Camp Lejeune Health Effects 2016-Present (Marines - United States Marine Corps, USMC)

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* Tracking Number: DON-USMC-2019-004580
* Requester Name: Mackenzie Farkus
* Date Submitted: 03/08/2019
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

Materials from 2016 onward related to the water contamination at Camp Lejeune and its subsequent health effects on those currently or formerly stationed at Camp Lejeune. Potential documents include but are not limited to correspondences containing the keywords "illness," "water contamination," and "disability benefits," reports concerning levels of current water contamination at Camp Lejeune, and brochures/pamphlets/booklets given to those impacted by Camp Lejeune's water contamination.

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,

Mackenzie Farkus

DON-USMC-2019-004580
Ms. Farkus -- Your FOIA request is being forwarded to the Marine Corps Installations Command for direct reply to you, as they would have cognizance over any responsive records. Your POC is Mr. Ryan Mitchell at ryan.s.mitchell@usmc.mil. (mailto:ryan.s.mitchell@usmc.mil)
Sincerely
HQMC FOIA Team

Good morning,
Please clarify if you intended for this request to include e-mails or just letters.

Your request for Fee Waiver for the FOIA request DON-USMC-2019-004580 has been denied. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Request Created on: 03/08/2019
* Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

Materials from 2016 onward related to the water contamination at Camp Lejeune and its subsequent health effects on those currently or formerly stationed at Camp Lejeune. Potential documents include but are not limited to correspondences containing the keywords "illness," "water contamination," and "disability benefits," reports concerning levels of current water contamination at Camp Lejeune, and brochures/pamphlets/booklets given to those impacted by Camp Lejeune's water contamination.

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,

Mackenzie Farkus
* Fee Waiver Original Justification: I am a member of the media and request designation as such. I work for MuckRock News, a journalism nonprofit based out of Cambridge, MA, and will be writing a piece about Camp Lejeune.
* Fee Waiver Disposition Reason: Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 08 March 2019. Muckrock News is not considered an entity acting in the public interest for the purposes of a fee waiver. Furthermore, the identified requestor is not a publically identifiable member of the media that would qualify for the public interest exception for a fee waiver. Therefore, any fees associated with the processing of this request would not be waived.

DON-USMC-2019-004580 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial

Good Afternoon Ryan,

Please see the below message pertaining to request number 2019-004580, the
document "CLHDW Welcome Packet" cannot be opened. We attempted to open the
document and also received an error message.

Sincerely,
HQMC FOIA Team

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Good morning,

This request was closed on 3 April. The attached document was submitted along with a copy of the CLHDW Welcome Packet via AMRDEC.

I will resubmit the documents via AMRDEC.

v/r

Ryan Mitchell

A copy of documents responsive to the request.

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