Secretary Zinke User Fees

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

OS-2018-00188, OS-2018-00190

Status
Completed

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:

Any communications or correspondence (email, written, or otherwise) between Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, or his staff, and any employee, associate, or staffer of the Property and Environment Research Center, a Montana-based think tank and non-profit. This request only seeks correspondence related to the topic of user fees and/or entrance fees at national parks and/or other public lands. This requests seeks documents produced between June 1, 2017 and the date this request is processed.

I am a reporter with Pacific Standard 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: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Mr. Tobias:

Thank you for the continued interest in your Freedom of Information Act
requests. The Department is continuing to conduct its search for responsive
records. Once these records have been located, we will process them as
expeditiously as possible. Once our search is complete, we will be more
able to provide an estimated date of response.

Thank you for your patience.

Justin
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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 the acknowledgement letter for FOIA requests:
OS-2018-00188 and OS-2018-00190.

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: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Mr. Tobias,

RE: OS-2018-00188 and OS-2018-00190

Please reference attachments (emailed moments ago) in response to your
request for statuses.

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: Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary

Mr. Tobias,

DOI-OS-2018-000107 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial.

Given the nature of this request, some records are only being released to you as the requester. If you have an account in FOIAonline, you may access those records by [FOIAONLINE_HOME]. Otherwise, those responsive records will be sent via the method agreed upon with the FOIA processor.

Thank you.

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