INFORMATION REPORT 

September 13, 2016 SECY-16-0103 

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT – WEEK ENDING 

 AUGUST 26, 2016 

CONTENTS Enclosure 

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of the Chief Information Officer C 

Office of the Secretary D

 

 /RA/ 

 Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: M. Ralph, OEDO 

 301-415-1720
September xx, 2016 SECY-16-xxxx 

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT – WEEK ENDING 

 AUGUST 26, 2016 

CONTENTS Enclosure 

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of the Chief Information Officer C 

Office of the Secretary D

 

 Original /RA/ by: 

 Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: M. Ralph, OEDO 

 301-415-1720 

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OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO 

NAME MRalph RLewis 

DATE 09/ /2016 09/ /2016 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
AUGUST 26, 2016 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending August 26, 2016 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind 

Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment 

No. 2: Direct Final Rule; Part 72 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(Regulation Identifier Number 3150-AJ75; NRC-2016-0103) 

On August 23, 2016, the NRC published a direct final rule in the Federal Register (81 FR 57442) 

amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the “List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks” to include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1032 for the Holtec 

International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System. The companion 

proposed rule was also published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2016 (81 FR 57497). 

Unless significant adverse comments are received, the direct final rule will become effective on 

November 7, 2016. 

 
AUGUST 26, 2016 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending August 26, 2016 

ARRIVALS 

NONE 

RETIREMENTS 

NONE 

DEPARTURES

BANERJEE, URVI STUDENT MANAGEMENT ANALYST OIG 

CASTO, EMILY ANNE STUDENT ENGINEER RES 

JOHNSON, SAVANNAH LEIGH STUDENT ENGINEER RES 

RUBIC, MARK BRANCH CHIEF R-III 
AUGUST 26, 2016 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending August 26, 2016

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received 

During the Period of August 19, 2016 – August 26, 2016, as submitted by requester 

Copies of specified documents associated with NRC Office of 

Investigations case number 2-2015-003 FOIA/PA-2016-0666 

All responsive records related to Dr. Edward Shum of the NRC and the 

West Lake Landfill, Latty Avenue Site, St. Louis Airport Storage Site 

(SLAPS), or Mallinckrodt Downtown Site between 1970 and 1995 

FOIA/PA-2016-0667 

Access to, and copies of, a paper presented to the NRC by Marth 

Dibblee, Oregon Health Division's Radiation Control Section, re: 

Precision Castparts dumping of radioactive material, 1989 

FOIA/PA-2016-0668 

All responsive records related to Dr. Germain LaRoche of the NRC and 

the West Lake Landfill, Latty Avenue Site, St. Louis Airport Storage Site 

(SLAPS), or Mallinckrodt Downtown Site between 1970 and 1995 

FOIA/PA-2016-0669 

All responsive records related to William T. Crow of the NRC and the 

West Lake Landfill, Latty Avenue Site, St. Louis Airport Storage Site 

(SLAPS), or Mallinckrodt Downtown Site between 1970 and 1995 

FOIA/PA-2016-0670 

All responsive records related to the Office of General Counsel (OGC) 

