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RECEIVED DATE DISPOSAL DATE INFORMATION

REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

9/07/2022 10/06/202206/12/2023

09/26/2023

11/22/2023

All communications originating from former Chair 

Traynor regarding hiring records of certain 

Commission employees, disciplinary records of 

Commission employee, delegation of authority 

records, proposed nomination and confirmation 

records for Commissioner position, and referring or 

related to former Commission ALJ.

PARTIALLY GRANTED Ex. 2, 5, 6 48

7/14/2023 9/14/2023

1/03/2024

All emails mentioning extensive list of search terms 

with William Althen

PARTIALLY GRANTED Ex. 2, 5, 6 38 783896

7/14/2023 1/03/2024 All emails mentioning extensive list of search terms 

with Timothy Baker

NOT PERFECTED 39 784051

9/14/2023 12/06/2023 Copies of all OGE Form 202 and OGE form 278e or 

278-T generated since 1/1/2021

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

IMPROPER FOIA REQUEST

56 851641

9/15/2023 1/18/2024

1/30/2024

1/30/2024

2/07/2024

Records identifying political appointees entering the 

agency from 1/20/2021 to present and elements of 

relevant personnel files.

PARTIALLY GRANTED Ex. 6 57 853781

9/15/2023 11/08/2023 - Records detailing monthly occupancy or vacancy 

rates for FMSHRC’s five largest buildings from 

1/1/2020 – 12/31/2022

- Copies of all COVID-related agency telework policies 

from 1/2020- 4/1/2023

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

PARTIALLY GRANTED

Exs. 2, 5 & 6

58 855976

9/15/2023 12/20/2023 List of all contracts or grants referred for OIG 

investigation or scrutiny due to fraud, waste or abuse 

since 2017

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 59 858111

9/15/2023 09/28/2023

11/08/2023

Copies of all internal FOIA processing and procedure 

policies between 2018 and present and list of 50 

oldest pending FOIA requests

PARTIALLY GRANTED Ex. 2 60 860651
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REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

9/18/2023 11/08/2023 Records detailing FMSHRC’s usage and retention 

policies for various internal communication platforms 

like Microsoft Teams since 2018

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 61 863651

9/18/2023 11/08/2023 All manuals or records regarding e-discovery as it 

relates to discovery during litigation since 2021

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 62 865201

9/19/2023 2/05/2024 Copies of records related to the I.G.’s investigation 

into alleged employee misconduct 

PARTIALLY GRANTED Exs. 5, 6, & 7 63

10/02/2023 10/03/2023 Vulcan Materials Companies- List of All 

Pending/Filed/Disposed cases during third quarter for 

calendar 2022 

GRANTED 1

10/03/2023 10/03/2023 Report of all pending and closed dockets for listed 

companies during the third quarter for calendar year 

2022

GRANTED 2

10/23/2023 11/15/2023 -Lists or summaries of records requested 3 or more 

times are likely to become subject of subsequent 

requests under FOIA

-Records necessary to a determination of whether 

frequently requested records have been made 

publicly available

-Agency Policies or memorandums on tracking 

frequently requested records

PARTIALLY GRANTED Ex. 5 3 908086

10/23/2023 11/15/2023 Memorandums or directives pertaining to gender 

identity, or the implementation of EO 1398: 

'Preventing and Combating Discrimination on The 

Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation' from 

January 20, 2021 to present

PARTIALLY GRANTED 4 910216

10/23/2023 12/05/2023 Records or lists pertaining to Sensitive Case Reports 

(SCRs), or analogous document inventories, which 

encompass comprehensive details concerning 

subjects, keywords, or areas of sensitivity pertaining 

to FOIA or Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) 

requests, thereby facilitating the monitoring of FOIA 

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 5 912336
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INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

or MDR requests that may be deemed sensitive or 

prone to garner media or congressional scrutiny

10/25/2023 3/25/2024 A copy of the agency's intranet home page, a copy of 

the agency's intranet sitemap page (such as 

containing an internal reference of intranet pages or 

directories), and subsequently, a copy of each page 

connected to from the agency's intranet homepage

WITHDRAWN 6 916681

10/30/2023 10/30/2023 Data on total number of full time and part time FOIA 

employees and total number of employees employed 

by agency

IMPROPER FOIA REQUEST 7 922266

10/31/2023 11/3/2023 Agency policies, directives, and SOPs regarding 

human trafficking or counter human trafficking

NOT AN AGENCY RECORD 8 926831

11/06/2023 12/13/2023 Records regarding sole sourced contracts issued by 

the agency under 5 million dollars (USD), and the 

relied upon documentation and supplemental 

materials in awarding the sole source contracts -

including, but not limited to: sole source 

justifications, approval paperwork and designated 

approving authority, any supplemental 

documentation in support of a sole source 

determination

NOT PERFECTED 9 935761

11/06/2023 12/13/2023 All contracts, agreements, policies, procedures, 

manuals, memorandums, memorandums of 

understanding (MOU's) or directives pertaining to 

unions or labor unions and the number of employees 

included in any labor contracts, agreements, or 

memorandums of understanding (MOU's)

