HDQ Neutral, Mint Disinfectant, I can't even believe I think this will help (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Submitted on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 00:20
Submitted by user: Anonymous
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Title:
First Name: Matthew
Middle Initial:
Last Name: Phelan
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Email Address: requests@muckrock.com
Country: United States
Address 1: MuckRock News DEPT MR 94210
Address 2: 411A Highland Ave
City: Somerville
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 02144
Telephone Number: 617-299-1832
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Are you requesting records on yourself? No
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By initialing here you are providing your electronic signature.:
Please describe the records you are seeking as clearly and precisely as
possible:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

All invoices, purchases orders, contracts, loan agreements, procurement
documents (but not limited to solicitation documents or notices of proposed
contracts, proposed bids, unsolicited proposals, and/or documents justifying
contracting without full and open competition) relating to the disinfectant
chemical HDQ Neutral manufactured by Spartan Chemical, as well as the
disinfectant chemical Mint Disinfectant manufactured by American Cleaning
Solutions (a division of American Wax Company, Inc.).

Additionally, I am hereby requesting any and all emails, memos, faxes, text
messages, written letters, and all other relevant correspondences, internal
to ICE, between ICE and its private contractors, or between ICE and other
government agencies related to these chemicals and their use at the ICE
facility inside the Glades County Detention Center in Florida and the
Adelanto ICE detention center in California, operated by the private prison
company GEO Group.

PLEASE NOTE: I am a freelance reporter and would request that the relevant
fees be waived. My past work has appeared at Slate.com, the New Republic, the
New York Review of Books, Inverse.com, Scienceline.org, Gawker, Earther,
Chemical Engineering magazine, and elsewhere.

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,

Matthew Phelan

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I am a freelance reporter and would request that the relevant fees be
waived. My past work has appeared at Slate.com, the New Republic, the New
York Review of Books, Inverse.com, Scienceline.org, Gawker, Earther, Chemical
Engineering magazine, and elsewhere.

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June 11, 2020 Matthew Phelan MuckRock News DEPT MR 94210 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144 RE:     ICE FOIA Case Number 2020-ICFO-52252 Dear Mr. Phelan: This acknowledges receipt of your June 03, 2020, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for seeking several records regarding; 1) the disinfectant chemical HDQ Neutral manufactured by Spartan Chemical, as well as the disinfectant chemical Mint Disinfectant manufactured by American Cleaning Solutions (a division of American Wax Company, Inc.); 2) any and all relevant correspondences, internal to ICE, between ICE and its private contractors, or between ICE and other government agencies related to these chemicals and their use at the ICE facility inside the Glades County Detention Center in Florida and the Adelanto ICE detention center in California, operated by the private prison company GEO Group (please see request for further details).  Your request was received in this office on June 03, 2020. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Per Section 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, ICE processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although ICE’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, the FOIA does permit a 10- day extension of this time period. As your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a thorough and wide-ranging search, ICE will invoke a 10-day extension for your request, as allowed by Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you care to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request.  We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS Interim FOIA regulations, as they apply to media requesters.  As a media requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free.  We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. You will be contacted before any further fees are accrued. We have queried the appropriate program offices within ICE for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the processors in our office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.
Your request has been assigned reference number 2020-ICFO-52252. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. To check the status of an ICE FOIA/PA request, please visit . Please note that to check the status of a request, you must enter the 2020-ICFO-52252 tracking number. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the FOIA office. You may send an e-mail to ice-foia@ice.dhs.gov, call toll free (http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status) http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status (866) 633-1182, or you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Fernando Pineiro, in the same manner. Additionally, you have a right to right to seek dispute resolution services from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you are requesting access to your own records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. You may contact OGIS as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769.
Regards,

ICE FOIA Office
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009
Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
Telephone: 1-866-633-1182
Visit our FOIA website at www.ice.gov/foia

Good afternoon,

This case, 2020-ICFO-52252, has been processed and closed as of 8/12/2022.

Thank you,
ICE FOIA