Recent FOIA Requests - November 2022

This page presents a chronological listing of the subject and reference number of each Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) Request submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during November 2022. For additional detail, see the Index of Closed FOIA/PA Requests by Subject.

Tracking Number Requester's Name Requester's Organization Request Description Received Date
FOIA-2023-000018 Joseph Pasteris Documents pertaining to the installation, use, and decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts' siren system between the spring of 1982 and the fall of 2019. The system appears to have been a Federal Signal system, including models SIraTone 408, SIraTone 612, and Modulators. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/1982 To 12/31/2019) 11/01/2022
CON-2023-000002 Thomas Devine Government Accountability Project All documents and communications regarding the following topics: (1) Civil nuclear cooperation with Middle Eastern Countries, most notably Saudi Arabia; (2) the "Middle East Marshall Plan"; (3) Negotiation of a US-Saudi "123" Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement; (4) documents, briefings, correspondence and/or telephone conversations regarding the "International Peace Power and Prosperity (IP3 Corporation) and its proposal for nuclear and cyber cooperation with various Middle Eastern countries, to include Saudi Arabia; and (5) documents and deliberations regarding Westinghouse, to include its March 2017 bankruptcy and the US Government's subsequent policy response. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2017 To 8/22/2018) 11/02/2022
CON-2023-000003 Jones, Lilias Black Hills Clean Water Alliance I hereby request a copy of all agency records, limited to those materials created or obtained by EPA Region 8 after March 24, 2014, related to the Dewey-Burdock (South Dakota) in-situ leach uranium project. Please ensure that each person who conducts a search for responsive records uses a cut-off date that corresponds to the date of the actual search. The request for agency records includes, but is not limited to, communications, records of communications and/or meeting notes involving: 1) any staff of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8, including, but not limited to, the Regional Administrator, Underground Injection Control Program; and/or, 2) persons working for Powertech Uranium Corp., Powertech (USA) Inc., or Azarga Uranium Corp. (including “Azarga Resources Limited” or “Azarga Resources USA Company”) including, but not limited to, employees, attorneys, contractors, sub-contractors, agents, etc.; and/or 3) staff of other state and federal agencies, including but not limited to the State of South Dakota, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (Date Range for Record Search: From 3/24/2014 To 1/4/2021) 11/15/2022
FOIA-2023-000022 Schwartz, Greg It was reported in 2015 that the NRC’s Inspector General was investigating whether the Commission made a mistake when it allowed PG&E to change earthquake safety standards at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, located in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., without holding public hearings. It was also reported that the NRC IG’s office was additionally looking into whether NRC and PG&E colluded to dismiss safety concerns by Diablo Canyon's former safety inspector Michael Peck. I seek any and all records related to these investigations and the final report(s). 11/17/2022
FOIA-2023-000023 Tarver, Julian A copy of the [FOIA services] contract between NRC and Pathfinder Consultants, LLC. 11/17/2022
FOIA-2023-000024 Tarver, Julian Master inventory/listing/index of all MOU and MOA between NRC and law enforcement agencies. 11/17/2022
FOIA-2023-000025 Tarver, Julian A FOIA log of all [named individual's] past FOIA cases/requests, without any date limit. 11/17/2022
FOIA-2023-000026 Watson, Cathryne Alan Lescht & Associates All documents and communications created or received by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Inspector General, which include [name of specified individual] and any of the following terms: clearance, Secret Service, USSS, derogatory, revoke, or suspend. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2009 To 11/17/2022) 11/18/2022
FOIA-2023-000028 Saini, Himanshu The information I am seeking is about all the declassified intel on all the "Broken Arrows' incidents that have happened from the beginning of Project Chrome Dome to the present day. I have read the summary released by the US Department of Defense and seek further information on the cases present in them and any others that might have transpired since then. 11/15/2022
FOIA-2023-000029 Hough, Matthew Any documentation on the investigation by the NRC about a named individual's employment and claim against Xcel Energy. 11/17/2022
FOIA-2023-000030 Ahner, DeWayne   Copies of all investigative and adjudicative files associated with the conduct of background investigations, security clearance approval, and access determinations related to a [named individual] and his tenure as an Atomic Energy Commission employee. 11/28/2022
FOIA-2023-000031 Bessette, Paul Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP All records discussing policies and/or interpretations of regulatory requirements (or changes in such policies and/or interpretations) associated with physical protection of licensed activities at nuclear power reactors as to land vehicle barriers and land vehicle barrier systems, including but not limited to the requirements in 10 C.F.R. § 73.55(e)(10)(i) and (r)(4). (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2021 To 11/29/2022) 11/29/2022