NOT PERFECTED 10 937866

11/07/2023 11/07/2023 TR Hearing Transcript

Rice v. Nally & Hamilton

WITHDRAWN 11

11/07/2023 11/07/2023 Special Assessment Reviews for several orders and 

citations and exhibits for Cemex Construction 

Materials Florida, LLC, SE 2022-0185

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 12
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REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

11/10/2023 11/29/2023 All communications between political appointees 

employed or assigned to the agency and the 

Partnership for Public Service (Email Domain 

@ourpublicservice.org), and all agency 

memorandums, policies, directives, event flyers or 

descriptions, grants or contracts between the agency 

and the Partnership for Public Service, including all 

supporting or supplemental documents.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 13 946481

11/13/2023 11/22/2023 Hearing Transcript

Morton Salt and Quinn Norwood, CENT 2023-0135 et 

al.

GRANTED 14

11/15/2023 11/16/2023 Hearing Transcript

Rice v. Nally & Hamilton, KENT 2023-0014

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 15 951981

11/30/2023 12/05/2023 Hearing Transcript

Sec’y o/b/o Kelser v. Peabody SE Mining, LLC, et al. 

SE 2024-0025

GRANTED 16

12/01/2023 12/01/2023 Hearing Transcript

Billy Cooper Stone, 

CENT 2023-0216

GRANTED 17

12/09/2023 1/26/2024 Copies of all implementing directives, orders, 

memorandums, policies, guidance, or MOUs 

pertaining to Executive Order 14019: Promoting 

Access to Voting; communications, contracts, or 

MOUs with 501c3’s (non-profits), or other 501c 

entities that are non-governmental agencies; 

guidance, directives, memos, or legal opinions on 

Hatch Act obligations relevant implementation from 

March 7, 2021 to present

PARTIALY GRANTED Exs. 5, 6 18 978926
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REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

12/09/2023 12/13/2023 Looking for grants and sponsorships and scholarships NOT AN AGENCY RECORD 19 979536

12/09/2023 2/13/2024 Copies of all implementing directives, orders, memos, 

policies, guidance, or MOUs pertaining to Executive 

Order 14052: Implementation of the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act.; all directives, orders, 

memos, policies, guidance, or MOUs, or contracts 

pertaining to the Infrastructure Implementation Task 

Force, Justice40 Initiative, or mentioning 

‘environmental justice’ from 11/15/ 2021 to present

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 20 980441

12/09/2023 2/15/2024

3/13/2024

Copies of all implementing directives, orders, memos, 

policies, guidance, or MOUs pertaining to Executive 

Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home 

and Abroad; all directives, orders, memos, policies, 

guidance, MOUs or agency implementing instructions 

from January 27, 2021 to present

PARTIALY GRANTED Exs. 5, 6 21 982256

12/14/2023 12/15/2023 Oral Argument Transcript

Saldivar v. Grimes Rock

WEST 2021-0178

GRANTED 22

12/15/2023 12/18/2023 TR Hearing Transcript

SOL o/b/o Hoover v MOSenecaMfr LLC dba American 

Tripoli, 

CENT 2024-0024

GRANTED 23

12/21/2023 12/21/2023 Hearing Transcript

Billy Cooper Stone

CENT 2023-0216

GRANTED 24

12/27/2023 1/03/2024 Hearing Transcript

Morton Salt

CENT 2023-0120

GRANTED 25

1/02/2024 1/03/2024 Vulcan Materials Companies- List of All 

Pending/Filed/Disposed cases during calendar 2023 

GRANTED 26
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REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

1/02/2024 1/03/2024 Report of all pending and closed dockets for listed 

companies for calendar year 2023

GRANTED 27

1/02/2024 1/03/2024 Hearing Transcript

Morton Salt

CENT 2023-0009 ET AL

GRANTED 28

1/03/2024 1/03/2024 Hearing Transcript

Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC

WEST 2023-0157

GRANTED 29

1/10/2024 1/23/2024 Copy of all citations for conveyor belt line from 

10/1/23 – 11/15/23 for 

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 30

1/29/2024 1/26/2024 All marketing materials created, implemented, or 

disseminated in support of implementing Executive 

Order 14019, including but not limited to print, 

advertising, social media, and other marketing 

materials and marketing activities; grants issued or 

pending in support of EO to any non-profit or 

commercial entity; records showing the number of 

voter registration or vote-by-mail ballot application 

forms distributed or received by the agency under 

EO; agency notes, meeting agendas, calendar invites, 

pre-read documents, memos, implementing plans or 

directives.

