Pride Month 2017, 2018, 2019 (Environmental Protection Agency)

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=EPA-HQ-2019-006996&type=request)
* Tracking Number: EPA-HQ-2019-006996
* Requester Name: Emma Best
* Date Submitted: 07/02/2019
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

Copies of records mentioning or describing Pride Month activities, events or observances in 2017, 2018 or 2019. This includes, but is not limited to:

* directives
* policies
* pride flag
* commemoration
* publications
* emails, memos, letters, and other communications with OGAs or the White House

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,

Emma Best

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This letter concerns the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National FOIA Office (NFO) on July 2, 2019.  Your FOIA request is being assigned to EPA’s Office of the Administrator (AO) for processing.  If you have any questions about the processing of your request, please contact the above-mentioned office and reference your request EPA-HQ-2019-006996.  You may contact AO’s Jonathan Newton at (202) 564-6164 or newton.jonathan@epa.gov.  You may also contact the National FOIA Office at (202) 566-1667.  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.

Hello, Please see the attached letter. Sincerely, EPA National FOIA Office

Your request for Fee Waiver for the FOIA request EPA-HQ-2019-006996 has been
denied.

* Fee Waiver Original Justification:
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and
making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
* Fee Waiver Disposition Reason:
Please see letter sent on 4/10/20

The FOIA request EPA-HQ-2019-006996 has had its Tracking Number changed to EPA-2019-006996. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:

* Old Tracking Number:
EPA-HQ-2019-006996
* New Tracking Number:
EPA-2019-006996
* Requester Name:
Emma Best
* Date Submitted:
07/02/2019
* Long Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

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

Copies of records mentioning or describing Pride Month activities, events or observances in 2017, 2018 or 2019. This includes, but is not limited to:

* directives
* policies
* pride flag
* commemoration
* publications
* emails, memos, letters, and other communications with OGAs or the White House

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,

Emma Best

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To the U.S. EPA FOIA Requester Community,

Some in the EPA Requester community have encountered problems creating FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL) accounts in the Agency's new FOIA application FOIAXpress. With the FOIAXpress application, the PAL is the best method for EPA to release voluminous records to our Requesters, without encountering MB-limiting firewalls and such transmission impediments.

The Agency is working diligently to solve this FOIAXpress issue. In the interim, we have taken the step to "push" a system-generated invitation to create a PAL account to you. You should receive an email from address noreply_nfo@epa.gov<mailto:noreply_nfo@epa.gov> with instructions on how to take the next steps to successfully establish the PAL account.

If you chose to establish this account, this would then ensure that all future interim and final responses from your FOIA requests to EPA will be available for download via the PAL. It will also allow you to submit any new requests to U.S. EPA using your PAL account.
Regards,
Rebecca Clausen, on behalf of the
EPA FOIAXpress Implementation Team