Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station Siren Documents (1982-2019) (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
| Tracking # |
FOIA-2023-000018 |
| Multi Request | Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station Siren Documents (1982-2019) |
| Submitted | Oct. 20, 2022 |
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From: Joseph Pasteris
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Documents pertaining to the installation, use, and decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts' siren system between the spring of 1982 and the fall of 2019. The system appears to have been a Federal Signal siren system, including models SiraTone 408, SiraTone 612, and Modulators.
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,
Joseph Pasteris
From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Good afternoon. The NRC's FOIA Office has no record of any previous request from you about this subject matter. I note that the link to MuckRock's site shows that you intended to submit in on October 20, 2022. But I note that the address to which you sent it is incorrect (if you actually mailed it). However, we did receive your November 1st submission and will log it in today.
It is our practice to send our responses, including any released records, electronically. However, it would be helpful for our processing to have a telephone number for you, should the assigned specialist have any questions.
Margo L. Stevens
FOIA Analyst/Team Leader (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06A-00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
Telephone #: (301) 415-8148
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From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Good afternoon Mr. Pasteris.
Acknowledgment letter signed by Stephanie A. Blaney, FOIA Officer. No hard copy to follow. If you are unable to open the document, please let us know by return email (addressed either to me, or to FOIA.Resource@nrc.gov) or call 301-415-7169.
Please do not reply to noreply@ains.com, this email box does not accept incoming messages. To contact the assigned FOIA Specialist please respond to stephan.ellis@nrc.gov. If you are interested in receiving information from the NRC FOIA program, subscribe to our distribution list.
Regards,
Stephan M. Ellis
FOIA Analyst (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06-A00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
(301) 415-3655
From:
Good morning Mr. Pasteris
Acknowledgment letter signed by Stephanie A. Blaney, FOIA Officer. No hard copy to follow. If you are unable to open the document, please let us know by return email (addressed either to me, or to FOIA.Resource@nrc.gov ) or call 301-415-7169.
Please do not reply to noreply@ains.com , this email box does not accept incoming messages. To contact the assigned FOIA Specialist please respond to stephan.ellis@nrc.gov. If you are interested in receiving information from the NRC FOIA program, subscribe to our distribution list Thank you.
Stephan Ellis
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Good afternoon Mr. Pasteris.
Sorry for the delayed response as you sent your inquiry via fax and I work remotely. Please be advised that I am currently working on your request and I may be able to provide you with a response soon. Should you have any further questions or concerns, you can reach me via email. Thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Stephan M. Ellis
FOIA Analyst (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06-A00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
(301) 415-3655
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Good morning Mr. Pasteris.
Upon review of the documents, I had to send out a consultation to seek approval to release portions of the responsive records. Once I receive the response then I may proceed with processing your request. Thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Stephan M. Ellis
FOIA Analyst (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06-A00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
(301) 415-3655
From: Joseph Pasteris
Hi Stephan,
Thanks for the reply. I was unaware that some of the documents are being reviewed for potential FOIA exemptions.
Never thought there would be classified information about a siren system, haha. I will wait for further updates.
Thanks,
Joseph Pasteris
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 1, 2022. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 15, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #FOIA-2023-000018.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Good afternoon.
As you was informed we did a consultation to seek approval to release portions of the responsive records. We received the ok to release those documents to you I also have responsive documents that were non-public but I have received the ok to release in full. Please be advised that there are a lot of publicly available information that are available on the NRC website. I will be providing you with the documents that I specifically received from the program office that were mark nonpublic at the time but after consulting with the program office they may be released in their entirety. I am working on providing you with the ML numbers for the responsive records and I will be able to deliver our response to next week. Again because there has been a lot of back and forth with this request I thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Stephan M. Ellis
FOIA Analyst (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06-A00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
(301) 415-3655
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From: Joseph Pasteris
Stephan,
Thanks so much for your assistance! I understand these things take time, but I appreciate you following through.
The ML numbers will be available on ADAMS, correct?
Thanks,
Joseph
From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Yes. Once I confirm their availability. I will provide you with those numbers in my response. Thanks.
Regards,
Stephan M. Ellis
FOIA Analyst (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06-A00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
(301) 415-3655
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From: Joseph Pasteris
OK, I'll be checking ADAMS and awaiting their upload. Hopefully we'll see them early next week!
From: Joseph Pasteris
Hi Stephan,
Just checking in and seeing how things are going. I’m guessing the response is taking longer than anticipated this week.
Thanks,
Joseph
From: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Good morning.
Yes however my supervisors’ review is complete and I sent it to our legal dept for final review. Once they complete their review it’ll be ready to be sent to you.
Again thanks for your patience.
Regards,
Stephan M. Ellis
FOIA Analyst (Pathfinder Consultants Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/FLIC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop: TWFN-06A-60M Office Location: TWFN-06-A00
Rockville, Maryland 20555-0001
(301) 415-3655
From: Joseph Pasteris
Thanks Stephan,
I’ll await the final review and will be checking ADAMS. I’m assuming the amount of responsive pages to this request is a reasonably high size given the review process.
Thanks,
Joseph
From: Joseph Pasteris
Good afternoon Stephan,
I’m just looking to see where the legal team’s review is at and when I can expect a further update on this FOIA response.
Thanks a bunch,
Joseph Pasteris
From:
Good morning Mr. Pasteris.
We are pleased to inform you that we have completed work on the above-referenced FOIA request. While this response will ultimately be made available to the public, we have attached a copy of the final Form 464 response to this email. Please take a moment to help us improve our FOIA processes and let us know what your experience has been. Just click on this embedded link http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/foia-user-survey.html . Once you have completed the survey, just click the "SUBMIT" button and your survey response will be returned to us. (Note: You will need Adobe Reader in order to complete the survey online. If you do not already have Adobe Reader, you may download it for free at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.) Please do not reply to noreply@ains.com; this email box does not accept incoming messages. To contact the assigned FOIA Specialist, please respond to stephan.ellis@nrc.gov.
Thank you for your patience. Stephan Ellis
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