UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Nati onal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

Silver Spring, MO 20910

Mrs. Mary Ann Lucking

CORALations
P. 0. Box 750
Culebra , Puerto Rico 00775
maryann@coralations.org

SEP 08 2015

Re: FOIA Request #DOC-NOAA-2015-001634

Dear Mrs. Lucking ,

This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request #DOCNOAA-2015-001634 dated July 26, 2015.
Specifically, you requested a copy of a report generated by a site visit conducted by
Lisamarie Carrubba, NMFS, Puerto Rico, on September 3, 2014. The site visit was to
the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority's project entitled in the Joint
Application , "Construction of a Drill Shaft Wall and a Scouring and Erosion Protection
Structure," located at PR 25R, Km1 .1, Puerta de Tierra , San Juan , Puerto Rico, (AC002533) .
After searching our files , we were unable to locate the report because no report was
prepared for the site visit.
Two pages of personal handwritten notes regarding the site visit were located but have
been withheld because they are not agency records .
Although no report was located during our search , you have the right to appeal a "no
document found " response . Your appeal must be received within 30 calendar days of
the date of the denial letter. Please address your appeal to :

Assistant General Counsel for Administration

Freedom of Information Act Appeal
Room 5898-C
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20230
Your appeal may be sent by the following methods:
by email to FOIAAppeals@doc.gov

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by facsimile (fax) to (202) 482-2552

by FOIAonline, if you have an account at https://foiaonline.regulations .gov.

For your appeal to be complete, it must include the following items:

a copy of the original request,
our response to your request,
your statement explaining why the withheld records should be made available,
and why the denial of the records was in error.
"Freedom of Information Act Appeal" must appear on your appeal letter. It
should also be written on your envelope, e-mail subject line, or your fax cover
sheet.
We receive correspondence only on business days from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m ., Eastern
Time. FOIA appeals received outside of our normal business hours will be deemed
received on the next business day.

FOIA Processing Fees

The cost of processing your request is less than $20; therefore, pursuant to the
Department of Commerce's regulations 15 CFR 4.11 (d)(4)(2015) , no fee is charged .
If you have questions regarding your request, please contact Beverly J . Smith,
Southeast Region FOIA Coordinator at beverly.smith@noaa.gov or by phone at 727551-5762.

Sincerely,

Samuel D. Rauch Ill ,

Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Regulatory Programs