FOIA LOG FY 2017

November 21, 2017

RECEIVED DATE

DISPOSAL DATE

REQUESTER

INFORMATION

REQUESTED

DISPOSITION

EXEMPTION NO. & DESCRIPTON

TRACKING NO.

10/1/16

10/3/16

Lee Travis,

Vulcan Materials Co.

List of Q3 global case statistics for Vulcan companies

GRANTED

 

               1           

10/1/16

10/3/16

David Dunford, Pacificorp

List of Q3 global case statistics for Pacificorp companies

GRANTED

 

               2           

10/3/16

10/3/16

Andrew Rempfer, Esq.

Law Ofc Steven J. Parsons

Transcript

Hamilton v. American Mining & Tunneling

WEST 2016-326

GRANTED

 

               3           

10/4/16

10/5/16

Rachel L. Graeber DOL/SOL

Transcript

M-Class Mining, LLC

LAKE 2016-0587

GRANTED

 

               4           

10/4/16

10/5/16

Lynne Dunbar

DOL./SOL

Transcript

Mach Mining, LLC

LAKE 2014-0746

GRANTED

 

               5           

10/7/16

10/20/16

Jordan Peterson,

Univ of So Cal

Lists of Past Commissioners and Chairmen

GRANTED

 

               6           

10/13/16

10/13/16

Anthony Fassano – SOL/DOL

Transcript

Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co.

PENN 2016-132

GRANTED

 

               7           

10/14/16

10/17/16

Polly Hampton

SOL/DOL

Transcript

J.S.S. v. Nicholas Contura, LLC

WEVA 2016-615-D

GRANTED

 

               8           

10/20/16

11/9/16

Emily Gellings

Reinhart Boerner VanDeuren, S.C.

Copy of case file

LEECO, Inc.

KENT 2012-166

PARTIAL GRANT

EX. # 6 redactions & information under Commission SEAL

               9           

10/20/16

11/07/16

Kenneth Hancock, Esq.,

Hancock Law, P.A.

Copy of case file

PARTIAL GRANT

EX. # 6 redactions

             10          

10/24/16

11/07/16

Michele Horn

SOL/DOL

Transcript

GRANTED

 

             11          

10/24/16

10/26/16

Fabian Zarogoza

Records re: mining gold in Mexico and list/catalog of available publications

NOT AGENCY RECORD

 

             12          

10/25/16

10/26/16

Laura Pearson

SOL/DOL

Transcript

GRANTED

 

             13          

11/3/16

11/3/16

Jane Hwang

DOL/SOL

Transcript

Consolidation Coal Co.

WEVA 2016-69

GRANTED

 

             14          

11/10/16

11/10/16

Mike Ravnitzky

Copy of FOIA appeals’ logs from 2009 to present

GRANTED

 

             15          

11/10/16

11/14/16

Candace B. Smith,

Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC

Copy of Petition & Copy of Penalty Petition & Decision

SE 2014-146

PARTIAL GRANT

Ex. # 4 redaction

             16          

11/14/16

12/2/16

Russ Kick

All briefing materials & info re Presidential Transition prepared for Agency Review Teams & incoming political appointees

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             17          

11/22/16

11/29/16

Maria C. Rich

DOL/MSHA

Transcript

Gabel Stone Co.

CENT 2015-621 & -630

GRANTED

 

             18          

11/22/16

12/20/16

Sherry Robinson,

LexisNexis

Order dated 4/17/91

Hatfield v. Colquest Energy, Inc.

SE 90-122-D

GRANTED

 

             19          

12/6/16

12/8/16

Michael Ravnitzky

Briefing materials related to presidential transition for Agency review/landing teams  for 7/1/16 to present

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             20          

12/8/16

12/8/16

Thomas F. McLoughlin, Esq.

Tri-State Geologic & Mining Service, LLC

Transcript

Rock N Roll Coal Co.

WEVA 2015-889, et al.

GRANTED

 

             21          

12/12/16

12/15/16

Charles H. Morgan

Alston & Bird LLP

All documents related to settlement,

The Doe Run Co.

CENT 2016-392 thru -396

GRANTED

 

             22          

12/15/16

12/16/16

Abigail Daquiz

DOL/SOL

Transcript

Jeffrey Pappas v. Calportland Co.

WEST 2016-264-DM

GRANTED

 

             23          

12/16/16

12/21/16

Thomas J. Motzny

SOL

Transcript

SOL/Ramsey v. Vulcan Construction Materials

SE 2016-145-DM

GRANTED

 

             24          

12/21/16

1/13/17

Curtis Blanding

SmartProcure

FMSHRC Purchasing Records (6/10/16-present)

PARTIAL GRANT

Ex. # 6 redactions & some not agency record

             25          

12/21/16

1/10/17

Ryan Pardue

DOL/SOL

Trial Transcripts

Signal Peak Energy

WEST 2016-0624-R

GRANTED

 

             26          

12/21/16

12/21/16

Maria C. Rich

DOL/MSHA

Transcript

Buckley Powder Co.

