FOIA Logs

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

7/14/2023

1/03/2024

All emails mentioning extensive list of search terms with Timothy Baker

NOT PERFECTED

39

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

4

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 or MDR requests that may be deemed sensitive or prone to garner media or congressional scrutiny

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

5

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

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

10/31/2023

11/3/2023

Agency policies, directives, and SOPs regarding human trafficking or counter human trafficking

NOT AN AGENCY RECORD

8

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

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

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

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

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

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

12/09/2023

12/13/2023

Looking for grants and sponsorships and scholarships

NOT AN AGENCY RECORD

19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1/29/2024

4/11/2024

All legal opinions, policies, or authorities (such as NSM’s, NSPM’s, Execution Orders, Operations Orders, 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)

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

39

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

2/09/2024

2/12/2024

Copy of Petition

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

IMPROPER REQUEST

42

2/20/2024

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

3/14/2024

4/11/2024

Current and previous position descriptions for Chair and Commissioners

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

45

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 GS-15 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

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

4/16/2024

4/16/2024

MSHA Investigation File

Kamin, LLC, SE 2023-0242/243/244

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

51

4/16/2024

4/23/2024

Email correspondence of Assistant District Manager Kevin Hirsh containing any of the specific list of terms provided by requester

PARTIALY GRANTED

Ex. 6

52

4/22/2024

5/2/2024

Hearing Transcript

Peabody SE Mining, LLC, SE 2023-0065/0102

GRANTED

53

4/26/2024

5/2/2024

Hearing Transcript

Peabody SE Mining, LLC, SE 2023-0020/0060

GRANTED

54

5/2/2024

5/2/2024

All records relating to any listening sessions concerning Executive Order (E.O.) 14019 from 1/20/21 to present

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

55

5/6/2024

5/13/2024

Hearing Transcript

Morton Salt, Inc.

CENT 2023-0287

GRANTED

56

5/7/2024

6/5/2024

Hearing Transcript

Peabody North Gateway Mining

LAKE 2023-0139

GRANTED

57

5/13/2024

5/14/2024

Hearing Transcript

Morton Salt, Inc.

CENT 2023-0287

WITHDRAWN

58

5/21/2024

5/21/2024

MSHA Citation form 2023 (all documents/ never received any formal paperwork in the mail or via email) MSHA 7000-1 Form- Update with the 2023 citation information

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

59

5/31/2024

6/4/2024

Full case file

CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC

SE 2022-0185

PARTIALY GRANTED

Ex., 5, 6

60

6/4/2024

6/20/2024

All filings

Iron Mountain Quarry

WEST 2019-0082

GRANTED

61

6/17/2024

6/25/2024

Records on Political Appointees entering agency since 1/1/2024

PARTIALY GRANTED

62

6/17/2024

6/20/2024

Records related to Glomar Responses since 1/1/2024

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

63

6/18/2024

6/20/2024

Information on sponsorships, grant directories, databases, and transcript resources

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

64

6/18/2024

6/20/2024

Information on sponsorships, grant directories, databases, and transcript resources

DUPLICATE

65

6/25/2024

6/25/2024

Hearing Transcript

Certified Crane & Rigging

CENT 2023-0264

GRANTED

66

6/26/2024

PENDING

A current electronic list of all FMSHRC employees including Employee Full Name, Agency Name, Duty Station, Full Address Duty Station County, Work Email Address, and Job Title Salary

67

7/1/2024

7/1/2024

List of all pending and disposed cases for listed companies during the second quarter for CY 2024

GRANTED

68

7/1/2024

7/1/2024

Vulcan Materials Companies- List of All Pending/Filed/Disposed cases during second quarter for CY 2024

GRANTED

69

7/10/2024

7/10/2024

Submitted citation contest through FOIA email, which did not contain actual request

IMPROPER REQUEST

70

7/11/2024

7/11/2024

Hearing Transcript

Sec’y o/b/o Hoover v. American Tripoli

CENT 2024-0131

GRANTED

71

7/16/2024

PENDING

All filings

Sec’y o/b/o Hoover v. American Tripoli

CENT 2024-0131

72