June 28, 2001

Mr. Shahram Ghasemian

United States Enrichment Corporation IN RESPONSE REFER
6903 Rockledge Drive TO FOIA/PA-2001-011A
Bethesda, MD 20817-1818 (FOIA/PA-2001-0162)

Dear Mr. Ghasemian:

I am responding to your letter of May 1, 2001, to Carol Ann Reed in which you appealed the
Agency’s April 5, 2001, response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated
March 2, 2001. You sought copies of certain NRC Office of Investigations reports and related
information.

Acting on your appeal, the record in this case has been carefully reviewed and it has been
determined that the previously withheld information will continue to be withheld from public
disclosure pursuant to Exemption 7(A) of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(A)) and 10 CFR
9.17(a)(7(i) of the Commission’s regulations. Therefore, your appeal is denied.

The denied records, identified on the enclosed Appendix A, contain information the release of
which could reasonably be expected to interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding.
Release of this information could allow those being investigated to learn the scope, direction,
and focus of investigatory efforts and thus could possibly allow them to conceal wrongdoing or
a violation of NRC requirements.

This is a final agency decision. As set forth in the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(B)), judicial review
of this decision is available in a district court of the United States in the district in which you
reside or have your principal place of business or in the District of Columbia.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl J. Paperiello
Deputy Executive Director
for Materials, Research and State Programs

Enclosure: As stated
Mr. Shahram Ghasemian
United States Enrichment Corporation IN RESPONSE REFER
6903 Rockledge Drive TO FOIA/PA-2001-011A
Bethesda, MD 20817-1818 (FOIA/PA-2001-0162)

Dear Mr. Ghasemian:

I am responding to your letter of May 1, 2001, to Carol Ann Reed in which you appealed the
Agency’s April 5, 2001, response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated
March 2, 2001. You sought copies of certain NRC Office of Investigations reports and related
information.

Acting on your appeal, the record in this case has been carefully reviewed and it has been
determined that the previously withheld information will continue to be withheld from public
disclosure pursuant to Exemption 7(A) of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(A)) and 10 CFR
9.17(a)(7(i) of the Commission’s regulations. Therefore, your appeal is denied.

The denied records, identified on the enclosed Appendix A, contain information the release of
which could reasonably be expected to interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding.
Release of this information could allow those being investigated to learn the scope, direction,
and focus of investigatory efforts and thus could possibly allow them to conceal wrongdoing or
a violation of NRC requirements.

This is a final agency decision. As set forth in the FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(B)), judicial review
of this decision is available in a district court of the United States in the district in which you
reside or have your principal place of business or in the District of Columbia.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl J. Paperiello
Deputy Executive Director
for Materials, Research and State Programs

Enclosure: As stated

Distribution: EDO r/f

ADAMS ACCESSION NUMBER: ML011500122

ADAMS DOCUMENT TITLE: FOIA/PA-2001-011A(2001-0162)

OFFICE CIO/IMD/ISB/FOIS EDITOR CIO/IMD/ISB/FOIS Region III OE–JGL for

NAME NOBrown/RA/ Pkleene/RA/ CAReed /RA/ JLCaldwell/RA/ FJCongel/RA/
DATE 05 /29/2001 05/29/2001 05/30/2001 06/06/2001 05/31/2001
OFFICE OI--JAF for OGC DEDMRS
NAME GPCaputo/RA/ RBaum CJPaperiello
DATE 05/31/2001 6/13/2001 06/26/01 / /2001 / /2001
 Re: FOIA/PA-2001–011A
(FOIA-2001-0162)

APPENDIX A
RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY

NO. DATE DESCRIPTION/(PAGE COUNT)/EXEMPTIONS

1. Various Records subject to the request maintained in the NRC

Region III files pertain to an ongoing enforcement
proceeding and are being withheld in entirety.
(Approximately 12" of records) EX. 7A

2. Various Records subject to the request maintained in the NRC Office

of Enforcement files pertain to an ongoing enforcement
proceeding and are being withheld in entirety.
(Approximately 2" of records) EX. 7(A)

3. Various Records subject to the request maintained in the NRC Office

of Investigations files pertain to an ongoing enforcement
proceeding and are being withheld in entirety.
(Approximately 16 3/4" of records) EX. 7(A)