Free Declaration in Support - District Court of California - California

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Filed 01/25/2008

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Ms. Kansle S~cgcl
Ccnkr for B i o l o ~ c aD i v u r s ~ ~ y l Ciimat:, A I an2 Energy Prograrr~Di~cctor ~ P.O. 549 Box Joshuz Trcc, CA 92252

Dear Ms. Siegcl:

This lerreris inrcspol~se y0.a i.~.xdon~ IO oiiciomtation .kc[ poi?,):cqcest lo the
O f i c e of Mmagcrncn: and Budget (OMB) a t d August 29, 200G. which was reccived in this d oifice onsrpternbcr 14,2006. 'dour reguest asked for all doz\;mcnts relaths to l h e developmen:

of the Final Rule setting rveragc he1 eco~iomysmrldsrdsfa- lighr m ~ k fo: nlodc! years 2006s 29! i (71 Fed. Reg. 17566-176?9. "rulemaking") tbst are no! alieadpposted on the Interoel in Docker Kor. 2005-22223 and 2006-24303. This :eq?lcs: inc;udcs cornn~unication.;znong s:aff and with others lhal wcrc c:tated Curins the developmal: o:r:le Final R%le nnd rh:: ealier Proposed Rule(70Fcd. Reg. 514t4-5 1446). This rwuesc includcs bur is cot lirnircd to c-mail rxchan~cs ottler corrcspond:ncc zmong agency sraff and bcrween a p c y s r a d m d others or draA docummrr. internal revicws a16 criliqucs. ir;rc:-ag-ccy rcvi~ws, aecncy rnwting notcs, erc.
Afier careful review ofyou: rcqutsr, we h a V t dcteirnincd thal yo21 fcqucst i ov'crly s bmad and. in order IO respond lo your r q u z s l . yo^; ~villneed. to n m o n thescope of your sequeSl in order to o~able OMB srafZlo sppro?:inrcly raponc'. Accordingly. Oh4B is rcq.xsringfkat you ~cEn~ I v c stopt a t your rcqutst IU focus 011 t!~einforna:iui~ ::wl is ofnzosc it~lcrest you. 10

We awa.: you: reply i n w n l i n g o: Itour y n ~ iwnc~lclikc CYMB to proceed. I? rr*,edo not 'car bask from you in 30 days, we will assume tllar yoc arc na long:: inte:csted in this request, and we will close the rcqumt.

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Laurc?. E.WrigJ1 D c y ~ t y ~ s ~ s t oDirector P ni for Actn~r~ls:ratiorr

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