CENT 2016-377-M

GRANTED

 

             27          

1/3/17

1/9/17

David B. Dunford & Kirk Nigro

Rocky Mountain Power Finance

Lists of Pending/Closed Cases for calendar year 2016

PacifiCorp Companies

GRANTED

 

             28          

1/3/17

1/9/17

Lee Travis, CSP,

Vulcan Materials Co.

List of all Pending/Filed/Disposed cases during calendar 2016 for Vulcan Materials Cos.

GRANTED

 

             29          

1/3/17

1/4/17

Emily Hays

DOL/SOL

Transcript

Newmont Slate

YORK 2016-0020

GRANTED

 

             30          

1/5/17

1/31/17

Karen Troutman

Dewey Publications Inc.

Name, title, and contact info. For agency personnel

PARTIAL GRANT

Some info. had no responsive records

             31          

1/10/17

1/25/17

Danielle Marocchi.

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

Case File,

Leeco Inc.

KENT 2012-166

PARTIAL GRANT

Ex. #6 redaction

             32          

1/13/17

3/2/17

Benjamin Emmel

Interagency agreements re: ALJs from 2014 to present

PARTIAL GRANT

Exs. 3 & 6 redactions

             33          

1/25/17

1/25/17

Ali A. Beydoun

DOL

Transcript

SOL o/b/o Anderson v. A&G Coal Corp.

VA 2017-69-D

GRANTED

 

             34          

2/2/17

3/6/17

Ellen Smith

Mine Safety News

Briefs,

Greathouse, et al. v. Monongalia County Coal Co., et al.

WEVA 2015-904-D, et al.

REQUEST NEVER PERFECTED

 

             35          

2/6/17

2/6/17

Ed Waldman

DOL

Transcript

Sims Crane

SE 2016-81

GRANTED

 

             36          

2/16/17

 

3/10/17

Ryan M. Kooi

DOL/SOL

Transcript & Exhibits,

Little Buck Coal Co #2

PENN 2015-100/232

GRANTED

 

             37          

2/21/17

2/23/17

Avi Meyerstein

Husch Blackwell LLP

 

Complete Docket

Noranda Alumina

CENT 2017-0136

GRANTED

 

             38          

2/21/17

2/23/17

Avi Meyerstein

Husch Blackwell LLP

Complete Docket

Noranda Alumina

CENT 2017-0556

GRANTED

 

             39          

2/28/17

3/1/17

John M. Bradley

SOL/DOL

Transcript,

Arnold Stone, Inc.

CENT 2016-540

GRANTED

 

             40          

3/2/17

3/7/17

Chris

Hamby

List of all cases… consolidated into “Abnormal White Center” case

Master Docket 91-1

PARTIAL GRANT

 

Some info. had no responsive records

             41          

3/3/17

3/6/17

Michael Ravnitzky

FY2018 Congressional Budget Justification

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             42          

3/9/17

3/10/17

Timothy J. Turner DOL/SOL

Transcript

Freeport McMoRan

WEST 2015-873

GRANTED

 

             43          

3/10/17

4/25/17

Jason Schiffman

Schiffman Firm, LLC

 

Consol Penn. Coal Co.,

PENN 2014-816

WITHDRAWN

 

             44          

3/10/17

3/13/17

Kim Hibbard o/b/o David O’Brien Suetholz

Copy of MSHA Investigation File

MADI-CD 2015-04

KENT 2015-593-D

IMPROPER REQUEST

 

             45          

3/13/17

3/28/17

Jennifer L. Gold

SOL/DOL

Transcript,

Consol PA Coal

PENN 2014-816

GRANTED

 

             46          

3/16/17

3/22/17

Schean G. Belton

SOL/DOL

Transcript

Webster County Coal

KENT 2016-233

GRANTED

 

             47          

3/21/17

3/23/17

Paige Bernick

SOL/DOL

Transcript 3/9/17

Raw Coal Mining

WEVA 2015-0996

GRANTED

 

             48          

3/22/17

3/23/17

James Bowman

Raw Coal Mining Co., Inc.

