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Welcome to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room for the Department of Energy at Headquarters.

The FOIA requires certain kinds of documents to be made available to the public for inspection and copying. This is a requirement for agencies of the executive branch of the federal government.

The documents that are required to be made available by the FOIA are:

Final Opinions
[5 USC 552 (a)(2)](A) final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases.

Office of Hearings and Appeal - FOIA Appeals
Initial agency determinations in response to FOIA and Privacy Act requests may be appealed to the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). Decisions of the OHA constitute the agency's final determinations on requests made under either statute. OHA decisions issued after January 1, 1995, are available from this page.

Statements of Policy and Interpretation
[5 USC 552 (a)(2)](B) those statements of policy and interpretation which have been adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register.

DOE Directives Website
DOE Directives include Policies, Orders, Notices, Manuals, and Guides which are intended to direct, guide, inform, and instruct employees in the performance of their jobs, and enable them to work effectively within the Department and with agencies, contractors, and the public.

Administrative Staff Manuals and Instructions
[5 USC 552 (a)(2)](C) administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public.

DOE Directives Website
DOE Directives include Policies, Orders, Notices, Manuals, and Guides which are intended to direct, guide, inform, and instruct employees in the performance of their jobs, and enable them to work effectively within the Department and with agencies, contractors, and the public.

Other Records of Interest
[5 USC 552 (a)(2)](D) copies of all records, regardless of form or format, which have been released to any person . . . and which, because of the nature of their subject matter, the agency determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same record.

The Headquarters Electronic Reading Room has these documents, special interest collections, and other documents that have been released in response to written requests for information under the FOIA. Records are maintained in accordance with schedules set by the National Archives and Records Administration and DOE directives. Generally, records are kept for a minimum of 2 years.

DOE REPORTS

• DOE Corporate Overview - 2012
• 10 CFR Part 63, YMRP, and Yucca Mountain Repository License Application Cross Reference Matrix. (pdf) Note: Primary Reference Documents Disk 1 and Disk 2 files can be received by contacting the DOE FOIA Office.
• Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan for the West Valley Demonstration Project Appendix C – Details of DCGL Development and the Intergrated Dose Assessment – Attachment 1. December 5, 2008. (pdf)
• Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan for the West Valley Demonstration Project (including Appendix C, Attachment 1) December 5, 2008. Note: Files can be received by contacting the DOE FOIA Office.
• Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan for the West Valley Demonstration Project, Rev.1, Attachment 2 of Appendix C –Additional References Revision 1 page changes March 17, 2009. (pdf)

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS

• Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center dated November 2008. DOE/EIS-0226-D (Revised).
• Draft Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement dated  October 2008. DOE/EIS-0396.
• Lyle Fall Fish Passage Project/Draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). DOE/EIS-0397, dated March 2008.
• Draft EIS on Bonneville Power Administration’s Port Angeles-Juan de Fuca Transmission Project, DOE/EIS-0378, March 2007.
• Draft EIS on Bonneville Power Administration’s Chief Joseph hatchery Program DOE/EIS-0384, May 2007.
• Draft EIS on Bonneville Power Administration’s Rebuild of the Libby (FEC) to Troy Section of BPA’s Libby to Bonners Ferry 115 kilovolt Transmission Line, DOE/EIS-0378, July 2007.
• Draft Complex Transformation Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (draft Complex Transformation SPEIS, DOE/eis-0236-s4) December 2007.
• Draft Environment Impact Statement (EIS) Klondike III/Biglow Canyon Wind Integration Project (DOE/EIS 0374, April 2006.
• Draft EIS on the Bonneville Power Administration’s Salmon Creek Project, DOE/EIS-0346, August 2004.
• Draft EIS South Fork Flathead Watershed Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conversation Program DOE/EIS-0353, June 2004.

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS

• Record of Decision on Bonneville Power Administration’s Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project (DOE/EIS-3790, November 2008). February 2009.
• Records of Decision on Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA0 Leaning Juniper II Wind Project and Jones Canyon Substation Expansion tiered to BPA’s Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995).  April 9, 2009.
• Final EIS on Bonneville Power Administration’s Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project (DOE/EIS-0397, November 2008). December 10, 2008.
• BPA’s Record of Decision 2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords with the Shshone-Bannock Tribes tiered to the (DOE/EIS -0312, April 2003) and ROD (October 31, 2003).
• Record of Decision on BPA’s Rebuild of the Libby (FEC) to Troy Section of BPA’s Libby to Bonners Ferry Transmission Line Project (DOE/EIS-0379, May 2008). July 28, 2008.
• Record of Decision on BPA’s Shepherds Flat Wind Interconnection Project tiered to BPA’s Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS -0183 June 1995) July 21, 2008.
• Records of Decision for the Willow Creed Interconnection Project tiered to BPA’s Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995. June 18, 2008.
• Record of Decision of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Palisades-Goshen Transmission Line Reconstruction Project (DOE/EA-1591, May 2008)
• Final Environmental Impact Statement on BPA’s Rebuild of the Libby (FEC) to Troy Section of BPA’s Libby to Bonners Ferry 115 Kilovolt Transmission Line (DOE/EIS-0379, May 2008.
• Record of Decision on BPA’s 2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords consistent with and tiered to the Fish and Wildlife Implementation Plan Environmental  Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0312, April 2003 and ROD (October 31, 2003) May 5, 2008.
• Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) Olympic Peninsula Transmission Line Reinforcement Project (DOE/EA-1576, March 2008). April 4, 2008.
• Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Bonneville Power Administration’s Port Angeles-Juan de Fuca Transmission Project (DOE/EIS -0378, October 2007) October 5, 2007.
• Record of Decision on BPA’s Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy, (tiered to BPA’s Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995). July 19, 2007.
• Record of Decision on BPA Fish and Wildlife Implementation Plan (DOE/EIS-0312, April 2003). February 12, 2007.
• Record of Decision on BPA’s Coyote Business Park Project (DOE/EIS-0371. September 2006). March 9, 2007.

TRANSCRIPTS

• Retention of the National Coal Council Transcripts February 2009 (pdf)
• National Coal Council Meeting held on November 14, 2007 at the Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Washington, DC (pdf)
• National Coal Council Meeting May 1, 2008 (pdf)
• National Coal Council Meeting, May 22, 2008 (pdf)
• National Coal Council Meeting July 12, 2007 (pdf)