Williams Bellmar
Tracking # |
DOI-FWS-2024-000095 |
Submitted | Nov. 7, 2023 |
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From: Jimmy Tobias
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent or received by Martha Williams or her immediate deputies and executive staff that contain one or more of the following key words or phrases: "Spilker", "Collier Enterprises", "Tarpon Blue", "Bellmar", and/or "Rural Lands West". This request seeks records produced since March 1, 2022.
I am a reporter for the Florida Center for Government Accountability and other outlets.
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,
Jimmy Tobias
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dear Jimmy Tobias,
Case Number DOI-FWS-2024-000095 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference case number DOI-FWS-2024-000095.
Regards,
DOI
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dear Jimmy Tobias,
The status of your FWS FOIA request #DOI-FWS-2024-000095 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
DOI
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dear Jimmy Tobias,
The status of your FWS FOIA request #DOI-FWS-2024-000095 has been updated to the following status 'Assigned for Processing'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
DOI
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mr. Tobias, The United States Fish and WildlifeService (FWS) FOIA office received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)request, dated 11/08/2023, and assigned it control number DOI-FWS-2024-000095Please cite this number in any future communications. You request: Any and all written or electroniccommunications, including email attachments, sent or received by MarthaWilliams or her immediate deputies and executive staff that contain one or moreof the following key words or phrases: "Spilker", "CollierEnterprises", "Tarpon Blue", "Bellmar", and/or"Rural Lands West". (Date Range for Record Search: From 3/1/2022 To11/8/2023) Fee Category and Fee: We have classified you as an “other”requester. As such, we may charge you for some of our search andduplication costs, but we will not charge you for our review costs; you arealso entitled to up to 2 hours of search time and 100 pages of photocopies (oran equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. Youhave asked us to waive the fees for processing your request.? Our FOIAregulations state that bureaus will waive, or partially waive, fees ifdisclosure of all or part of the information is: (1) Inthe public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public?understanding of government operations or activities, and
(2) Notprimarily in your commercial interest. See 43 C.F.R. §?2.45(a) .? Our FOIA regulations also providefour specific criteria that are used to determine whether these tworequirements are met.? See 43 C.F.R. §?2.48(a) .? Your request meets the requirements,and your fee waiver has been granted. Multitrack Processing: We use MultitrackProcessing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests thatwould generally take one to five workdays to process. The Normal track is forrequests that would generally take six to twenty workdays to process. TheComplex track is for requests that would generally take twenty-one to sixtyworkdays to process. The Extraordinary track is for requests that wouldgenerally take more than sixty workdays to process. The Expedited track is forrequests that have been granted expedited processing, which are processed assoon as practicable. Within each track, requests are usually processed on afirst-in, first-out basis. Your request falls into the Normal processing track. Foradditional information please feel free to me at dori_abernathy@fws.gov Sincerely, Dori Abernathy , FWS FOIA Coordinator
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dear Jimmy Tobias,
The status of your FWS FOIA request #DOI-FWS-2024-000095 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
DOI
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 Nov. 7, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOI-FWS-2024-000095.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mr. Tobias,
Thank you for checking on FOIA Request DOI-FWS-2024-000095. The search for responsive records is underway however, as of today, there are 13 requests ahead of yours in my processing queue. I will continue to work diligently to get all of the new and referred FOIA requests processed in the order they are received so that all requesters are treated with the same attention.
Sincerely, Dori Abernathy , HQ ES FOIA Coordinator
Beadvised, I will be out of the office December 22, 2023 through January 3, 2023and will have limited access to email.
From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mr. Tobias, Attached is our response letter for FOIA requestDOI-FWS-2024-000095. Below is a link to a Fileshare, a document sharing sitethat contains a folder with the responsive documents. https://fws-fileshare.box.com/s/spqx3bnotwa2c275v4q3i4k153vee0kx (https://fws-fileshare.box.com/s/spqx3bnotwa2c275v4q3i4k153vee0kx) The link will be active for 10 days from the date ofthis letter. Please let me know if youhave any issue opening the link at dori_abernathy@fws.gov. Thank You, Dori Abernathy , FWSFOIA Coordinator
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From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dear Jimmy Tobias,
The status of your FWS FOIA request #DOI-FWS-2024-000095 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
DOI
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