Communications Concerning Bears Ears National Monument

Good afternoon Mr. Dorman,

Our FOIA office received your FOIA request, dated January 29, 2018. We have
assigned it control number 2018-00394. Please cite this number in any
future communications with our office regarding your request.

In your request you asked for the following:

“all communications concerning Bears Ears National Monument - electronic
and otherwise. As well as any reports considering availability of natural
resources, economic projections, environmental impact, or considerations of
public approval/disapproval"

We have classified you as a an "other-use" requester. As such, we
may charge you for some of our search and duplication costs, but we will
not charge you for our review costs; you are also entitled to up to 2 hours
of search time and 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for
free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. If, after taking into consideration your
fee category
entitlements, our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill
you because the cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected.
See 43 C.F.R. § 2.49(a)(1).

We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is
for requests that can be processed in one to five workdays. The
Normal track is for requests that can be processed in six to twenty
workdays. The Complex track is for requests that can be processed in
twenty-one to sixty workdays. The Exceptional/Voluminous track is for
requests requiring more than sixty workdays for processing. The
Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited
processing. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a
first-in, first-out basis.

This request falls into the *Exceptional/Voluminous* track.

If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov or
202-912-7650. Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs
and activities of the BLM.

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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>*

Dear Requester,

We are writing to partially respond to your national monument-related FOIA
request(s) on behalf of the Office of the Secretary. We have released
records related to the Secretary’s review of certain National Monuments
designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906 at
https://www.doi.gov/foia/os/national-monuments-review-executive-order-13792.
The newly released documents are located at the bottom of the page under
“Categorized Records.” The categories will enable you to locate the
documents responsive to the information sought in the FOIA requests that
you submitted.

Please see the attached letter for additional information about this
release.

Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

Good morning,
This letter acknowledges your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated and received in our office January 29, 2018. Your request has been logged in under control number 2018-000342. Please use this control number in all subsequent correspondence concerning your request.
In your letter you have requested the following: All communications concerning Bears Ears National Monument - electronic and otherwise. As well as any reports considering availability of natural resources, economic projections, environmental impact, or considerations of public approval/disapproval.
We have received your fee waiver request and it will be processed accordingly. In the interim, we have classified you as an Other requester. As such, we may charge you for some of our duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our search and review costs; you are also entitled to up to 2 hours of search time and 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. If, after taking into consideration your fee category entitlements, our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.49(a)(1)
We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests that can be processed in one to five workdays. The Normal track is for requests that can be processed in six to twenty workdays. The Complex track is for requests that can be processed in twenty-one to sixty workdays. The Exceptional/Voluminous track is for requests requiring more than sixty workdays for processing. The Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited processing. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a first-in, first-out basis.
This request falls into the Complex track.
Although we normally process requests on a first-in, first-out basis, because of the nature of your request and the circumstances surrounding this request, we will prioritize and process your request as the records become available.
If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov  or 202-912-7650. Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs and activities of the BLM.

On January 29, 2018, you made a FOIA request to BLM for:

No date range: all communications concerning Bears Ears National Monument - electronic and otherwise. As well as any reports considering availability of natural resources, economic projections, environmental impact, or considerations of public approval/disapproval

Currently the Bureau is inquiring to see if you have a continuing interest in receiving records responsive to this request. We are attempting to best service all our requesters by working on cases for which there is an ongoing and continuing need.

If we do not receive your reply in the affirmative within 60 business days, the BLM will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing this request and we will administratively close it.

Thank you,

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Hello,

We are writing to narrow the scope of your request. As written, it could potentially take a substantial amount of time to search and gather the records. Is there a particular date range you are interested in?

Thank you,

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Hello,

We are writing to narrow the scope of your request. As written, it could potentially take a substantial amount of time to search and gather the records. Is there a particular date range you are interested in? If we don't hear anything back from you, this request will be administratively closed.

Thank you,

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Hello Mr. Dorman,
Please see attached.