E-mail Correspondence Regarding CH2M Hill

Mr. Weiss,

The FOIA Officer is looking into the status and will get back with you.

Regards,
Kevin Hagerty

Mr. Weiss,

I have contacted the Office of Environmental Management and was informed that they are still processing the request and hope to have a response to my office by January. They also advised me that the Idaho Operations Office and the Richland Office might also have responsive records. Therefore, I assigned your request to those offices and asked that they respond to you on the results of their search.

I will keep you posted on the progress of your request.

v/r

Chris Morris
FOIA Officer

Mr. Weiss,

I've received an estimate of the number of e-mails that would be responsive to your request and there are approximately 50,000 to 75,000 e-mails. The granting of funds occurs by contract modifications and those are publicly available on the Internet. Would you please be able to contact me by phone and we can discuss your request.

Thank you,
Dorothy Riehle
RL FOIA Officer
(509) 376-6288

From: Morris, Alexander [mailto:Alexander.Morris@hq.doe.gov]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:33 AM
To: 'requests@muckrock.com'
Cc: Donkin, Julia C.; 'Ogilvie, Clayton'; Riehle, Dorothy C; Hagerty, Kevin T
Subject: Status on HQ-2011-01902-F

Mr. Weiss,

I have contacted the Office of Environmental Management and was informed that they are still processing the request and hope to have a response to my office by January. They also advised me that the Idaho Operations Office and the Richland Office might also have responsive records. Therefore, I assigned your request to those offices and asked that they respond to you on the results of their search.

I will keep you posted on the progress of your request.

v/r

Chris Morris
FOIA Officer

Mr. Weiss,

I spoke with our Recovery Act Manager (Jon Peschong) who is the subject matter expert and he would be more than happy to speak with you to help you identity the documents you are seeking and answer your questions. Would you be willing to give him a call (509-376-4424) or can I have your telephone number so that he can contact you?

Please let me know if this would be ok.

Thank you,
Dorothy Riehle
RL FOIA Officer

This is my e:mail address if you wish to contact me regarding your FOIA request pertaining to CH2M Hill ARRA funding. My phone number is 509-376-4424.

Jon Peschong

ATTN: Mr. Ricky Weiss

The Department of Energy (DOE) Headquarters FOIA Office forwarded the attached request to this office, the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC), to perform a search for documents response to your request for:

Any and all e-mail correspondence referring to the company CH2M Hill and the
granting of stimulus funding.

Attached is EMCBC's final response to your request. You will also receive a hard copy of the response letter.

Thank you.

Marian Wilcox
EMCBC FOIA Officer

Mr. Weiss:

We have left numerous messages with you regarding your modified request and have not received a call back to obtain clarification on your request. I did see the e-mail that you sent to Mr. Peschong indicating that you've had your hands full with a family emergency. I hope everything is going better. In an e-mail to me dated December 21, 2011, you modified your request to:

1) "how the company spent the money via itemized expense reports."

CH2MHill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) performed 8 projects for the Department of Energy utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds. The Total Project Cost is provided in parentheses. Each are as follows:
* RL-0011.R1 Plutonium Finishing Plant D&D ($311.3 million)
* RL-0013C.R1.1 Mixed Low Level waste Treatment ($47.4 million)
* RL-0013C.R1.2 TRU Waste ($268.2 million)
* RL-0030.R1.1 Central Plateau Soil and Groundwater ($181.6 million)
* RL-0030.R1.2 Central Plateau Soil and Groundwater Operations ($90.9 million)
* RL-0040.R1.1 UPlant/Other ($201.3 million)
* RL-0040.R1.2 Outer Zone D&D ($94.2 million)
* RL-0041.R1.1 100K Area Remediation ($187.7 million)

Is this what you're requesting?

2) "seeking conversations and decisions by personnel at the Energy Department, on why this company was chosen to receive such generous rewards."

CHPRC competed for and was awarded a $4.515 B contract on June 19, 2008,to complete select cleanup work at the Hanford Site. See: http://www.hanford.gov/index.cfm?page=1062&. In April, 2009, The Department of Energy provided $1.38 B of ARRA funds to the CH2MHill Plateau Remediation Company to accelerate and complete a portion of the work specified in that competitively awarded contract. The specific costs and projects are listed above in item 1. The Source Evaluation Board Report and the Source Evaluation Board Evaluation Statement are responsive to this item. A search has been started for these documents and I will notify you as soon as our search and review is complete.

3) "Who made these decisions"

The contract was awarded in accordance with the competitive procurement procedures of the federal government (See Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 15). Both the Source Selection Statement and the Source Evaluation Report are responsive. A search has been started for these documents and I will notify you as soon as our search and review is complete.

4) "Was there a competitive bidding process?"

Yes, CH2MHill was competitively awarded a contract for the work June 19, 2008. As stated above, the contract is available at: http://www.hanford.gov/index.cfm?page=1062&.

5) "Where did the money go once rewarded?"

See our response to item 1.

6) "Where are those reports?"

See our response to item 1. If this is not what you are requesting, please provide this office with clarification. For example, what types of information are you specifically requesting, description of scope?

7) "Who at CH2M Hill was actually spoken to."

The contract was awarded in accordance with the procurement procedures of the federal government (See Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 15). CHPRC competed for and was awarded a $4.515 B contract on June 19, 2008,to complete select cleanup work at the Hanford Site. See: http://www.hanford.gov/index.cfm?page=1062&.

http://www.hanford.gov/files.cfm/Contracts_CPRC_Contract_Conformed_Contract_RL14788-Section_A.pdf provides the name of the individual at CH2M Hill who was authorized to sign. If this is not what you're requesting, would you please provide clarification as to the specific documents you are seeking.

Sincerely,
Dorothy Riehle
RL FOIA Officer
January 18, 2012

Dear Mr. Weiss:

Thank you for your modified request. We are currently searching for documents and will notify you when our search and review is complete. A copy of modified request has also been provided to the DOE Headquarters FOIA Office.

Sincerely,
Dorothy Riehle
RL FOIA Officer
January 24, 2012