Letter to William Thomas 9/8/94
United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service Office Washington
P.O. Box 96090
14th & Independence SW
Washington, DC 20090-6090
Reply to: 8270-1-1
Date: Sept. 8 1994
Mr. William Thomas
2817 11th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Dear Mr. Thomas:
This letter is in response to your August 4, 1994, Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA)
request for "a list of the names and addresses of all individuals
and organizations who
submitted public comment in response to the regulations referred
to in the enclosed
NFS press release."
In your August 4, 1994, letter you state "because the
Administrative Procedures Act
requires that the agency compile a loge of public comment
received in response to
proposed rulemaking, it is curious that your exhaustive and
reasonable search did not
uncover a document responsive tom (my) request." The FOIA under
5 U.S.C. 552, is
not required to create a new record in order to fulfill a request
for records. At the time
of your earlier request letter dated May 23, 1994, there was no
document that was
responsive to your request.
The public comments received by the Forest Service, as referred
to in the NFS press
release, are located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center (FLCTC), where
they are currently being reviewed, assessed and categorized. The
log is in the
process of being compiled and will be available for release
around the end of October,
1994. You may wish to submit a rew
request at a later date. You are also free to view the public
comments at the site. the
address for the FLETC is as follows:
Federal; Law Enforcement Training Center
USDA Forest Service Law Enforcement
Glynco, Georgia 31524
Contact person: Jack Gregory
Tel.: (912) 267-2471
To the extent that no list of names or addresses exists at this
time, there are no
records responsive to your request. The FOIA provides you the
right to appeal this
determination. Any appeal must be made in writing to the Chief,
USDA Forest
Service, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, D.C. 20090-6090, within 45
days from the date
of this letter. The term "FOIA appeal," should be placed in
capital letters on the front
of the envelope.
Sincerely,
J. Lamar Beasley
Deputy Chief for Administration
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