Miranda Manatee
Tracking # |
DOI-FWS-2022-002985 |
Submitted | April 4, 2022 |
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From: Jimmy Tobias
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent or received by Regional Director Leo Miranda since January 1, 2020 that contains one or more of the following words or phrases: "manatee", "manatees", "Pacific Legal Foundation" and/or "PLF".
This request also seeks any written or electronic communication, including email attachments, sent or received by Leo Miranda related to the downlisting of the West Indian manatee that the Fish and Wildlife Service completed in 2017.
I am a reporter for The Guardian and other outlets.
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,
Jimmy Tobias
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOI-FWS-2022-002985&type=request)
* Tracking Number: DOI-FWS-2022-002985
* Requester Name:
Jimmy Tobias
* Date Submitted: 04/05/2022
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent or received by Regional Director Leo Miranda since January 1, 2020 that contains one or more of the following words or phrases: "manatee", "manatees", "Pacific Legal Foundation" and/or "PLF".
This request also seeks any written or electronic communication, including email attachments, sent or received by Leo Miranda related to the downlisting of the West Indian manatee that the Fish and Wildlife Service completed in 2017.
I am a reporter for The Guardian and other outlets.
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,
Jimmy Tobias
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From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Your request for Fee Waiver for the FOIA request DOI-FWS-2022-002985 has been
determined to be not applicable as the request is not billable.
* Fee Waiver Original Justification:
I am a reporter for The Guardian and other outlets.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
* Fee Waiver Disposition Reason:
N/A
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Dear Jimmy Tobias:
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) FOIA office received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated 04/05/2022, and assigned it control number DOI-FWS-2022-002985; FOIA request dated 04/05/2022 and assigned control number DOI-FWS-2022-002986 and FOIA request dated 04/05/2022 and assigned control number DOI-FWS-2022-002987. All 3 requests are generally seeking information concerning "manatee","manatees", "Pacific Legal Foundation" or "PLF" from Leopolodo Miranda, Roxana Hinzman and Larry Williams. Because your 3 requests are on a single subject and made within a 30-day period, we are for efficiency aggregating the requests. All 3 requests will be processed under DOI-FWS-2022-002985. Please cite this number in future communications with our office. Request numbers DOI-FWS-2022-002986 and DOI-FWS-2022-002987 will be administravily closed. Fee Category and Fee
We have classified you as a representative of the news media. As such, we may charge you for some of our duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our search or review costs; you also are entitled to up to 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See . 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. (http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=0fc3ab3499768eebc2e3691c8cf88dec&rgn=div5&view=text&node=43:1.1.1.1.2&idno=43#43:1.1.1.1.2.7.5.3) 43 C.F.R. § 2.39 See 43 C.F.R. § 2.37(g)
Because there is no billable cost to process your request, there is no need to address your fee waiver request. Multitrack Processing
We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests that would generally take one to five workdays to process. The Normal track is for requests that would generally take six to twenty workdays to process. The Complex track is for requests that would generally take twenty-one to sixty workdays to process. The Extraordinary track is for requests that would generally take more than sixty workdays to process. The Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited processing, which are processed as soon as practicable. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a first-in, first-out basis. Your request falls into the Complex processing track.
Because we will need to search and collect requested records from field facilities and the regional office, we are taking a sixty workday extension under . We therefore expect that we will dispatch a determination to you by June 30, 2022. We apologize for this delay in finalizing our decision. You may narrow the scope of your request to obtain quicker processing in your currently assigned track or move the request into a different track (which may have the effect of having it processed more quickly). You also may agree to an alternative time period for processing by communicating with us. (http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=0fc3ab3499768eebc2e3691c8cf88dec&rgn=div5&view=text&node=43:1.1.1.1.2&idno=43#43:1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6) 43 C.F.R. § 2.19(b) Delay
The Headquarters FOIA Office is currently experiencing a backlog of request. This is due to retirements, turnovers, and/or absences. We apologize for the delay in processing your request. For additional information please feel free to contact us at fwhq_foia@fws.gov or by phone at 916-414-6682. (mailto:fwhq_foia@fws.gov)
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
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Dear Mr. Tobias:
Please see the attached letter in reference to Freedom of Information Act DOI-FWS-2022-002985 has been processed with the following final disposition: Full Grant.
Records were released to the public as a result of this request. You may retrieve these records immediately using the following link: View Records 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. (https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=DOI-FWS-2022-002985&type=request)
For additional information please feel free to contact me at barbara_beckett@fws.gov.
Respectfully,
Barb
FWS FOIA Coordinator
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