Transcript –

Raw Coal Mining Co., WEVA 2015-996

GRANTED

 

             49          

3/24/17

3/24/17

Brian P. Crier

SOL/DOL

Transcript – Harrison County Coal, WEVA 2016-275-D

GRANTED

 

             50          

3/27/17

3/27/17

Ellen Smith

Mine Safety and Health News

Settlement Agreement -

Doe Run

CENT 2016-279-R

GRANTED

 

             51          

3/28/17

3/28/17

Julie Cavanaugh-Bill 

Cavanaugh-Bill Law Offices

All documents from termination investigation -

Heather Mulford v. Robinson Nevada Mining

WEST 2017-135-DM

PARTIAL GRANT

 

Some not agency records

             52          

3/30/17

3/30/17

Mary Sue Taylor

SOL/DOL

Transcript

Nally & Hamilton Enterprises

KENT 2016-439

GRANTED

 

             53          

3/30/17

4/3/17

Rose Darling

DOL/SOL

Transcript

Magorian Mine Services

WEST 2016-270-M/445-M

GRANTED

 

             54          

3/31/17

4/6/17

Bill Oswald

Correspondence with Congressman Robt. O’Rource Jan. 2013-present

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             55          

4/1/17

4/3/17

Kirk Nigro

Pacificorp/

Rocky Mountain Power

List of Q1 global case statistics for Pacificorp companies

GRANTED

 

             56          

4/1/17

4/3/17

Lee Travis

Vulcan Materials Co.

List of Q1 global case statistics for Vulcan companies

GRANTED

 

             57          

4/6/17

4/26/17

Sherry L. Robinson

LexisNexis

Final Orders

Cactus Canyon Quarries

CENT 2016-410

WITHDRAWN

 

             58          

4/6/17

4/12/17

Sherry L. Robinson

LexisNexis

Final Orders

Newmont USA Limited

WEST 2016-31

GRANTED

 

             59          

4/7/17

4/13/17

Mike Ravnitzky

Designation of Regulatory Reform Officer & Task Force

FMSHRC – OGC

NOT AGENCY RECORD

 

             60          

4/11/17

4/13/17

John A. Nocito

SOL-DOL

Transcript

Consolidation Coal Co.

WEVA 2015-509/632

GRANTED

 

             61          

4/12/17

4/12/17

Jim B. DoByns

SOL/DOL

Transcripts

Southern Aggregates

CENT 2016-0563

GRANTED

 

             62          

4/13/17

4/13/17

Rose Darling

SOL/DOL

Exhibits

Magorian Mine Services

WEST 2016-270-M

IMPROPER REQUEST

 

             63          

4/19/17

4/19/17

LaTasha Thomas

SOL/DOL

Transcript w/Exhibits

Brand Energy

SE 2016-0302

GRANTED

 

             64          

4/20/17

4/24/17

John R. Slattery

SOL /DOL

Transcript

Jermyn Supply

PENN 2016-107-M/144-M

GRANTED

 

             65          

4/21/17

5/1/17

Dr. Paul Maas Risenhoover

Emails to Leadership Directories & FMSHRC staff name and email information provided to LD.

GRANTED

 

             66          

4/25/17

5/2/17

Emily Gellings

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren

Records related to Citation No. 8135749

Coal River Mining, LLC

WEVA 2014-335

GRANTED

 

             67          

5/1/17

5/1/17

Laura Pietrantoni

Partnership Public Service

Position Decription for FMSHRC Commissioners

IMPROPER REQUEST

 

             68          

5/2/17

5/11/17

Tom Blanton & Nate Jones

National Security Archive

All emails rec’d by FMSHRC 1/20/17-4/28/17 from any Republican Nat’l Committee domain

PARTIAL GRANT

Ex. #6  redactions

             69          

5/5/17

6/9/17

Priscilla Sistrunk & Judson Dean

DOL

Transcript

Abundance Coal, Inc.

KENT 2010-5R/6R

 

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             70          

5/9/17

5/9/17

Jason Grover

Denial Notice

Lower & Varady

WEST 2014-614-M, et al.

GRANTED

 

             71          

5/25/17

6/28/17

Jessica R. Brown

Transcript

SOL obo Carl Elbert v. Marshall County Coal Co.

WEVA 2016-565-D

GRANTED

 

             72          

5/25/17

5/25/17

Stephen Reilly

USA Today

Ethics Waivers granted pursuant to Executive Order #13770

FMSHRC – OGC

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

 

             73          

6/13/17

6/29/17

Curtis Blanding

SmartProcure

All Purchasing Records from 6/8/17 to current

FMSHRC – OED

WITHDRAWN

 

             74          

6/23/17

6/23/17

Susan Willer

SOL - DOL

Transcript

The Doe Run Co.

CENT 2016-0055/  2015-0441

GRANTED

 

             75          

6/26/17

6/27/17

Jose J. Figueroa

 

Transcript

Rain-For-Rent

WEST 2016-730

GRANTED

 

             76          

6/26/17

6/27/17

Willow Eden Fort

SOL -DOL

Transcript

Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.

