FOIA LOG FY 2019

August 30, 2019

RECEIVED DATE

disposal DATE

REQUESTER

INFORMATION

REQUESTED

DISPOSITION

EXEMPTION, DESCRIPTON, & INFO. WITHHELD

TR. NO.

9/25/18

10/1/18

Kirk Nigro

Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp

Report of all pending and closed dockets for listed companies for quarter 3 2018

GRANTED

 

63

9/25/18

10/1/18

Lee Travis

Vulcan Materials Constructions

3rd Quarter Report of all active/closed dockets for listed company and subsidiaries

GRANTED

 

64

10/19/18

10/19/18

Danelda Coleman & Travis Gosselin

DOL –SOL

Chicago, IL

Hearing Transcript

M-Class Mining, LLC

LAKE 2018-188

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/23/18

10/24/18

Jing Zang

DOL – SOL

Chicago, IL

Temp. Reinst. Hearing Transcript

Sec’y o/b/o Hickman v. Huber Carbonates

LAKE 2018-343-DM

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/24/18

10/25/18

Christopher Lopez-Loftis

DOL –SOL

Dallas, TX

Hearing Transcript

Martin Marietta Materials SW, Inc.

CENT 2018-179

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/24/18

10/25/18

Christopher Lopez-Loftis

DOL –SOL

Dallas, TX

Hearing Transcript

Martin Marietta Materials SW, Inc.

CENT 2018-228

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/24/18

10/25/18

Christopher Lopez-Loftis

DOL –SOL

Dallas, TX

Hearing Transcript

Cactus Canyon Quarries, Inc.

CENT 2018-243

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/25/18

10/29/18

Stephanie Berardinelli & Mark Colantonio

Fitzsimmons Law Firm

Complete Case File

Tunnel Ridge, LLC

WEVA 2014-425

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/29/18

10/29/18

Andy Carson

Cactus Canyon Quarries, Inc.

 

Hearing Transcript

Cactus Canyon Quarries, Inc.

CENT 2018-243

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/29/18

11/7/18

Barbara M. Villalobos

DOL – SOL

Chicago, IL

Hearing Transcript

Northshore Mining

LAKE 2017-248 et al.

GRANTED

 

  1.  

10/31/18

10/31/18

Jeffrey Light, Esq.

Law Office of Jeffrey L. Light -

Records containing HATCH Act Advisory opinions

DUPLICATE

(see 5/2/18 request)

 

  1.  

10/31/18

11/14/18

Noelle Chadwick

OSHRC - Consult

FOIA Consultation - Email chain involving Commissioner Althen

Recommended full GRANT of relevant record

 

 

11/5/18

11/20/18

Meghan Lindstrom

 

Death and trespass records from the previous five years for Kaolin Mines

WITHDRAWN

 

  1.  

11/13/18

11/20/18

Becca Britt

Jackson Kelly, PLLC

 

Records related to MSHA investigation for Case No. RM-MD 18-07

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

11/14/18

12/6/18

Jacob Sanders

Utah Valley University

Information about Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. v. FMSHRC

WITHDRAWN

 

  1.  

11/16/18

11/19/18

Abigail Daquiz

DOL – SOL

Seattle, WA

Hearing Transcript

Syar Napa Shop

WEST 2018-223-DM

GRANTED

 

  1.  

11/29/18

11/30/18

Ali Beydoun

DOL – SOL

Arlington, VA

Hearing Transcript

Performance Contracting Inc.

WEST 2018-339

GRANTED

 

  1.  

11/29/18

11/29/18

Veronica Melendez

DOL – SOL

San Francisco, CA

Hearing Transcript

Performance Contracting Inc.

WEST 2018-339

GRANTED

 

  1.  

12/6/18

12/6/18

Laura Van Note

Buty & Curliano, LLP

Complete case file

Performance Contracting, Inc.

WEST 2018-339

IMPROPER REQUEST

 

  1.  

12/18/18

1/2/19

Lee Travis

Vulcan Materials

Company

Vulcan Materials Companies- List of All Pending/Filed/Disposed cases during Calendar 2017 (January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018)

GRANTED

 

  1.  

1/2/19

1/2/19

David Sloan

O’Hara, Taylor, Sloan & Cassidy

Copy of case file

Leeco, Inc.

KENT 2012-166

WITHDRAWN

 

  1.  

1/3/19

1/3/19

Kirk Nigro

Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp

Report of all pending and closed dockets for listed companies for calendar year 2018

GRANTED

 

  1.  

1/9/19

1/9/19

Anthony Danheika

Donna Rogers

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP

Copy of testimony of witness Jack Wilson

FMC Wyoming Corp.

