Emails concerning SB 151

Curtis Waltman filed this request with the Office of the Governor of Louisiana.
Est. Completion June 5, 2020
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From: Curtis Waltman

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the the Louisiana Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Emails to and from the Governor's Office using the following keywords:
"EMAC"
"Bayou Bridge Pipeline"
"SB 151"
"Emergency Management Assistance Compact"
"Standing Rock"
"Dakota Access Pipeline"
"DAPL"

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Curtis Waltman

From: Muckrock Staff

To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Office of the Governor

Your public records request regarding emails concerning SB 151, etc., has been received by the Office of the Governor. We are conducting a search for records. Once the search is finished, the records will be reviewed for privileges and exemptions. We will contact you as soon as the review is completed, and all non-exempt records will be made available to you.

Thanks and have a great day!

Sherry G. Lassere, CP
Assistant to Executive Counsel, Matthew F. Block
[Email Sig 2]

(225) 342-7015 - Main
(225) 342-8212 - Direct
(225) 208-1524 - Fax

From: Office of the Governor

The Office of the Governor is still searching for records and/or reviewing them for exemptions and privileges. Once finished with the review process, all non-exempt records will be made available to you. It is estimated the records will be available on or before March 26, 2020.

Thank you.

Public Records Requests
Division of Administration
State of Louisiana
Email: doapublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:doapublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

Dear Requester:

You are receiving this email because you have presented a request for public records to the Office of the Governor.

Governor John Bel Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-30<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/ExecutiveOrders/JBE-EO-30.pdf> in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 5 states, "Legal deadlines, including liberative prescription and peremptive periods applicable to legal proceedings in all courts, administrative agencies, and boards, are hereby suspended until at least Monday, April 13, 2020..." Accordingly, the legal deadline for the delivery of public records is suspended until April 13, 2020.

The suspension of legal deadlines may be further extended. We will keep you updated on any changes as we are made aware of them.

We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
Email: govpublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:govpublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

Dear Requester:

You are receiving this email because you have presented a request for public records to the Office of the Governor.

Governor John Bel Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-30<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/ExecutiveOrders/JBE-EO-30.pdf> in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 5A states, "Legal deadlines, including liberative prescription and peremptive periods applicable to legal proceedings in all courts, administrative agencies, and boards, are hereby suspended until at least Monday, April 13, 2020...".

Governor Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-41<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2020/modified/41-JBE-2020-Public-Health-Emergency.pdf> on April 2, extending the suspension of legal deadlines until April 30, 2020. See Section 5H. Accordingly, the legal deadline for our office's delivery of public records is further suspended until April 30, 2020.

The suspension of legal deadlines may be further extended. We will keep you updated on any changes as we are made aware of them.

We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
Email: govpublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:govpublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

The Office of the Governor is continuing to review documents responsive to your March 9, 2020 public records request. It is estimated that our review will be completed on or about May 15, 2020.

Thank you.

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
Email: GOVpublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:GOVpublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

You are receiving this email because you have presented a request for public records to the Office of the Governor.

Governor John Bel Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-30<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/ExecutiveOrders/JBE-EO-30.pdf> in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 5A states, "Legal deadlines, including liberative prescription and peremptive periods applicable to legal proceedings in all courts, administrative agencies, and boards, are hereby suspended until at least Monday, April 13, 2020...".

Governor Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-41<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2020/modified/41-JBE-2020-Public-Health-Emergency.pdf> on April 2, extending the suspension of legal deadlines until April 30, 2020. See Section 5H.

Governor Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-52<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2020/52-JBE-2020-Stay-at-Home-Order.pdf> on April 30, extending the suspension of legal deadlines until May 15, 2020. See Section 5H.

Governor Edwards issued Proclamation No. JBE 2020-59<https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2020/59-JBE-2020.pdf> on May 14, extending the suspension of legal deadlines until June 5, 2020. See Section 3H. Accordingly, the legal deadlines set forth in the Public Records Act are further suspended until June 5, 2020.

The suspension of legal deadlines may be further extended. We will keep you updated on any changes as we are made aware of them.

We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
Email: govpublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:govpublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

Pursuant to your public records request below, we are still searching for records and/or reviewing them for exemptions and privileges. Once finished with the review process, all non-exempt records will be made available to you. It is estimated the records will be available on or before June 30, 2020.

Thank you for your continued patience and have a great day!

Sherry G. Lassere, CP
Assistant to Executive Counsel, Matthew F. Block
[Email Sig 2]

(225) 342-7015 - Main
(225) 342-8212 - Direct
(225) 208-1524 - Fax

From: Office of the Governor

Please see my June 9, 2020 email below indicating that our office is still working on this request and estimate that the records will be available on or before June 30, 2020.

Again, thanks for your continued patience and have a great day!

Sherry G. Lassere, CP
Assistant to Executive Counsel, Matthew F. Block
[Email Sig 2]

(225) 342-7015 - Main
(225) 342-8212 - Direct
(225) 208-1524 - Fax

From: Office of the Governor

Pursuant to your March 9, 2020 public records request, we are still searching for records and/or reviewing them for exemptions and privileges. Once finished with the review process, all non-exempt records will be made available to you. It is estimated the records will be available on or before July 21, 2020.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
Email: govpublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:govpublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

Please see the July 1, 2020 email below indicating a new estimated completion date of July 21, 2020.

Thanks and have a great day!

Sherry G. Lassere, CP
Assistant to Executive Counsel, Matthew F. Block
[Email Sig 2]

(225) 342-7015 - Main
(225) 342-8212 - Direct
(225) 208-1524 - Fax

From: Office of the Governor

The Office of the Governor is still searching for records and/or reviewing records for exemptions and privileges pursuant to your public records request. Once finished with the review process, all non-exempt records will be made available to you. It is now estimated the records will be available on or before August 18, 2020.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
Email: govpublicrecords@la.gov<mailto:govpublicrecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

Please see our July 24 email below and have a great day!

Sherry G. Lassere, CP
Assistant to Executive Counsel, Matthew F. Block
[Email Sig 2]

(225) 342-7015 - Main
(225) 342-8212 - Direct
(225) 208-1524 - Fax

From: Office of the Governor

The following is a link to DropBox for documents which are a partial response to your request below: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wso2alip8u67j72/AAD8_lM_ZX7k_ntaiasGXIbqa?dl=0. Our office is continuing to review documents and estimate that our review will be completed on September 2, 2020.

Thanks and have a great day!

Sherry G. Lassere, CP
Assistant to Executive Counsel, Matthew F. Block
[Email Sig 2]

(225) 342-7015 - Main
(225) 342-8212 - Direct
(225) 208-1524 - Fax

From: Office of the Governor

The following is a link to DropBox for documents which are a partial response to your request below. Our office is continuing to review documents and estimate that our review will be completed on September 17, 2020.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fydiprlxonmudd2/AACIMCZ751nqiqktap-z33Jza?dl=0

Public Records Requests
Office of the Governor
State of Louisiana
GovPublicRecords@la.gov<mailto:GovPublicRecords@la.gov>

From: Office of the Governor

Mr. Waltman,

Please see the attached documents responsive to your request, received by our office on March 9, 2020. Also, there are hundreds of form-emails which were sent by constituents in opposition to the proposed pipeline project. Nearly all of these must be redacted to remove constituents' home addresses and home telephone numbers. Can you please clarify if you're seeking copies of every single email, or would you be willing to omit from your request, for the sake of time and efficiency, further responses that include constituent form-emails.

See below for an example constituent form-email:

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