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Natural Resources Defense Council , Inc. This isin response t o your letter of November 15, 1977, FOIA request No. 77-444, requestfng infomiation pertaining to documents relating to work done By Drs. Mancuso and Stewart and Mr. Kneale on Hanford workers ' mortality. I n compliance with this request, the following documents have been identified as possibly relevant t o your request. Mote t o 8. Burr, C. Edington, W. Weyzen fni. J. Liveman dtd. 12/9/76 T. Mancuso fin. R. Mattson dtd. 12/2/76; memo to multiple addressees
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Status Report entitled " Current Status of Hanford Mortal4 t y Study" (handout f o r Las Vegas mtg. prepared by B, Breitenstefn, Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, 11/1/77). Ltr. t o J. Schleslnger fin. Environmental Policy Center dtd. 11/9/77. Memo t o multfple addressees fm. 3. Liverman dtd. 11/17/77. Memo t o J. Seltzer fm. 3. Liverman dtd. 11/17/77. Facsimile cy. of statement by S. Marks dtd. 11/18/77.
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39. Facsimile cy. o f E. Gilbert ' s press briefing dtd. 11/17/77. 40. Facsimile cy. of hl gh lights of press briefing conducted by S. Marks 41. Cy. o f press conference dtd. 11/17/77, S. Mars & E. Gilbert. 43. Cy. of report entitled "Health and Mortality Study o f Workers i n Several o f the docuimnts ident if led above contain Intra-agency advice o r oplnlon, including evaluations and recomnendatlons, that would be exempt from disclosure under exemption 5of the Freedom o f Information however, i n the interest of releasing as much information as possible, determined that the Government's interest In protecting the de liber at ive process, as contemplated by exemption 5, can be met i n most cases by deleting names and other identifying information pertaining to evaluators. Consequently, t h i s has been done i n documents 23, 26, 27, 29 and $2. However, item 44 is a draft analysis which i s incomplete and still in the exemption 5 and i s hereby withheld. enclosed, as edl ted consistent w i t h the preceding paragraph. This document i s therefore exempt fn its entirety under The remaining 43 documents are I f you disagree with any action I have taken, you may appeal the decision by submitting a written notice to the DOE Appeal Panel a mailed t o the Freedom of In fm tion Officer, DOE Headquarters, within 60 days after receipt of this letter. Both the letter and the envelope must clearly identify that a Freedom of In fm ation Appeal 1s being made (see 10 C.F.R. 709.10, Administrative Appeal of In ft dal Denial o f Records). Original sign od by Division of Blomedfcal and