Soneshine Atomic Energy Commission Contract

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* Tracking Number: NRC-2018-000822
* Requester Name: Kris Newby
* Date Submitted: 09/18/2018
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I would like copies of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission contract AT (40-1) 3514, 1966-1970, and associated progress reports, including "1966. The use of radioisotopes for studies on the ecology of tick vectors of disease. First Annual Process Report to the U.S. Atomic Energy commission, 60 pp." The principal investigator on the project is Daniel E. Sonenshine at Old Dominion College/University in Norfolk, Virginia.
I have been referred to you by Mr. Bishnoi, who hasn't been able to locate the documents at the Dept of Energy.
Mayank Bishnoi, Esq.
Central Research, Contractor to the
US Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6686
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,
Kris Newby

The FOIA request - NRC-2018-000822 description has been modified. Additional details for this item are as follows:
* Tracking Number: NRC-2018-000822
* Requester: Kris Newby
* Submitted Date: 09/18/2018
* Description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I would like copies of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission contract AT (40-1) 3514, 1966-1970, and associated progress reports, including "1966. The use of radioisotopes for studies on the ecology of tick vectors of disease. First Annual Process Report to the U.S. Atomic Energy commission, 60 pp." The principal investigator on the project is Daniel E. Sonenshine at Old Dominion College/University in Norfolk, Virginia.
I have been referred to you by Mr. Bishnoi, who hasn't been able to locate the documents at the Dept of Energy.
Mayank Bishnoi, Esq.
Central Research, Contractor to the
US Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6686
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,
Kris Newby

Kris,

We received a FOIA request from you on 9/18 via FOIAOnline.

The request was for copies of the U.S. AEC contract AT (40-1) 3514, 1966-1970, and associated progress reports, including "1966. The use of radioisotopes for studies on the ecology of tick vectors of disease. First Annual Process Report to the U.S. AEC, 60 p.p."

Your request also stated that DOE referred you to the NRC.

I wanted to verify your contact information. The email address submitted with your request was requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>. There was no phone number listed. Can you also provide a phone number? If this email address is not correct, please provide where else we can email you.

Also, are you looking for a copy of the contract and all available associated process reports? We may need to obtain copies from microfiche or from off-site storage. Documents from this time period are not always available electronically.

We typically email our acknowledgment letters, so I will send it out once I verify your email address.
Thanks,
Karen

Karen Danoff
Government Information Specialist, FOIA Team
Governance & Enterprise Management Services Division
Office of the Chief Information Officer
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
301-415-5072
Karen.Danoff@nrc.gov<mailto:Karen.Danoff@nrc.gov>

The FOIA request - NRC-2018-000822 has been supplemented with additional supporting files. Additional details for this item are as follows:
* Tracking Number: NRC-2018-000822
* Requester: Kris Newby
* Submitted Date: 09/18/2018
* Description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I would like copies of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission contract AT (40-1) 3514, 1966-1970, and associated progress reports, including "1966. The use of radioisotopes for studies on the ecology of tick vectors of disease. First Annual Process Report to the U.S. Atomic Energy commission, 60 pp." The principal investigator on the project is Daniel E. Sonenshine at Old Dominion College/University in Norfolk, Virginia.
I have been referred to you by Mr. Bishnoi, who hasn't been able to locate the documents at the Dept of Energy.
Mayank Bishnoi, Esq.
Central Research, Contractor to the
US Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20585
(202) 287-6686
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,
Kris Newby

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Good Morning,
I am the FOIA specialist at the NRC working on your FOIA request, assigned case number, NRC-2018-000822.  You asked for a copy of the U.S. AEC contract AT (40-1) 3514, 1966-1970, and associated progress reports.
Is there another email address where we can contact you?  Also, do you have a direct phone number, or a phone number where we can reach you if we have any questions about your request?
I had sent you an email to the email address that you provided within FOIAOnline ( requests@muckrock.com) on 9/21/18, but it went unanswered, but it was not returned. (mailto:requests@muckrock.com)
Thanks,
Karen Danoff
Government Information Specialist, FOIA Team
Governance & Enterprise Management Services Division
Office of the Chief Information Officer
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
301-415-5072 Karen.Danoff@nrc.gov (mailto:Karen.Danoff@nrc.gov)

Good Morning,

I wanted to follow up on my questions below. I also sent you a question directly through FOIAOnline this morning. Your account access should allow you to see my email. I am starting to work on your request, and wanted to make sure that I had the most correct contact information, if we need to contact you for questions or further clarification.
Thanks,
Karen

Karen Danoff
Government Information Specialist, FOIA Team
Governance & Enterprise Management Services Division
Office of the Chief Information Officer
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
301-415-5072
Karen.Danoff@nrc.gov<mailto:Karen.Danoff@nrc.gov>

The FOIA request - NRC-2018-000822 description has been modified. Additional details for this item are as follows:
* Tracking Number: NRC-2018-000822
* Requester: Kris Newby
* Submitted Date: 09/18/2018
* Description: Copies of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission contract AT (40-1) 3514, 1966-1970, and associated progress reports, including "1966. The use of radioisotopes for studies on the ecology of tick vectors of disease. First Annual Process Report to the U.S. Atomic Energy commission, 60 pp."

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