WEST 1986-43-RM

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

1/11/19

1/11/19

R. Jason Patterson

DOL-SOL

Chicago, IL

Transcript for Temporary Reinstatement Hearing

Huber Carbonates

LAKE 2019-106-DM

GRANTED

 

  1.  

2/8/19

2/8/19

Matthew R. Epstein

DOL-SOL

Philadelphia, PA

 

Hearing Transcript

Sec’y o/b/o Wylie v. Allegheny Mineral

PENN 2018-158-M

 

GRANTED

 

  1.  

2/8/19

2/13/19

Edward V. Hartman

DOL-SOL

Chicago, IL

Hearing Transcript

Peabody Midwest Mining, LAKE 2016-305

GRANTED

 

  1.  

2/19/19

2/25/19

Jolanta Kowalilo

Clarion Communication Systems

Contact information for FMSHRC employees who procure telecom and IT hardware for Commission

GRANTED

 

  1.  

2/25/19

3/6/19

Lisa Brantley

John B. Holmes III

Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC

Lists of active and closed dockets for Warrior Met Coal, Inc. Mine ID: 01-01247 and 01-01401

GRANTED

 

  1.  

2/25/19

2/26/19

Johana Maas

Scherzer International

Employment Verification Request

IMPROPER REQUEST FOR OTHER

 

  1.  

2/26/19

3/6/19

Brian P. Krier

DOL-SOL

Philadelphia, PA

 

Hearing Transcript

Consol Penn Coal, PENN 2018-169

GRANTED

 

  1.  

3/5/19

3/5/19

Pilar Castillo

DOL-SOL

Philadelphia, PA

 

Hearing Transcript

Consol Penn Coal, PENN 2018-116

GRANTED

 

  1.  

3/6/19

3/6/19

Kristina Derr

McAfee & Taft

All documents related to Citation Nos. 2647693, 2647694, 2647695

WEST 1986-43/44/45/110

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

3/6/19

3/6/19

Suzanne Galvin, Esq.

Debra J. Bunn

Fox Galvin, LLC

Entire MSHA file for  WEST 1986-43/44/45/110

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

3/8/19

3/13/19

Joseph Scanlon

FOIA & Privacy Act Officer
National Archives & Records Administration Referral of FOIA request from John Cofrancesco

 

Records Management Self-Assessment (Years 2015-2017)

GRANTED

 

  1.  

3/11/19

3/11/19

Ebone’ Harris

U.S. Office of Special Counsel

Consultation regarding 5/2/18 and 10/31/18 FOIA referrals to FMSHRC

INFORMED OF PARTIAL GRANT & OTHER RECORD DEEMED NOT AN AGENCY RECORD

 

 

3/12/19

3/12/19

Barbara M. Villalobos

DOL – SOL

Chicago, IL

Hearing Transcript

Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

LAKE 2018-159

GRANTED

 

  1.  

3/14/19

3/25/19

Matthew R. Epstein

DOL-SOL

Philadelphia, PA

 

Hearing Transcript

Consol Penn Coal, PENN 2018-243/255

GRANTED

 

  1.  

3/18/19

3/19/19

Lee Travis

Vulcan Materials Constructions

1st Quarter Report of all active/closed dockets for listed company and subsidiaries from Jan 1- Mar. 31, 2019

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

3/26/19

4/8/19

Eleanor Powell

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Congressional Correspondence Logs from 1/1/07-12/31/18

GRANTED

 

  1.  

4/1/19

4/2/19

Lee Travis

Vulcan Materials Constructions

1st Quarter Report of all active/closed dockets for listed company and subsidiaries from Jan 1- Mar. 31, 2019

GRANTED

 

  1.  

4/2/19

4/2/19

Kirk Nigro

Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp

Report of all pending and closed dockets for listed companies for 1st quarter 2018

GRANTED

 

  1.  

4/4/19

4/9/19

Travis Gosselin

Danelda Coleman

DOL – SOL

Chicago, IL

Hearing Transcript

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
LAKE 2019-087

GRANTED

 

  1.  

4/12/19

4/17/19

Matthew R. Epstein

DOL-SOL

Philadelphia, PA

Hearing Transcript

Consol Penn Coal
PENN 2018-244

GRANTED

 

  1.  

4/26/19

5/10/19

Barbara M. Villalobos

DOL – SOL

Chicago, IL

Hearing Transcript

Northshore Mining Co.
LAKE 2018-277

GRANTED

 

  1.  

4/26/19

4/29/19

Nathan R. Bohlander, Esq,

Morgan & Akins, PLLC

Philadelphia, PA

MSHA Records related to 2/7/19 accident involving Donald Liney at the Lehigh Cement Co.

Donald Liney v. SafeRack, et al.