investigation and research into potential legal action to require the firmer 

licensee, Cotter Corp., to take remedial action or remove radioactive 

materials from the West Lake Landfill between 1980 and 1995 

FOIA/PA-2016-0671 

All communications with Washington State Department of Health and 

email suffix @DOH.WA.GOV, and the NRC Regional office that covers 

Washington State, 2015-current date 

FOIA/PA-2016-0672 

All letters to Department of Corrections, Washington State, and all letter 

to NRC from above FOIA/PA-2016-0673 

Copies of all past subpoenas served on agency, 2005 through December 

31, 2009 FOIA/PA-2016-0674 

Copies of all past settlement agreements and non-disclosure agreements 

NRC has entered into related to money/funds payout and/or past legal 

lawsuits, 2015-current 

FOIA/PA-2016-0675 

Copy of meeting strategy, who attended meeting, and records showing 

titles of names/case action numbers, court in which they were filed, that 

were mentioned in email to Todd Massee from Margo Stevens June 1, 

2015 at 2:42pm, re: FOIA 2015-0270, and full un-redacted copy of email 

FOIA/PA-2016-0676 
AUGUST 26, 2016 ENCLOSURE C 

Email from Marvin Itzkowitz to Charles Mullins dated Jan. 11, 2016, 

7:25am, re: FOIA 2016-0164 FOIA/PA-2016-0677 

Memo from Charles Mullins to Gabriele Chidichimo dated December 29, 

2015, FOIA 2016-0164 FOIA/PA-2016-0678 

All internal/external communication related to FOIA case 2016-0504 and 

FOIA appeal 2016-0124A FOIA/PA-2016-0679 

All internal and external communication in FOIA cases and FOIA 

appeals: 2016-0506, 2016-0507, 2016-0113A and 2016-0116A FOIA/PA-2016-0680 

Name and title of Washington Department of Health staff who is to be 

sent notice of and when a radioactive shipment is done in Washington 

State 

FOIA/PA-2016-0681 

Pages of the NRC Records Retention Schedule that show the number of 

years that subpoenas, civil lawsuits on NRC, and civil lawsuits filed by 

NRC are retained for 

FOIA/PA-2016-0682 

Summary index of all settlements, court complaints (whether resolved or 

unresolved) and pending litigations with NRC, 2005-current FOIA/PA-2016-0683 

Names and titles of the court filings spoke of in letter to me dated May 

12, 2015, from Roger Andoh, FOIA case #2015-0270, second paragraph FOIA/PA-2016-0684 

Appeal the zero findings of copies of past requests that the FOIA 

program be audited in 2016, from staff, non-staff that were sent to the 

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting FOIA audit, in response 

to FOIA/PA-2016-0592 

FOIA/PA-2016-0144A 

Appeal the search performed for a letter from Representative Ed Markey, 

on handling of lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal involving 

radioactive patients, and copy of lawsuit, in response to FOIA/PA-2016-

0615 

FOIA/PA-2016-0145A 

Appeal the denial of fee waiver in response to FOIA/PA-2016-0671 FOIA/PA-2016-0146A 
AUGUST 26, 2016 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending August 26, 2016 

Document Released to Public Date of 

Document 

Subject 

Decision Documents

1. Staff Requirements 

Memorandum – 

SECY-16-0093 

08/19/2016 Rulemaking Plan for Revisions to 

Transportation Safety Requirements and 

Harmonization with International Atomic 

Energy Agency Transportation Requirements 

2. Vote Record – SECY-16-0093 08/19/2016 Rulemaking Plan for Revisions to 

Transportation Safety Requirements and 

Harmonization with International Atomic 

Energy Agency Transportation Requirements 

3. SECY-16-0097 08/15/2016 Fee Setting Improvements and Fiscal year 

2017 Proposed Fee Rule 

4. SECY-16-0098 08/19/2016 Tribal Consultation Policy Statement and 

Protocol 

5. COMSECY-16-0011 06/30/2016 Procedures for Mandatory Hearings on 

Construction Permit Applications for Medical 

Isotope Production and Utilization Facilities 

6. Staff Requirements 

Memorandum – COMSECY-16-

0011 

08/26/2016 Procedures for Mandatory Hearings on 

Construction Permit Applications for Medical 

Isotope Production and Utilization Facilities 

7. Vote Record – COMSECY-16-

0011 

08/26/2016 Procedures for Mandatory Hearings on 

Construction Permit Applications for Medical 

Isotope Production and Utilization Facilities 

Commission Correspondence 

1. Letter to the Honorable Sean Patrick Maloney responds to his letter with concerns regarding 

the restart of Indian Point Energy Center Unit 2 and the need for a safety review of Unit 3, 

dated August 15, 2016. 

2. Letter to Mr. Gregory Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, Government 

Accountability Office (GAO), responds to GAO Report-16-501, “Information Security 

Agencies Need to Improve Controls over Selected high-Impact Systems,” dated 

August 15, 2016. 

3. Letter to SEN Thad Cochran and REP Harold Rogers provides the third quarterly report on 

the NRC’s progress on certain licensing actions and right-sizing commitments, dated 

August 17, 2016. 
AUGUST 26, 2016 ENCLOSURE D 

Federal Register Notices Issued 

1. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 636th Meeting of the Full Committee – 

Notice of Meeting September 8-10, 2016. 

2. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) Call for Nominations – 

Radiation Safety Officer. 

3. Enhanced Participation in NRC Public Meetings – Proposed revision to policy statement; 

request for comments [NRC-2016-0178].