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JOHN B. EHRET

20880 GREENWOOD DRIVE OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL 604~1 PHONE: 708-748-8975 FAX: 708-748-76~; 1

SPRING SUMMER FALL SgS~ DIRHAM ~.V~,. STEV~NSVILLE, MI 49127 P. 259--465- 5857 F, 269-zt5;- 3735 Thursday tie.re:May 3, 2007

Attorney Terry X. Petr:ie Environment 5:Natural Resot~rce.5 Division U. S..Department of Justice ].96il. Stout Street 8~:h [:r].oor Denvei-, CO 80294 P. 303-8~.4-1369 F. 303-844-!3S0 Subject" Banks e-t: al v, U. ?, A. No. 9.q.-4.d..~'I.I Date of FY 1999 Section t]1 Monitoring Report

Dear .Attor~e/ Pet.tie"
I add the following information to the subject discussion. a. I reviewed the depositions of Schweiger and Thompson which were taken on 1.0/26/00. .Schweige.r came :first and. the two Reports ('97 and '99) were introduced during his deposition. Neither deposition seems Schweiger enlightened, me begins on October 1st Of to offer any JLrlsight except that to the :fact, that their fiscal year

each year. (2/23./98) b. The cover lett,er~.~or the FY 1997 Section I]1,

monitoring Report shows the Report being circulated to: Chief, Engineering & Planning Division Chief, Construct:ion-Operations Division (2/26/98) FOR Chief, Operations and Technical Support Branch 3/2/CO-O0(?) c, March 13, 2003 the District Councel advised that 1999 was enclosed but that "There are no reports for fiscal years 2000 - 2002. That letter is attached along with my FOIA dated March 5, 2003. The above information gives leads a.s t.o where to look and

program) were being d[iscontinued.

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CELRE-EP-HE

(I14S)

23 Feb 1998

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MEMORANDUM THRU //z . Chief, Engineering & PI~ Division Chief, Construction-Ope.rations Div ~ ~ ; / P OR Chief, Operations and Techn i cal Support Bra~/#~~d% SUBJECT: FY 1997 Section IIi Monitoring Report

Attached is the subject report.

Encl

DAVID, L. SCHWEIGER, P.E. Chief, Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Branch

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AFIMY
OETI~OIT OISTFIICT, CORPS OF

E:-NGINEE;qS

477 MICHIGAN AVENUE DErROIT, MICHIGAN 4822,6-2560

Office of Counsel

March 13, 2003

John B. Ehret 20860 Greenwood Drive Olympia Fields, 1L 60461 SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Act Request No, CI';NCE-OC-03-54 Dear Mr. Ehret: This correspondence is in response to your FOIA request dated March 5, 2003 for the "Annual Report on the Section 11.1 Beach Nourishment Monitoring Program for Fiscal Years, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002." The annual report for fiscal year 1999 is enclosed. There are no reports for fiscal years 2000-2002. Due to the limited time involved in processing your request and/or request, er status, tl~e each)seal documents are provided without charge. If you consider this response a denial of your request, you have the right to appeal this determination to the Secretary of the Army (attention of the General Counsel). You must. send your appeal through this office. To be considered timely your appeal must be received by the Army General Counsel no later than 60 calendar days after the date of this letter. Your appeal should state the basis for your disagreement with this determination and include a copy of this let:ter. Enclose your appeal letter in an envelope bearing the notation, "Freedom of Information Act Appeal." Address your appeal to: Commander U.S..Army Engineer District, Del;roi.t ATTN: Office of Counsel P.O. Box 1027 Detroit, Michigan 48231 In the event you are dissatisfied with t.he results of' any such appeal, judicial review will thereafter be available to you in tl~e United States I:)ist,r'icl, C, ourt fbr the judicial district in which you reside or have your principal place of business, or in the .District of Columbia. Sincerely,

District Counsel

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JOHN B. EHRET
20860 GREENWOOD DRIVE OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL 60461 PHONE: 708-748-8975 FAX: 708-748-7661 SUMMER 5986 DUNHAM AVE. STEVENSVILLE, MI 49127 TEL: 616-465-5857

U, S. Army Corps o:l" [.~n,t!ij~,~-'er!~ AtT, el]tJ, on: Atvorney ]'ht.ly ].];~o ]~ct.;'olt l)i,';tr].ct .I:;O.[A O:["t:.[.ccr fl77 b{J. chig~qn Avc~rll,lo Rooln ({59 I)ctroit:, M:ichi,~an 48231-1(]27 Subject: Annual Report ar~ {.he Sectiorl 1..I.L Beac/] Nourishment Mon]tori.ng ]~rogr~m For F.isc~.~]. Yeasts, 1999, 2000, 2001 a~d 2(]t)2.

l)ear" A~toriley ].)ao: Please l>l-ovLde one cop/ cg:~cl~ ot:' the subject Monigor-ing Program P,e]..~orz. s s]lowi]],.% t.l~e ~5Jl,~]]Otll]l". <.).][: .~g-ll]d nourishment put down Jn each of the riscai yc':z~r,,.~ ]Jsted above. Th:Ls request is maclc pursual]t. I;o the ]:re..edom of InFormation .Act and I g-~gree to p:..ly fo:- ~>y see, rc]] a11cl, print:ing costs incurred ])y the Corps. Please let >e know Jn advance iF yot.~ reasonably foresee the c.o,s.t exceedJn!.; $]@0,
AI] ex;,.xmple of JT.]]e COYI" p,qge of prJ. or re!.)ort is enclosed. In the p,;qst, the monJtori>g was conducted by the Great Lakes Itydraulics and Hydrology ((]I,ll&H], IlydraulLc En.gineerin~ Branch.

I ]i y o u h a. v e a ny p r o 1) [ ¢ m s w i t h t h :i s r e q u e .s t p 1 e a s e 1 e t mc know. I would apprec:i~te vot~'re m~:Lling t.he .~1onitoring v,o, me at the 4bore Olympia l=[cld5, I1. address.

Very truly yours,

../"'/ John B. Eh~,et Attorney (._ .//

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