Emergency Management Assistance Compact for Standing Rock NoDAPL Protests (US Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District)

Curtis Waltman filed this request with the US Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District of the United States of America.
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From: Curtis Waltman

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Documents pertaining to the deployment of personnel in regards to the North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple issuing a state of emergency in response to protests at Standing Rock over the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Documents sought are as follows:
-memos or requests received from the North Dakota Governor's Office, Morton County Sheriff's Department, North Dakota Emergency Management Agency, or North Dakota Highway Patrol for help under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
-emails with the aforementioned North Dakota agencies regarding the Standing Rock protests and/or personnel sent there to help with emergency management
-memos, emails, and requests sent internally with regards to the decision to deploy officers to North Dakota to help with controlling the protest
-Requests from the aforementioned North Dakota agencies for specific equipment to be brought to the Standing Rock protest area for their use in controlling the protest. This equipment may include but is not limited to surveillance devices including cell site simulators or social media surveillance software, or crowd control methods such as long range acoustic devices, water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray or tasers.
-any bills, contracts, agreements, invoices, or other financial documentation for services rendered in helping to control the Standing Rock NoDAPL protests. These documents would likely be sent to the 4 aforementioned North Dakota agencies.

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,

Curtis Waltman

From: Burke, Linda F CIV USARMY CENWO (US)

Mr. Waltman - This email will acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) below. Under the FOIA, your request is in the "commercial request" fee category. All commercial requesters are charged $20.00 per hour for clerical search and review, $44.00 per hour for professional search and review, $.15 for each printed side of a duplicated page, and $52.00 per hour for computer time. Once we receive more specific information from you on what you are requesting, we will attempt to give you an estimate of the cost to process your request.

If you have any questions concerning your request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Linda F. Burke
Paralegal Specialist
Phone: 402/995-2603
email: linda.f.burke@usace.army.mil

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