Amy Lueders Red River

Greetings,

Please accept our sincere apologies for not responding to your FOIAs in a
timely manner. The FOIA Officer (Sarah Westenberg) for the BLM, New Mexico
has moved on; therefore, leaving this position vacant. We are in the
process of filling the position and hope to get FOIAs back on track as soon
as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Marietta Esquibel,
State Records Administrator, and she will provide as much guidance as
possible. She may be reached at 505-954-2130.

Thank you,
Clarisa Gallegos
Administrative Officer (Acting)

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Washington Office FOIA Coordinators
Bureau of Land Management
Phone: 202-912-7650
Fax: 202-245-0027
*BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov <BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov>*

Mr. Tobias,

This email serves as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), New Mexico State
Office’s acknowledgement and receipt to your attached request for agency
records made under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (FOIA)
dated August 21, 2019. Your request has been assigned the FOIA number NM
2019-062/BLM 2019-01192. Please reference that number when corresponding
about the request.

You requested “ *Any written or electronic communications, including email
attachments, sent or received by Amy Lueders, the former BLM state director
in New Mexico, that contain one or more of the following words or phrases:
"Red River", "Domenech", "Benedetto", "Texas Public Policy Foundation"
and/or "TPPF". Th**is request seeks records produced between January 20,
2017 and August 1, 2017* ".

Please accept our apologies for not responding to your FOIA in a timely
manner. The previous FOIA Officer for the State of NM has moved on,
therefore, leaving the position vacant. We are in the process of filling
the position and hope to get FOIAs back on track as soon as possible. We
will respond to your request as soon as we can. I will also contact you if
we need any clarification for your request.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
David Coriz
FOIA Office
Bureau of Land Management
New Mexico State Office (NMSO)
(505) 954-2126

August 15, 2019

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records:

Any written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent
or received by Amy Lueders, the former BLM state director in New Mexico,
that contain one or more of the following words or phrases: "Red River",
"Domenech", "Benedetto", "Texas Public Policy Foundation" and/or "TPPF".
This request seeks records that concern the lawsuit between the BLM and
private property owners who live along the Red River in Texas.

This request seeks records produced between January 20, 2017 and August 1,
2017.

I am a reporter for The Guardian.

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 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jimmy Tobias
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 79025
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

Mr. Tobias,

This email is in regards to your FOIA request for information concerning
Amy Leuders. I wanted to give you an update as to where your request
currently is. We have not received the requested emails from the out of
state agency that maintains this information, therefore, I am not able to
finish processing your request. I will let you know when the information
has been received and reviewed for release. I apologize for the delay.

Thank you for your patience.

David Coriz
FOIA Office
Bureau of Land Management
New Mexico State Office (NMSO)
(505) 954-2126

Mr. Tobias,

This email is in regards to your FOIA request for information concerning
Amy Leuders. I wanted to give you an update as to where your request
currently is. We have not received the requested emails from the out of
state agency that maintains this information, therefore, I am not able to
finish processing your request.

We have once again reached out to the responsible office to ask for the
status of providing the records. We will let you know when the information
has been received and reviewed for release. We apologize for the delay and
appreciate your patience.

Eileen Griego Chavez * Pauline
Handy*
FOIA Office
FOIA Office
Bureau of Land Management Bureau of
Land Management
New Mexico State Office (NMSO) New Mexico
State Office (NMSO)
(505) 954-2242
(505) 954-2126

We have once again reached out to our Headquarters Office as this has to be processed by our DOI System. Once we receive a response as to the status, we will let you know. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Thank you for your inquiry. We once again submitted this to our Headquarters Office. They asked us to resubmit the request since Amy Lueders is no longer with BLM. They stated it would take approximately 2 weeks to process the request. Once we receive it, we can then determine how long it would take us to review the request and provide a final response.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for the delay. The FOIA Officer position has been vacant since December. We are working diligently to get the position filled and have someone on board full time within the next month.

Eileen Griego Chavez
FOIA Specialist
BLM New Mexico State Office
(505) 954-2242

Attached is our final response to your Freedom of Information Act request. We apologize for the delay in responding to your request. We appreciate your patience.

Eileen Griego Chavez
FOIA Specialist
BLM New Mexico State Office
(505) 954-2242