Date: 12/26/2019 6:14:58 AM Mountain Standard Time
From: admin@foiaonline.gov
To: bobleyse@aol.com
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This message is to notify you of a new appeal submission to the FOIAonline application. Appeal information is as follows:
- Appeal Tracking Number: NRC-2020-000097
- Request Tracking Number: NRC-2020-000007
- Requester Name: Robert Leyse
- Date Submitted: 12/26/2019
- Appeal Status: Submitted
- Description: Appeal the administrative closure due to failure to pay fees associated with NRC-2020-000007
Date: 12/26/2019 7:21:12 AM Mountain Standard Time
From: admin@foiaonline.gov
To: bobleyse@aol.com
The FOIA appeal - NRC-2020-000097 description has been modified. Additional details for this item are as follows:
- Tracking Number: NRC-2020-000097
- Requester: Robert Leyse
- Submitted Date: 12/26/2019
- Description: Appeal the administrative closure due to failure to pay fees associated with NRC-2020-000007
Date: 12/26/2019 7:34:53 AM Mountain Standard Time
From: TINA.ENNIS@nrc.gov
To: bobleyse@aol.com
Dear Mr. Leyse,
Please find attached a copy of NRC’s final response to your FOIA appeal, NRC-2020-000097.
Thank you,
Tina Ennis
FOIA Analyst (QualX Contractor)
OCIO/GEMS/ISB
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissi
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001
December 26, 2019
NRC-2020-000097
(NRC-2020-000007)
Mr. Robert Leyse
P.O. Box 2850
Sun Valley, ID 83353
Dear Mr. Leyse:
This in response to your letter dated December 18, 2019, in which you sought to appeal our November 5, 2019, administrative closure of your request for various AEOD and/or NSAC documents that were referenced in a December 13, 1984 letter.1
Our October 21, 2019 email notified you of an advanced payment of $1,089.45, as the NRC's FOIA regulations direct us to obtain an advance payment from a requester whenever the estimated fees exceed $250.00, before we continue with the processing of such a request. We also informed you that if we did not receive payment by November 4, 2019, we would administratively close our file on your request. You responded by justifying that you “should not be classified as ‘non-excepted because this is an investigation of corrupt practices between NRC and NSAC.” After sending you a copy of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s government-wide Guidelines for FOIA Fees, and acknowledging your stated reason for submitting your request, that reason does not fall within any of the favored fee categories (i.e., representative of the news media, an educational institution, or non-commercial scientific institution) under the FOIA and the OMB guidelines.
Since we did not receive the payment of estimated fees associated with processing your request by the given deadline, your request was not perfected under the statute. The agency’s administrative closing of our file on your request is not an adverse determination from which you may appeal. See 10 CFR 9.29.
If you choose to re-submit your request, please keep in mind that the fee estimate associated with processing your request, as originally described, is expected to remain the same and you will be required to pay the estimated fee before your request will be processed. However, you may choose to narrow the scope of your request to reduce the cost.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Blaney /s/
Stephanie A. Blaney
FOIA Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
1 In your original request, you identified four documents, as well as all records reflecting the technical relationship between NSAC and AEOD. You then supplemented/clarified that you were interested in obtaining copies of any AEOD documents that reflect upon its relationship with NSAC (even if not a document between the two entities).
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