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XI. FOIA Regulations |
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10 CFR Part 9 (Available at NRC's Web site)
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Fee Schedule (FY 2006) |
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Search and Review: |
SES/Commissioners (ES-4) |
$84.48/hr |
$1.40/min |
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Professional (GG-13/6) |
$50.16/hr |
$0.83/min |
Clerical (GG-7/7) |
$24.45/hr |
$0.40/min |
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Duplication: |
$0.20 per page |
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Minimum fee: |
$15.00 (NRC does not charge a fee if the total fee is less than $15.00) |
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XII. Report on FOIA Executive Order Implementation |
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On December 27, 2006, NRC forwarded a modified FOIA Improvement Plan to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The modification changed two items in NRC's original plan.
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The original plan called for NRC to complete a computer-based FOIA training module in FY 2006. The modified plan changed the completion date to December 31, 2007.
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The original plan called for NRC to provide FOIA rotational assignment opportunities to the NRC staff. The modified plan does not include this action.
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B. |
NRC completed the following actions as outlined in our initial FOIA Improvement Plan. |
Improvement Area 1: "Hire an additional full-time contractor to assist with processing records in response to FOIA requests in FY 2007."
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Improvement Area 2 : "Develop a process and begin acknowledging requests through e-mail, no later than August 31, 2006." |
"Complete test of onscreen redaction software and identify best business practices for using it, no later than January 31, 2007."
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Improvement Area 4: "Complete development of the specific plan for expedited processing, no later than October 31, 2006." |
"Provide the expedited process plan and educate FOIA coordinators and senior management FOIA officials, no later than November 30, 2006." |
Improvement Area 5: "Update the FOIA guide on the NRC FOIA Web site and the annual end of year report to DOJ to include examples of the NRC record categories for each FOIA exemption used by NRC, no later than September 30, 2006." |
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N/A |
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D. |
N/A |
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E. Exemption 1 |
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Exempts from public disclosure records that are specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, and that are properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order. |
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Exemption 2 |
Exempts from public disclosure internal personnel rules and policies of an agency. |
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Exemption 3 |
Exempts from public disclosure by statute indicated: Sections 141 - 145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data; Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards Information; and 41 U.S.C. 253(b) prohibits the disclosure of contractor proposals in the possession and control of an executive agency unless the proposal is incorporated in the final contract. |
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Exemption 4 |
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Exempts from public disclosure trade secrets, commercial, or financial Information that is confidential business (proprietary). |
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Exemption 5 |
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Exempts from public disclosure inter-agency or intra-agency memoranda or letters which would not be available by law to a party in litigation with the agency. |
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Exemption 6 |
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Exempts from public disclosure personnel and medical files and similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. |
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Exemption 7 |
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Exempts from public disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local, or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual. |
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The date range for requests pending was from July 3, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
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NRC has no ongoing consultations with other agencies.
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G. |
The electronic version of NRC's "FOIA Improvement Plan – Modified" can be found on our Web site at Executive Order 13392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information, and on that page select "FOIA Improvement Plan – Modified." |