MTR Study Cancellation

Jimmy Tobias filed this request with the Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary of the United States of America.
Tracking #

OS-2018-00244

Due Dec. 1, 2017
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

Communications

From: Jimmy Tobias

To Whom It May Concern:

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

All documents and correspondence related to the Office of the Secretary's August decision to order the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt a study of health risks for residents near mountaintop removal and other surface coal mining sites in the Appalachian Mountains. This requests pertains to documents and correspondence produced between January 20, 2017 and the date this request is processed.

I am a reporter for The Nation magazine, and the requested documents will be made available to the general public. 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:

Please find attached the acknowledgement for FOIA request OS-2018-00244.

Thank you,
Karmen
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From:

Mr. Tobias,

REGARDING: OS -2018-00244

Please know that we are still waiting to receive all records before we can
begin processing.

We are working as expeditiously as possible.
Thank you for contacting our office.
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From:

Mr. Tobias,

REGARDING: OS -2018-00244

Regarding the staus of your request, we are still waiting to receive all
records before we can
begin processing.

Thank you for your patience and contacting our office.

Karmen
--
Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From:

Mr. Tobias,

RE: OS-2018-00244

Our office is waiting to receive all records from the program office. We
are unable to provide a timeline of completion. As soon as we receive the
records, we will begin processing.

Therefore, you can expect to hear from us promptly regarding the outcome of
this search.

Please know we are working as expeditiously as possible to process and
release your requested records. Thank you for contacting our office.

v/r,

Karmen
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From:

Dear Mr. Tobias,

We are waiting on responsive records for this request. Please be assured
that we are working expeditiously to gather documents and will send the
response as promptly as possible.
Thanks,

Cindy

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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From:

Dear Mr. Tobias,

Thank you for your inquiry. At this time we are still waiting on a program
office to send us any potentially responsive records as we do
not retain records in the OS FOIA office. Once we have those records, we
can begin processing them. While we cannot provide you a timeline at this
point, please be assured we are working to complete your request as
promptly as we can.
Thanks,

Cindy Sweeney

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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Good afternoon:

Please see the attached response letters and records related to the
litigation reflected above.
Thanks,
Ryan

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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Dear Mr. Tobias,

Please find attached a partial response letter and responsive records for
the above-referenced matter.

Thank you,
Daylyn
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Department of the Interior
Office of the Secretary, FOIA Office
1849 C Street, NW, MS-7328
Washington, D.C. 20240
os_foia@ios.doi.gov
(202) 513-0765 - phone
(202) 219-2374 - fax

From: Jimmy Tobias

Hello,

A number of responses to this request appear to be missing, or were perhaps sent to the wrong email address. Could you please send me all records released for this request as soon as possible.

Thanks so much.

Jimmy Tobias

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