will be added to paper. (8 page(s), 9/21/1977)
• ML20069M492 - Expresses disappointment re denial of request to permit photographs to record ASLB 770511 proceedings in Seattle,WA. (1 page(s), 5/13/1977)
• ML20069M538 - Advises that Judge Devitt has drafted ltr re clarification of Rule 7d as to whether rule prohibits use of cameras under any circumstances or whether policy might be applicable to NRC proceedings held in court facilities.Draft ltr encl. (2 page(s), 1/31/1978)
• ML20069M629 - Informs that Judge KilKenny ofc has no objection to use of cameras during Trojan 780417 prehearing conference in Portland,OR. (1 page(s), 3/28/1978)
• ML20069M514 - Informs that Commission will permit,on trial basis,camera coverage of proceedings before ASLB & ASLAB under certain conditions. (1 page(s), 2/1/1978)
• ML20069M598 - Concurs w/Commission decision to make proceedings of licensing boards open to cameras.Requests rept on how sys is working. (1 page(s), 6/5/1978)
• ML20069M463 - Informs that Region 5 public affairs officer J Hanchett has confirmed,w/appropriate officials,that Commission trial camera policy may be implemented re NRC proceedings held in US Customs House in San Francisco,CA. (1 page(s), 3/2/1978)
• ML20069M435 - Forwards draft papers re camera coverage of licensing hearings.Draft "Consent Calendar" recommends that Commission permanently formalize policy of permitting camera coverage of licensing hearings w/listed conditions. (14 page(s), 10/5/1978)
• ML20069M468 - Press release discussing NRC decision to permit camera by news media in covering proceedings before ASLB & ASLAB on trial basis. (1 page(s), 2/1/1978)
• ML20069M528 - Responds to 770831 ltr re use of news cameras at ASLB public hearings in Tulsa,OK.Commission adherence to policy allowing cameras in hearing rooms only before & after each session was pursued during facility proceedings. (1 page(s), 9/30/1977)
• ML20069M452 - Informs that E Owens has no objections to use of cameras in Courthouse 3 of Richland County Courthouse providing no interference w/judicial proceedings for both adjoining courtrooms evident. (1 page(s), 3/7/1978)
• ML20069M484 - Denies request to photograph proceedings of ASLB 770511 hearing.Use of cameras during actual proceeding has been prohibited.Commission considers cameras to be source of distraction. (1 page(s), 5/9/1977)
• ML20069M577 - Forwards memo from C Wisner re camera coverage at ASLB hearings. (1 page(s), 7/13/1978)
• ML20069M701 - Discusses Commission policy on camera coverage of quasi- judicial licensing hearings.NRC follows policy of federal courts & regulatory agencies prohibiting camera coverage of hearings while in session. (1 page(s), 10/22/1975)
• ML20069M556 - Recommends that retention of existing policy re use of cameras during adjudicatory hearings.Legal challenge to Commission authority to bar cameras would be unsuccessful. Few,if any,federal courts permit use of cameras. (3 page(s), 9/22/1977)
• ML20069M561 - Obtains Commission guidance re policy concerning use of cameras during licensing hearings. (13 page(s), 11/11/1977)
• ML20069M611 - Informs that ASLB requested guidance from Commission re television coverage of portions of Midland proceedings involving discussion of past culpable conduct of individuals.Commission should set forth position in matter. (3 page(s), 3/31/1978)
• ML20069A416 - Advises that present 2-day period between licensee & NRC announcement of proposed civil penalties should be changed to sys where NRC announces action as soon as licensee is notified. (1 page(s), 5/30/1980)
• ML20069M473 - Informs that Commission will permit,on trial basis,camera coverage of proceedings before ASLB & ASLAB under certain conditions. (1 page(s), 2/1/1978)
• ML20069M507 - Denies request to photograph proceedings of ASLB 770511 hearing.Use of cameras during actual proceeding has been prohibited because Commission considers cameras to be source of distraction. (1 page(s), 5/9/1977)
• ML20069M652 - Informs that S Hanchett confirmed that Commission trial camera policy may be implemented in connection w/Pebble Beach evidentiary hearing to be held in Seattle,WA. (1 page(s), 3/2/1978)
• ML20069M580 - Discusses difficulties encountered in camera policy at 780629-30 hearings. (2 page(s), 7/7/1978)
• ML20069M620 - Informs that Judge KilKenny ofc has no objections to use of cameras during Pebble Springs 780411 prehearing conference in Portland OR.Ltr from J Hanchett to A Goodwin encl. (1 page(s), 3/28/1978)
• ML20069M661 - Informs that K Abraham confirmed that Commission trial camera policy may be implemented in all rooms below sixth floor of Middlesex Superior Courthouse in East Cambridge,MA. Trial procedures will be in effect for Pilgrim 2 hearing. (1 page(s), 3/2/1978)
• ML20069M568 - Advises of changes in draft Commission paper on camera policy.Recommendation section added based upon position indicated.Upon receipt of addl comments,paper will be forwarded to Commission for consideration. (10 page(s), 11/19/1977)
• ML20069M572 - Recommends Ofc of Public Affairs propose to Commission change of procedure & practice that would open limited appearance portion of hearing to coverage by visual media & already established print media & radio coverage. (2 page(s), 5/11/1977)
• ML20069M685 - Informs that cameras will not be permitted in Courtroom 4 of Morris County Courthouse in Morristown,NJ in connection w/ evidentiary hearing re Radiation Technology,Inc.Cameras banned from all courtrooms in state. (1 page(s), 3/30/1978)
• ML20069M602 - Informs that L Emert of GSA has no objection to use of cameras in US Post Ofc & Federal Bldg in Peoria,IL. (1 page(s), 4/7/1978)
• ML20069M711 - Requests comments re alternatives open to Commission re camera policy at NRC licensing hearings.Alternatives re adherence to present policy of permitting cameras to be used in hearing room before & after sessions discussed. (1 page(s), 4/17/1975)
• ML20069M410 - 10CFR2 re NRC policy & procedure for enforcement actions. (9 page(s), 3/9/1982)
• ML20069M592 - Comments on NRC trial policy re use of cameras during licensing proceedings.New policy is working well. (1 page(s), 6/13/1978)
• ML20069M439 - Informs that F Ballard,Commissioner of Dept of Bldg & Grounds for Onondaga County has no objections to use of cameras in public safety bldg.Draft public announcement of oral argument will be sent shortly. (1 page(s), 3/10/1978)
• ML20069M533 - Protests Commission refusal to conduct official business while news cameras are present at facility hearings in Tulsa,OK.Action considered discriminatory. (1 page(s), 8/31/1977)
• ML20069M693 - Order convening 780503 evidentiary hearing in Morristown,NJ re Radiation Technology,Inc. (1 page(s), 3/28/1978)
• ML20069M606 - Informs that Carey has no objection to use of cameras in Auxiliary Courtroom of US Court of Appeals in Everett McKinley Dirksen Bldg.Use of Commission trial policy in connection w/facility remand proceeding proposed. (1 page(s), 4/11/1978)
• ML20069M633 - Confirms understanding from previous conversation that television or still cameras may be used by representatives of news media in courtroom during NRC licensing proceeding. Press release explaining new Commission policy encl. (1 page(s), 3/22/1978)