Records: Sea Launch
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| Tracking # |
2020-007049 |
| Submitted | May 12, 2020 |
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From: T. McElwee
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All FAA records mentioning or pertaining to the Commercial Space Transportation License for Sea Launch, which is assigned the license number LLO 02-066 by the Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
This includes the original application for this license; all subsequent revisions submitted by members of the corporate consortia that have held this license; all required disclosures, such as proofs of insurance and reports of the Sea Launch Environmental Monitoring and Protection Plan; all submissions pursuant to launches by the licensee; all safety inspection data; and all findings and reports related to accident or near-miss reporting in the Aviation Safety Reporting System.
If any potentially responsive records have been destroyed and/or transferred to NARA, then I request copies of the destruction or transfer slips as well as any other documentation relating to, mentioning or describing said transfer or destruction, to include but not be limited to confirmation that the FAA has no other copies of said records.
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,
T. McElwee
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Aviation Administration
Dear Mr. McElwee,
I hope that this finds you well and safe. Attached you will find the Acknowledgment Letter in response to your Freedom of Information Act request. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the coordinator(s) found in the letter.
Respectfully,
Alan Billings
FOIA Business Analyst
Federal Aviation Administration AFN-400
(O) 202-267-6352
alan.billings@faa.gov<mailto:alan.billings@faa.gov>
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From: Federal Aviation Administration
Dear Sir or Madam,
I'd like to set up a time to talk to about the scope of your FOIA request, and the potential fees.
If you could let me know convenient times we could call, that would be helpful.
Sincerely
Brian Rushforth
Chief of Staff
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
(202) 267-9617
From:
Hello Sir or Madam,
We didn't receive a response from the prior email, if no response is received by Thursday, July 6, 2020 the request will be automatically closed. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you,
Lina Garcia
NextGen Program Analyst
Federal Aviation Administration
NAS Lifecycle Planning Division (ANG-C7)
Office: (202) 847-4967 Ext: 147
From: T. McElwee
re: FOIA request # 2020-007049 ("Records: Sea Launch")
To whom it may concern:
This is in response to the emails of Lina Garcia and Brian Rushforth regarding the above-captioned FOIA request.
I am more than happy to hear from the FAA on its concerns regarding the scope of the request. However, I must insist that this communication format (email) is best for the deliberate process of dealing with those concerns. Please state them in writing. I will listen.
I hope that this clarifies issues, and look forward to the agency's response.
- T. McElwee
From: Federal Aviation Administration
Dear Sir or Madam:
There are several issues.
First, what you are requesting is a very, very large search. All records pertaining to Sea Launch, it’s license, safety inspections, etc. is potentially thousands of dollars in search and review. To the extent we can narrow down “all records mentioning or pertaining to” on this licensee, that would help.
Secondly, many of the records are physical, and again the search and duplication required will be substantial. In addition, our offices are currently closed to non-essential personnel due to COVID-19.
On the environmental documents, many of those were formally publicly available, so we are moving those to FAA FOIA Library. When they are online, we can let you know. There is no charge for those.
Finally, we would be unable to find responsive records in the Aviation Safety Reporting System, a system run by NASA. ASRS records are voluntary reported and de-identified before they arrive to FAA systems.
If you do not wish to modify the scope, we will conduct a full estimate of the cost of the search for your review and approval.
I have found that when working with the public, media, and others on scope issues, it’s a lot easier to have conversation about it, and then follow up with an email for the record. If you would like to do that, I’m happy to talk.
Sincerely,
Brian Rushforth
Chief of Staff
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
(202) 267-9617
From: Federal Aviation Administration
Dear Sir or Madam:
As we’ve had no response from you on the scoping of this request, we are closing this FOIA request.
Sincerely,
Brian Rushforth
Chief of Staff
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
(202) 267-9617
From: Federal Aviation Administration
I have changed it to closed on our books and sent an email to Kimberly McCormick to get AFN to formally close it.
Regards.
Dick
From: Federal Aviation Administration
September 27, 2023 Thomas McElwee
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DEPT MR 93076
411 A Highland Avenue
Sommerville, MA 02144-2516 Re: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request 2020-000752-508875 Dear Mr. McElwee: Please find attached the FAA's response to your October 21, 2019 FOIA request, concerning records related to aircrafts known to be connected to Epstein: N908JE (registered to JEGE INC) ; N909JE (registration unknown); and N212JE (registered to JEGE LLC and PLAN D LLC) including all inquiries to the FAA and answers from the FAA for information requests on Epstein or the listed aircraft from other agencies. Sincerely,
Security andHazardous Materials Safety (ASH) FAA Washington HQ
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