SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY

Senator Dianne Feinstein's Correspondence with
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson (May 1999)
FOIA HQ-2024-01615-F

In 1999, Senator Dianne Feinstein communicated her concerns about cleanup standards at SSFL to Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson. A FOIA was submitted to DOE in 2024 for this letter and Secretary Richardson's reply.
Date Communication
April 2, 2024 Email to DOE FOIA Office requesting correspondence between Senator Dianne Feinstein and Energy Secretary Bill Richardson
April 4, 2024 Letter from Alexander Morris discussing requirements for fees and fee waiver.
Email transmitting above letter.
April 5, 2024 Email from me providing basis for fee waiver within 5-day period
May 11, 2024 Email from me asking for the ststus of HQ-2024-01615-F
May 13, 2024 Email from Lela Addison promising a final response "by the end of this week."
July 10, 2024 Email from me observing that two months have passed since the promise of "end of this week."
July 11. 2024 Email from Craig Greenberg apologizing for the delay and assuring that he "will personally monitor the processing of your request and provide you an update next week."
July 19, 2024 Email from me observing that a week has passed with no update.
July 22, 2024 Email from Craig Greenberg apologizing for the delay and stating "I firmly believe the final response will be ready to send to you either later this week or early next week."
August 29, 2024 Email from Timothy Farrell repeating for the third time that the "release package is in the final review stage." He also stated that "necessary modifications to redactions were identified and thus additional review was needed."
August 29, 2024 Email from me expressing my thanks for the FOIA Office's assistance.
August 29, 2024 Email from Craig Greenberg stating, "The redactions on the responsive records for your request have completed almost all of the necessary review and are being prepared for the final release approval [fourth time].  We hope to have that approval finalized within the next couple of weeks to be able to send you a final response letter with responsive records."

Note that the subject line to this email incorrectly gave a FOIA number of HQ-2024-01160-F, not HQ-2024-01615-F.  HQ-2024-2024-01160-F is the FOIA for the OIG complaint 23-0160-C.
August 29, 2024 Email from me stating that, "I fail to see why non-classified, open, written communication between two public, federal officials would need any redactions at all."

The incorrect subject line is continued.
October 20, 2024 Email from me stating "Over six months and still waiting."

The incorrect subject line is continued.
November 3, 2024 Email from me summarizing the unacceptable 7-months of apologies and empty promises that the DOE FOIA Office has provided instead of the Feinstein letters that were subject of FOIA HQ-2024-01615-F.

I issued a challenge to Secretary Granholm to respond.
December 16, 2024 Email from me, status request
December 16, 2024 Email from Jennifer Canady, DOE FOIA Office.
Feinstein-Richardson communication regarding community health study
December 16, 2024 Email from me requesting original request for cleanup standard communications
January 6, 2025 Second email from me requesting original request for cleanup standard communications
January 7, 2025 Email from Timothy Farrell, DOE FOIA Office, committing to follow up on the request.
July 24, 2025 Email from Elizabeth Mazur, DOE FOIA Office
Letter from Todd Burns, DOE FOIA Office
Feinstein-Richardson comunication regarrdng DOE cleanup efficiency
July 24, 2025 Email reply from me requesting correct communication
January 9, 2026 Email repeating 7/24/2025 request
Jamuary 16, 2026 Email from Elizabeth Mazur, DOE FOIA Office
As of the revision date of this page, the DOE has failed to provide the subject letters..