United States Forest Washington 14th & Independence SW Department of Service Office P.O. Box 96090 Agriculture Washington, DC 20090-6090 Reply to: 6270-1 Date: February 3, 1997 Subject: FOIA Annual Report for Calendar Year 1996 To: FOIA/PA Coordinator, Office of Communications Enclosed is the consolidated Forest Service Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Annual Report for calendar year 1996. /s/Clyde Thompson CLYDE THOMPSON Associate Deputy Chief for Administration Enclosure I CONCUR:N.CHARBONEAU:FOIA/PA:1/22/97 I CONCUR:C.MARTIN:FOIA/PA:1/22/97 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT ANNUAL REPORT - CALENDAR YEAR 1996 FOREST SERVICE 1. Total number of initial denials made during CY 1996: 886 2. Partial denials 545 3. Authority under which denials were made: a. Exemption Invoked * b. Number of Times 2 26 3 22 4 63 5 140 6 297 7 94 9 2 * Other - had received previously 2 c. Statutes invoked pursuant to Exemption 3 d. Number of Times 16 U.S.C. 470hh, Archaeological Resources Protection Act of l979 11 16 U.S.C. 470w-3, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. 8 Copyright Law 1 Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 1 P.L.104-201, Sec. 821(b) National Defense Authorization Act for 1 Fiscal Year 1997 e. Other authority: (Fee waiver denial and "no records") 378 *More than one exemption was used in some of the initial denial letters. 2 4. The names and titles of persons who made initial denials and the number of denials made. NAME TITLE NUMBER OF TIMES WO OFFICE Gerald Coghlan Acting Deputy Chief, NFS 1 Gerald Coghlan Acting Associate Deputy Chief, NFS 1 Kathleen Connelly Deputy Chief, ADM 10 Christine Pytel Associate Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Christine Pytel Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 2 Clyde Thompson Associate Deputy Chief, ADM 3 Clyde Thompson Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 14 Bertha Gillam Acting Deputy Chief, NFS 1 Sterling Wilcox Acting Deputy Chief, NFS 8 Janice McDougle Acting Deputy Chief, NFS 2 Janice McDougle Associate Deputy Chief, NFS 4 Luther Burse Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Edward Darragh Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Gray Reynolds Deputy Chief, NFS 1 Ronald Hooper Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Allen W. Smith Director, Property and Procurement 1 Manuel Martinez Director, Law Enforcement and 11 Investigations Mark Reimers Deputy Chief, P&L 1 Steve Satterfield Acting Deputy Chief, P&L 1 William Sexton Acting Deputy Chief, NFS 1 Hank Kashdan Acting Director, Law Enforcement and 4 Investigations J. Kenneth Myers Acting Director, Lands 1 3 Tom King Acting Director, Law Enforcement and 5 Investigations William McCleese Associate Deputy Chief S&PF 1 Richard Padilla Acting Director, Law Enforcement and 2 Investigations Michael Matthews Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Dale Nelson Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Roger Sewald Acting Director, Law Enforcement and 1 Investigations REGION 1 Charles Davis Acting Regional Forester 2 Clyde Weller Acting Regional Forester 5 David Spores Acting Regional Forester 5 Edward Bodenlos Acting Regional Forester 2 Elizabeth Horn Acting Regional Forester 1 Doug Glevanik Acting Regional Forester 1 James Reid Acting Regional Forester 9 Kathleen McAllister Acting Regional Forester 8 Kirk Horn Acting Regional Forester 1 Richard Bacon Acting Regional Forester 36 Steve Kelly Acting Regional Forester 5 Thomas Pettigrew Acting Regional Forester 4 Thomas King Acting Regional Forester 5 REGION 2 Elizabeth Estill Regional Forester 9 Tom L. Thompson Acting Regional Forester 14 David Anderson Acting Regional Forester 1 4 Wm. J. Gournay Acting Regional Forester 2 Thomas P. Ryan Acting Regional Forester 4 Dale P. McCormick Special Agent-In-Charge 6 Eleanor S. Towns Acting Regional Forester 1 Craig Whittekiend Acting Regional Forester 1 Bjorn Dahl Acting Regional Forester 2 Stephen F. Pedigo Acting Regional Forester 1 Steve W. Deitemeyer Acting Regional Forester 2 REGION 3 Louis Volk, Jr Acting Regional Forester 41 John Kirkpatrick Acting Regional Forester 8 Robert V. Clayton Acting Regional Forester 18 Billy Graves Acting Regional Forester 9 Gerald Henke Acting Regional Forester 2 Judy Hudson Acting Regional Forester 1 Dale J. Fabian Acting Regional Forester 1 Milo Larson Acting Regional Forester 1 Charles V. Sheldon Acting Deputy for Administration 1 Laura Bostwick Acting Regional Forester 2 REGION 4/INTERMOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION Don Murphy for Regional Forester 71 Dale Torgerson for Regional Forester 22 Dale Bosworth Regional Forester 1 Hugh Thomson Regional Special Agent 5 Larry Larson for Regional Forester 19 Vern Fleisher for Regional Forester 23 5 Jack Blackwell for Regional Forester 12 Clair Beasley for Regional Forester 5 Dale McCormick Regional Special Agent 4 Thomas Ryan for Regional Special Agent 1 REGION 5 Gilbert Espinosa Acting Regional Forester 73 James Lawrence Acting Regional Forester 14 Margret Pasholk Acting Regional Forester 2 Melroy Teigen Acting Regional Forester 6 Millie Otwell Acting Regional Forester 1 Karen S. Obye Acting Regional Forester 1 Steve Clauson Acting