VA 2013-291-M

GRANTED

 

             77          

6/28/17

7/6/17

Stephanie Adams

SOL-DOL

Transcript

Groves v. Con-Ag

LAKE 2017-117

GRANTED

 

             78          

6/29/17

10/26/17

Curtis Blanding

SmartProcure

All Purchasing Records from 6/21/17 to current

FMSHRC – OED

WITHDRAWN

 

             79          

7/3/17

7/7/17

Kirk Nigro

Rocky Mountain Power

List of active and closed dockets

 

GRANTED

 

             80          

7/3/17

7/5/17

Lee  Travis

Vulcan Materials Companies

List of dockets resolved/pending/initiated during Q2 2017

GRANTED

 

             81          

7/13/17

7/13/17

Thomas Kreimier

Transcript

Kreimier v. Coeur Alaska Inc.

WEST 2017-0080-DM

GRANTED

 

             82          

7/13/17

7/21/17

Benjamin Emmel

Request for Interagency Agreements for loan of ALJs/ALJs between FTC & other agencies

GRANTED

 

             83          

7/21/17

7/21/17

Mark E. Heath

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Transcript

Lovell v. Pennyrile Energy LLC

KENT 2017-0287-D

GRANTED

 

             84          

7/27/17

7/31/17

Chris Ingalls

King 5 News

Safety violations & complaints against Kinross Gold Corp. for last 15 years

WITHDRAWN

 

             85          

8/1/17

9/19/17

Brooke Wallace

Bailey Javins & Carter, LC

Copy of complete case file

Greyeagle Coal Co.

WEVA 2012-664

PARTIAL GRANT

 

Ex. #6 redactions

             86          

8/4/17

8/16/17

Harold Notah

Investigation materials/info from opposing party regarding MSHA Case No. SC-MD-2017-05

IMPROPER REQUEST

 

             87          

8/15/17

8/16/17

Christopher M. Smith

SOL-DOL

Transcript

SOL o/b/o Lovell v. Pennyrile Energy, KENT 2017-0287

GRANTED

 

             88          

8/18/17

8/22/17

Jane Hwang

SOL-DOL

Transcript

Consol Penn. CoaL,

PENN 2015-341

GRANTED

 

             89          

8/18/17

8/30/17

Jane Hwang

SOL-DOL

Transcript

Consol Pennslvania Coal Co.

PENN 2015-339

GRANTED

 

             90          

8/21/17

10/23/17

Mike Ravnitzky

Administrative Staff Meeting Minutes

FMSHRC – General

PARTIAL GRANT

 

Ex. #2 and Ex #5 redactions

             91          

8/21/17

8/30/17

Mike Ravnitzky

Congressional Budget Justifications for years 2000-2005

FMSHRC – OED

GRANTED

 

             92          

8/21/17

9/14/17

Mike Ravnitzky

OGC Monthly Case Mgmt. Report & Pipeline Report

PARTIAL GRANT

 

Ex #5 redactions

             93          

8/21/17

8/22/17

Robert S. Wilson

SOL-DOL

Transcript

SOL o/b/o Leadmon v. Blue Creek Mining

WEVA 2017-498-D/-499-D

GRANTED

 

             94          

8/22/17

8/22/17

Megan Kernan

Okanogan Highlands Alliance

All Filings, & any items in the record authored by the US Forest Service, Crown Res. Corp.,

WEST 2017-0202-RM/ 0325-RM

GRANTED

 

             95          

8/23/17

8/28/17

Jacob Sprangles

Correspondence with Congressman Ron DeSantis

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             96          

9/5/17

9/5/17

Steven Kidwell

NW Safety Solutions

Citation Notes & Pictures for Citation Nos. 8998353, 8998358, 8998352

IMPROPER REQUEST

 

             97          

9/6/17

9/8/17

Anthony Fassano

SOL-DOL

Transcript

Peabody Midwest Mining

LAKE 2016-232/-269

GRANTED

 

             98          

9/11/17

9/12/17

Steven Kidwell

NW Safety Solutions LLC

Entire report for event 6596226,

HNS Inc.

WEST 2016-108

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

             99          

9/14/17

10/10/17

Mitchi McNabb

All pleadings, citations, inspection reports, inspectors’ notes, & photographs….

Nome Gold Alaska

WEST 2015-666; WEST 2014-595

PARTIAL GRANT

Ex. #6 – Personnel

& No responsive records for part of request

           100        

9/15/17

9/25/17

Daniel Bladele

Correspondence w/ Congresswoman Diane Black or her staff from Jan. 2011 to present, and correspondence from House Budget Committee from Jan. 1, 2017 to present

NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS

 

           101