Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (Department of Energy)

Hi Graham,

Attached is the DOE's acknowledgement of your request.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,

Kathleen

Kathleen Drohan
FOIA Analyst
CRI Contractor
US Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6814

Hello Mr. Kates,

In order to process your FOIA Request you will need to provide a fee agreement. Below please find the fee agreement statement templates that we need in order to process your FOIA request. Please email me back your option to place in your file and begin processing. You do have the option to request a waiver or reduction of fees, however if you chose this option I suggest you go to our website at https://energy.gov/doe-headquarters-foia-request-form to fill out the accompanying waiver factors form we need to make that determination.

FEES AND WAIVERS
Your request must include a statement that (1) you agree to pay any fees that may be incurred to process the request; (2) stipulates an amount you are willing to pay; or (3) requests a specific waiver or reduction of fees.

Please select the statement that applies *

- I agree to pay all applicable fees.

- I agree to pay up to a specified amount for fees. Maximum Fee is $______ (usually $15.00 is standard fee most Requesters use)

- I request a waiver or reduction of fees.

Sincerely,

Yvonne A. Marquez, Esq.
Central Research, Contractor to the
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
202-287-6686

Thank you.

Hi Graham,

Attached is correspondence from the DOE regarding your request.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,

Kathleen

Hi Graham,

I wanted to discuss your EJ IWG request with you. Is there a phone number I could reach you at? Otherwise, feel free to call me at 202.287.6814.
Thanks,

Kathleen

Good afternoon Graham,

I am the new FOIA Analyst assigned to your request. I wanted to send you an email introducing myself and also to inquire if you are still interested in the request.

Please let me know.
Best,

Michael G. Snytkin, Esq.
FOIA Analyst - CRI Contractor
Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585
(202) 586-7504

Good morning Mr. Kates,

We have received responsive documents and are currently reviewing them. I will be in touch with you next week to provide another update.

Thank you for your patience.
Best regards,

Michael Snytkin.

Hello Mr. Kates,

As promised, I am writing to update you on your request. I reviewed the documents responsive to your request and sent them to a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for concurrence. Once the SME reviews the documents, they will be sent to the General Counsel's office for their review. We are working diligently to get you the documents.

If you have any follow-up questions, you can always email me, or alternatively contact me directly at 202-586-7504.
Best regards,

Michael.

Hello Mr. Kates,

The documents responsive to your request have been reviewed and are with the Office of Legacy Management for concurrence. I know you have been waiting for some time, but we are working diligently to get you the documents.

If you have any follow-up questions, you can always email me, or alternatively contact me directly at 202-586-7504.
Best regards,

Michael.

Good morning Mr. Kates,

I will follow up again. Thank you for your patience.

Michael.

Good morning Mr. Kates,

Good news, your request has moved up to senior level review. I hope to have a response to you soon.

Thank you for following up.

Michael.

Hello Mr. Kates,

We hope to get you the documents in the next week or so. Thank you for remaining patient.
Best regards,

Michael.

Good morning Mr. Kates,

Attached is a Final Response to the above referenced FOIA request. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,

Lars S. Hydle, Esq.
FOIA Analyst
Central Research, Inc., Contractor
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20585
(202) 287-6730

Dear Mr. Kates This email acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated June 27, 2017, which was referred by the Department of Energy and received in the USDA Forest Service Washington Office (WO) FOIA Service Center on January 02, 2020 .  Y ou requested: All emails, memorandums or reports that reference the "Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice" or "EJIWG", produced during the year 2016, and between January 1, 2017 and June 25, 2017. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2017 To 6/25/2017) The Department of Energy referred 33 documents to this office for review and release determination. Please be advisedthat the WO FOIA Service Center has a backlog of pending FOIA requests andappeals.  We are diligently working to process each request and appeal inthe order in which it was received.  Your patience is greatly appreciated. To check on the status of your request, you may contact Althea Granger at 202-205-1317, or via e-mail to althea.granger@usda.gov.  Please reference your assigned case number, 2020-FS-WO-01695-F.
Thank you,

FOIA Service Center Team Forest Service

01/16/2020
Graham Kates
DEPT MR 39226
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA, 02144

requests@muckrock.com
RE: Freedom of Information Request - EPA-HQ-2020-002256
Hello,
This letter concerns the above-mentioned Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National FOIA Office (NFO) on 01/14/2020. You are seeking the following records: Referral of documents from Department of Energy tracking number HQ-2017-01342-F sent on January 3, 2020. Original request description: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records: All emails. memorandums or reports that reference the "lnteragency Working Group on Environmental Justice" or "EJ TWG", produced during the year 2016, and between January 1, 2017 and June 25. 2019. The requested documents will be made available lo 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 CD­ROM if not. .
Your FOIA request was assigned for processing. If you have any questions about the processing of your request, please contact the office mentioned below and reference your FOIA request tracking number EPA-HQ-2020-002256. Office of the Administrator FOIA Program:  You may contact AO's Victor Farren at (202) 564-0808 or farren.victor@epa.gov. (mailto:farren.victor@epa.gov.)

If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, you may seek assistance from EPA’s FOIA Public Liaison at hq.foia@epa.gov or call (202) 566-1667. You may also seek assistance from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). You may contact OGIS in any of the following ways: by mail, Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8610 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001; email: ogis@nara.gov; telephone: (202) 741-5770 or (877) 684-6448; or fax: (202) 741-5769. For all media inquiries, please contact press@epa.gov.
Sincerely,
National FOIA Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Please see the attached letter and enclosures reference Freedom of
Information Act request FWS-2020-00302.

For additional information please feel free to contact me.

Thank you,
Barb
--
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041

Mr. Kates,

In reviewing records responsive to your FOIA request (HQ-2017-01342-F), the Department of Energy located 13 pages of records originating with HUD. DOE referred these pages to HUD to review and provide a response directly to you. Attached, please find HUD's response regarding these 13 referred pages.
Best,

Ethan G. Bodell, Esq.
Government Information Specialist
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of the Executive Secretariat

The FOIA referral EPA-HQ-2020-002256 has had its Tracking Number changed to EPA-2020-002256. This is normally due to the referral being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this referral are as follows:

* Old Tracking Number:
EPA-HQ-2020-002256
* New Tracking Number:
EPA-2020-002256
* Requester Name:
Graham Kates
* Date Submitted:
01/14/2020
* Long Description:
Referral of documents from Department of Energy tracking number HQ-2017-01342-F sent on January 3, 2020. Original request description: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records: All emails. memorandums or reports that reference the "lnteragency Working Group on Environmental Justice" or "EJ TWG", produced during the year 2016, and between January 1, 2017 and June 25. 2019. The requested documents will be made available lo 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 CD­ROM if not.

EPA-2020-002256 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: Over the next 2 hours, these records are also being added to FOIAonline's search pages, further enabling you to retrieve these documents associated with your FOIA request at any time. View Records (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=EPA-2020-002256&type=referral)