Regional Forester 3 Phillip Bayles Acting Regional Forester 1 Edward James Acting Regional Forester 2 Katherine Clement Acting Regional Forester 1 Gary Oye Acting Regional Forester 1 Dave Morton Acting Regional Forester 1 Jean Hall Acting Regional Forester 3 John DelaTorre Acting Regional Forester 3 John Neisess Acting Regional Forester 4 Leon Bennett Acting Regional Forester 3 Stephen Paulson Acting Regional Forester 1 Jose Cruz Acting Regional Forester 2 Tamilyn Ferrier-Kyle Regional Special Agent 10 REGION 6/PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION Michael W. Wolfe Acting Regional Forester 3 6 Thomas J. Lyons Regional Special Agent 27 William H. McConnell Acting Regional Special Agent 5 Wendy Herrett Acting Regional Forester 5 Nancy Graybeal Acting Regional Forester 12 Richard A. Ferraro Acting Regional Forester 81 Robert J. Devlin Acting Regional Forester 2 Harold T. Nygren Acting Regional Forester 1 REGION 8 Robert Joslin Regional Forester 6 Robert Bowers Acting Regional Forester 9 Gloria Manning Acting Regional Forester 14 Robert Erickson Acting Regional Forester 4 Kip Cloward Acting Regional Forester 2 James H. Perdue Acting Regional Forester 3 Bobby James Acting Regional Forester 1 Bruce L. Jewell Acting Regional Forester 2 Micheal Sparks Acting Regional Forester 2 Jerry F. Rogers Acting Regional Forester 1 Karl Stoneking Acting Regional Forester 3 David R. Montalbano Acting Regional Forester 1 Sue Muir Acting Regional Forester 1 Gary Pierson Acting Regional Forester 1 Wayne Kelley Acting Regional Forester 2 Dave Holland Acting Regional Forester 1 Tracy S. Perry Acting Regional Forester 1 Jerry Ragus Acting Regional Forester 2 7 REGION 9 Floyd J. Marita Regional Forester 2 Robert T. Jacobs Regional Forester 15 Robert T. Jacobs Acting Regional Forester 1 Donald L. Meyer Acting Regional Forester 11 Mary Ruth Voltz Acting Regional Forester 6 Bruce Jackson Acting Regional Forester 2 Mike Miller Acting Regional Forester 1 Randy Moore Acting Regional Forester 1 Ronald V. Rydberg Acting Regional Forester 1 Nancy Rydquist Acting Regional Forester 1 Paul Stockinger Acting Regional Forester 2 Jonathan Marsh Special Agent in Charge 1 Rich Glodowski Acting Special Agent-in-Charge 1 REGION 10 Phil Janik Regional Forester 8 James Caplan Acting Regional Forester 13 Kimberly Bown Acting Regional Forester 9 Ronald Larsen Acting Regional Forester 3 Paul Forward Acting Regional Forester 5 Larry Hudson Forest Supervisor, Chugach NF 4 Abigail Kimbell Forest Supervisor, Stikine Area 2 Bill Powell Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan Area 1 Jerry Moore Regional Special Agent in Charge 4 F. Gordon Gregg Acting Regional Special Agent-in-Charge 1 James Davis Special Agent, LEI 1 8 FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY Thomas E. Hamilton Director 1 NORTHEASTERN FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION/NORTHEASTERN AREA Patricia Pierce Contracting Officer 1 PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT STATION James C. Space Station Director 4 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT STATION Denver Burns Director 4 5. Total number of appeals, and: 151 a. number of appeals granted in full 16 b. number of appeals denied in full 48 c. number of appeals denied in part 23 d. number of appeals pending 64 6. Authority under which appeals were partially or wholly denied: a. Exemption invoked b. Number of Times - (2) 0 - (3) 4 - (4) 3 - (5) 24 - (6) 36 - (7) 13 c. Statutes invoked pursuant to Exemption 3 d. Number of Times 16 U.S.C. 470hh, Archaeological Resources Protection Act of l979 2 16 U.S.C. 470aa, Archaeological Resources Protection Act of l979 1 16 U.S.C. 470w-3, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. 1 9 e. Other authority: fee waiver denials and "no records" 19 7. Names and titles of person who denied appeals: NAME TITLE INSTANCES Val Mazainis Acting Chief 6 Kathleen Connelly Deputy Chief, ADM 18 Sterling Wilcox Acting Chief 1 Christine Pytel Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 2 David G. Unger Acting Chief 12 Clyde Thompson Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 23 Mark Reimers Acting Chief 2 Gray Reynolds Acting Chief 1 Jack Ward Thomas Chief 1 Janice McDougle Acting Chief 3 Ronald Hooper Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 Allen W. Smith Acting Deputy Chief, ADM 1 8. Copies of court opinions or orders under subsection (a)(4)(F) of the Act. 0 9. Copies of agency rules or regulations issued. 0 10. Amount of fees collected during the year $ 10,130 11. The cost of your agency's efforts to administer the Act $1,700,800 12. Copies of any internal memoranda or instructions issued by your agency. Enclosures (3) 10 13. The number of instances in which the Forest Service took a 10-day 269 extension, and reason: a. Need to search for and collect records from field 173 b. Need to search for, collect, and examine a voluminous amount of material for single requests 79 c. Need for consultation 17 d. Court appeals on exhaustion of procedures because of inability to comply within applicable time limits 0 e. Court allowed time limits 0 14. Total number of FOIA requests received during the year 5616 15. The number of requests for a fee waiver or reduction 1721