PARTIALY GRANTED Exs. 5, 6 31 1036166

1/29/2024 1/29/2024 Records related to GLOMAR FOIA responses issued by 

the agency in 2023 from January 1, 2023 to 

December 31, 2023.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 32 1041881

1/29/2024 3/25/2024 All training materials presented to agency employees 

or contractors between January 1, 2021 and present 

mentioning DEI, Transgender, Equity, or 'Pronouns.

PARTIALY GRANTED Exs. 2, 4, 6 33 1044031
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REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

1/29/2024 1/29/2024 All training materials presented to agency employees 

or contractors between January 1, 2021 and present 

mentioning DEI, Transgender, Equity, or 'Pronouns.

DUPLICATE 34 1044036

1/29/2024 1/29/2024 All direct messages sent or received through the 

agency's official social media accounts (such as 

Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) Accounts) from 

January 1, 2023, to the present.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 35 1045796

1/29/2024 1/29/2024 All Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) or 

administrative policies, instructions, memorandums, 

guidance, standard operating procedures, or 

procedural documents mentioning transgender, or 

gender affirming, or pronoun and usage from January 

20, 2021 to the present.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 36 1047651

1/29/2024 1/29/2024 A list of all new GS-15 or SES employees or 

appointees that have entered the agency in the last 7 

months (from 1 July, 2023 to present), including 

name of the employee, title, office, official email, and 

official phone number.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 37 1049406

1/29/2024 2/15/2024 Records showing vacancy or occupancy rates of the 

agency’s largest building or headquarters building, by 

month (or days if available), for the year of 2023 

(January 1, 2023 to December, 2023); and documents 

showing the number of full-time employees (FTE) 

subject or covered under Agency telework 

agreements as of 1 January 2024. 

GRANTED (Ex. 6 – info. Not within 

scope)

38 1051161

1/29/2024 4/11/2024 All legal opinions, policies, or authorities (such as 

NSM’s, NSPM’s, Execution Orders, Operations Orders, 

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 39 1053371
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REQUESTED

DISPOSITION EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, &

INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

Fragmentary Orders, etc.) mentioning ‘commercially 

available information, CAI, publicly available 

information, PAI, advertising technology, or adtech., 

from January 1, 2018, to the present. (Also search 

Intelink or Sharepoint or the Agency's equivalent)

2/06/2024 2/06/2024 Copy of Petition and Prehearing Order 

General Drilling Div. of Tri GE, LAKE 2023-283

GRANTED 40

2/08/2024 2/15/2024 User guides, manuals, or instructional materials 

related to navigating and using the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Review Commission's website.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 41 1067041

2/09/2024 2/12/2024 Copy of Petition

General Drilling Div. of Tri GE, KENT 2023-0139

IMPROPER REQUEST 42

2/202/2024 2/28/2024 Hearing Transcript

Warrior Met Coal

SE 2023-0082/0083

GRANTED 43

3/14/2024 3/20/2024 Commission Meeting Management Meeting 

Minutes/Notes for 1996-2000.

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 44 1113731

3/14/2024 4/10/2024 Current and previous position descriptions for Chair 

and Commissioners

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS 45 1113726

3/20/2024 3/20/2024 Communications/talking points describing E.O. 

14019, Promoting Access to Voting from 1/15/2021 –

4/12/2022

PARTIALY GRANTED Ex. 2, 5, 6 46

3/25/2024 PENDING Complaints, disciplinary actions, human resources 

disputes, litigation notices, or settlements (or 

settlement negotiations) for or against any SES or GS15 employees, or any appointees (including Schedule 

C or detailed Appointees) from 1/1/2022 to 

3/25/2024

47

4/1/2024 4/2/2024 Vulcan Materials Companies- List of All 

Pending/Filed/Disposed cases during first quarter for 

CY 2024

GRANTED 48
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REQUESTED

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INFO. WITHHELD

TRACKING NO. FOIA PORTAL 

TRACKING NO.

4/5/2024 4/8/2024 Pleadings, correspondence, decisions, orders and 

rulings, Kamin, LLC, SE 2023-0242/0243/0244

PARTIALLY GRANTED Ex. 6 49

4/9/2024 4/9/2024 List of all pending and disposed cases for listed 

companies during the first quarter for CY 2024

GRANTED 50