 

NOT AN AGENCY RECORD

 

  1.  

5/8/19

5/8/19

Brad McElhinny

West Virginia Metro News

Demand letters from SOL, Treasury, and DOJ to companies owned by James C. Justice b/w 5/3/14-5/3/19

WITHDRAWN

 

  1.  

5/13/19

5/13/19

Gary Smith

Albany Investigation & Process Services LLC

Safety/Injury reports and other docs related Vanderbilt Minerals LLC and St. Joe’s Mining filed b/w 1/1/1977-1/1/2000

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

5/16/19

6/4/19

Brian Krier

DOL – SOL

Philadelphia, PA

Hearing transcript

Consol Penn

PENN 2019-0008

GRANTED

 

  1.  

5/20/19

5/24/19

Fatima Hussein

Bloomberg BNA

Number of FMSHRC cases resolved via settlement

GRANTED

 

  1.  

5/30/19

5/30/19

Eric McMurray

MSHA Special Investigator

Appellate Briefs

McNary v. Alcoa Alumina

GRANTED

 

  1.  

6/3/19

6/4/19

Davy Crumplar

Jacobs & Crumplar P.A.

Material Data safety sheets for lead washers

Pennsy Supply Inc.

YORK 2018-4

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

6/11/19

6/11/19

Samuel B. Petsonk

Mountain State Justice, Inc.

Hearing Transcript

Marshall Justice v. Rockwell Mining LLC

WEVA 2018-48-D

GRANTED

 

  1.  

6/13/19

6/13/19

John B. Holmes

Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC

Complete Investigative file for MSHA Case No. BARB-CD-2019-01

NOT AN AGENCY RECORD

 

  1.  

6/13/19

7/24/19

Joel Callicrate

Columbia, Md

"As many [email] messages as possible from as many individuals as possible from the last year (12 months).”

NOT PERFECTED

 

  1.  

6/27/19

7/2/19

Kirk Nigro

Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp

Report of all pending and closed dockets for listed companies b/w 4/1/19-6/30/19

GRANTED

 

  1.  

7/1/19

7/2/19

Matt Duran

Vulcan Materials Co.

2nd Quarter Report of all active/closed dockets for listed company and subsidiaries

GRANTED

 

  1.  

7/22/19

7/22/19

Chris Manthey

 

Any/all documents for Cherry v. TVX Mineral Mill

WEST 1995-423-DM

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

7/30/19

8/5/19

Davy Crumplar

Jacobs & Crumplar P.A.

Hearing exhibits

Pennsy Supply Inc.

YORK 2018-4

PARTIAL GRANT

Ex. 6 (personal/ medical information)

  1.  

8/14/19

8/22/19

Jodi Foor & Joseph Scanlon

FOIA & Privacy Act Officer

NARA

REFERRAL – Request from Michael Ravnitzsky for 2018 Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA) for FMSHRC

GRANTED

 

  1.  

8/14/19

8/26/19

Timothy Watkins, Administrator MSHA

REFERRAL – Request from UMWA for all correspondence related to Pocahontas’ POV for the Affinity Mine

GRANTED

 

  1.  

8/20/19

8/21/19

Matthew R. Epstein

DOL-SOL

Philadelphia, PA

Hearing transcript

Consol Penn Coal Co.

PENN 2019-19

GRANTED

 

  1.  

8/22/19

8/22/19

Spencer M. Thomas

SMART Solutions & Tri-Tech Enterprises Services

FMSHRC Contact information for the Executive Director

GRANTED

 

  1.  

8/27/19

8/27/19

Matthew Sparks

DOL-SOL

Kansas City, MO

Hearing Exhibits

Uehlin Quarry

CENT 2012-307

GRANTED

 

  1.  

9/6/19

9/10/19

Becca Britt

Fisher & Phillips LLP

All Post-Hearing Briefs

Peabody Twentymile Mining,

WEST 2017-247, 248, 553

GRANTED

 

  1. 62

9/18/19

9/18/19

Steven D. Sandbrook

Eagle Mine Safety

MSHA Inspectors Notes & Photographs for event 6817105

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

9/20/19

9/20/19

Keith Keeley

Ryan LLC

Listing of FMSHRC outstanding checks/ warrants that have not been cashed and older than

90 days old

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

9/24/19

9/30/19

Matthew Sparks

DOL-SOL

Kansas City, MO

Hearing Transcript

Uehlin Quarry, CENT 2011-1129/1130 /1131/2012-307

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

  1.  

9/30/19

10/2/19

Lee Travis

Vulcan Materials Constructions

3rd Quarter Report of all active/closed dockets for listed company and subsidiaries

GRANTED

 

  1.