Animal Seizures - Mass Environmental Police
| Submitted | April 30, 2013 |
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From: George LeVines
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:
Records, databases, reports and any documents of any animal seizures — living or deceased — by the department since 2006.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
George LeVines
From: Bilbo-Miles, Alice (DCR)
Dear Mr. LeVines:
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) legal department has been requested by the Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) under the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA), commonly known as the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP), to respond to your request for a copy of certain public records, as described in your email dated April 30, 2013 relative to " any animal seizures - living or deceased - by the department since 2006".
This office is in the process of identifying and consolidating records that may be responsive to your request, and will contact you shortly. At that time, the office will inform you of whether it will be withholding any documents as exempt or privileged material. In addition, the response may contain a statement of costs associated with complying with your request, pursuant to the Public Records Law, section 7(26) of Chapter 4 and section 10 of Chapter 66 of the General Laws of Massachusetts. If, however, the cost of responding to your request may exceed ten dollars, including the cost of copies at twenty cents per page, the office will notify you of the estimated cost and will request payment prior to proceeding further in accordance with 950 CMR 32.06(2).
Finally, please note that this search does not cover records that may be in the custody of any other department or office subject to the Public Records Law, as a request to inspect or copy any such records must be made directly to that department or office.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Very truly yours,
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From: George LeVines
Hello,
Please provide an update on this request.
Thank you.
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From: Massachusetts Environmental Police
A letter stating the requester must agree to or prepay assessed or estimated fees in order for the agency to continue processing the request.
From: George LeVines
Mr. Rice,
Pursuant to our phone conversation I would like to amend my request to read:
Records, databases, reports and any documents of any animal seizures — living or deceased — by the department in the town of Beverly, MA, from one year prior to the processing of this request.
Thank you for your time today.
George
From: Rice, Douglas (DCR)
Hi George,
It was nice speaking with you today. After our conversation I received this email and 3 others from you. They all dealt with your request relating to animal seizures but I could not tell what the differences were. I just want to make sure that I understand your current request. You are now seeking "Records, databases, reports and any documents of any animal seizures — living or deceased — by the department in the town of Beverly, MA, from one year prior to the processing of this request."
Please confirm that this is correct so that we may begin to process this request.
Thanks,
Doug
From: George LeVines
Yes this is correct.
"Records, databases, reports and any documents of any animal seizures — living or deceased — by the department in the town of Beverly, MA, from one year prior to the processing of this request."
One of those communications was sent in error, the others were an attempt to clarify.
Thank you,
George
From: Hartig, Frank (DCR)
Dear George:
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) legal department has been requested by the Office of Law Enforcement under the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs commonly known as the Massachusetts Environmental Police, to respond to your Freedom of Information Request: Animal Seizures - Mass Environmental Police. Pursuant to your conversation and email to General Counsel, Doug Rice your request has been narrowed to : "Records, databases, reports and any documents of any animal seizures — living or deceased — by the department in the town of Beverly, MA, from one year prior to the processing of this request."
Please find attached the responsive document to Muckrock's request for "animal seizures in the town of Beverly" for the time period of July 11, 2013 to July 11, 2014. The Office of Law enforcement had only had one seizure and it was for shellfish.
Please be advised that the Department does not construe the subpoena to require the disclosure or production of documents that Massachusetts General Laws explicitly prohibit disclosure such as CORI records.
If you have any questions please contact me at 617 626-1313
Frank E. Hartig
Assistant General Counsel
Department of Conservation and Recreation
251 Causeway Street, 9th floor
Boston, MA 02114-2136
617.626.1313 office
617.626.1301 fax
frank.hartig@state.ma.us
http://www.mass.gov/dcr
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From: George LeVines
Mr. Rice and Mr. Hartig,
Thank you very much for this response and sorry for all the confusion earlier.
I will be more diligent with any future communications.
Sincerely,
George
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