EPA FOIA Annual Report for FY09\t\t\t\t IV. Exemption 3 Statutes\t\t\t\t A. For Initial Requests\t\t\t\t Statute\tType of Information\tCase Citation\tNumber of Times\tTotal Number of \tWithheld\t\tRelied upon\tTimes Relied upon \t\t\tper Component\tby Agency F.R. Cr. P. 6(e)\t Records relating to Grand Jury Investigations or Proceedings\tSenate of Puerto Rico v. U.S. Department of Justice, 823 F2d 574, (D.D.C. 1987)\tHQ : 1 \t1  FIFRA 7 U.S.C. 136h Sect. 10g\t Analytical, health, environmental effects and efficacy data that prohibits registrants from disclosing information to foreign competitors\t None\tHQ : 17 \t17  FIFRA 7 U.S.C. 136h Sect. 10\t Studies from registrants who engage in the distribution of pesticides in countries other than the U.S.\t None \t07 : 1 \t1  P.I.A. 41 U.S.C. 253b(m)(1)\t Contract Proposal\tHornbosel v. Dept. of Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d 21 (D.D.C. 2003) as amended (2004), aff’d on other grounds, 2004 WL1900562 (D.C. Cir. 2004)\t7:01\t2  \t\t\tHQ : 1 \t 42 U.S.C Section 241(d)\t 42 U.S.C Section 241(d)\t None \tHQ : 1 \t1  B. For Appeals\t\t\t\t Statute\tType of Information\tCase Citation\tNumber of Times\tTotal Number of \tWithheld\t\tRelied upon\tTimes Relied upon \t\t\tper Component\tby Agency F.R. Cr. P. 6(e)\t Records relating to Grand Jury Investigations or Proceedings\tSenate of Puerto Rico v. U.S. Department of Justice, 823 F2d 574, (D.D.C. 1987)\tHQ : 1 \t1  FIFRA 7 U.S.C. 136h Sect. 10g\t Analytical, health, environmental effects and efficacy data that prohibits registrants from disclosing information to foreign competitors\t None\tHQ : 2 \t2  V. FOIA REQUESTS\t\t\t\t A. Received, Processed and Pending FOIA Requests\t\t\t\t \tNumber of\tNumber of\tNumber of\tNumber of \tRequests Pending\tRequests Received\tRequests\tRequests \tas of Start of\tin Fiscal Year\tProcessed in\tPending as of \tFiscal Year\t\tFiscal Year\tEnd of Fiscal \t\t\t\tYear 01 \t18 \t275 \t262 \t31  02 \t317 \t1890 \t1884 \t323  03 \t175 \t1252 \t1280 \t147  04 \t50 \t790 \t776 \t64  05 \t137 \t1569 \t1599 \t107  06 \t184 \t518 \t621 \t81  07 \t43 \t521 \t522 \t42  08 \t22 \t341 \t341 \t22  09 \t49 \t587 \t595 \t41  10 \t64 \t459 \t458 \t65  HQ \t525 \t2115 \t2066 \t574  AGENCY\t1584 \t10317 \t10404 \t1497 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t B.(1) Disposition of FOIA Requests All Processed Requests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \tNumber\tNumber\tNumber of\tNumber of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \tof\tof Partial\tFull Denials\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tFull\tGrants/\tBased on\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tGrants \tPartial\tExemptions \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\tDenials \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tNo records \tReferrals \tRequest withdrawn \tFee-related reason \tRecords not reasonably described \tNot a proper FOIA request for some other reason \tNot an agency record \tDuplicate request \tOther\tTOTAL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t*Explain\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin chart\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbelow \t 01  \t140  \t5  \t1  \t 86  \t 11  \t 15  \t 1  \t 1  \t 0  \t 0  \t 0  \t 2  \t262  02  \t267  \t10  \t0  \t 1453 \t 43  \t 54  \t 1  \t 41  \t 0  \t 4  \t 9  \t 0  \t1884  03  \t190  \t11  \t5  \t 962  \t 25  \t 74  \t 2  \t 1  \t 1  \t 0  \t 9  \t 0  \t1280  04  \t399  \t82  \t8  \t 201  \t 9  \t 65  \t 5  \t 2  \t 0  \t 0  \t 5  \t 0  \t776  05  \t632  \t57  \t2  \t 844  \t 2  \t 38  \t 7  \t 7  \t 0  \t 1  \t 9  \t 0  \t1599  06  \t177  \t10  \t1  \t 358  \t 28  \t 39  \t 2  \t 0  \t 0  \t 2  \t 2  \t 2  \t621  07  \t361  \t17  \t1  \t 110  \t 5  \t 24  \t 0  \t 1  \t 0  \t 0  \t 3  \t 0  \t522  08  \t196  \t14  \t5  \t 83  \t 0  \t 33  \t 1  \t 0  \t 3  \t 0  \t 5  \t 1  \t341  09  \t285  \t35  \t6  \t 185  \t 27  \t 24  \t 5  \t 11  \t 1  \t 0  \t 15  \t 0  \t595  10  \t234  \t58  \t2  \t 97  \t 2  \t 60  \t 5  \t 0  \t 0  \t 0  \t 0  \t 0  \t458  HQ  \t1213  \t308  \t40  \t 179  \t 57  \t 198  \t 13  \t 3  \t 9  \t 3  \t 40  \t 3  \t2066  AGENCY\t4094  \t607  \t71  \t 4554  \t 209  \t 619  \t 42  \t 67  \t 14  \t 10  \t 97  \t 8  \t10404  OVERALL  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t B.(2) Disposition of FOIA Requests Other Reasons for Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than Exemptions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Component\tDescription of Other Reasons\tTOTAL\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tfor Denials from Chart B (1)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t& Number of Times Those\t \tReasons Were Relied upon\t 01 \tFILE REVIEW 2\t2  02 \t  \t 0   03 \t  \t0   04 \t  \t0   05 \t  \t0   06 \tLITIGATION 1\t2  \tFILE REVIEW 1\t 07 \t  \t0   08 \tCOMPLETELY REVERSED 1\t1  09 \t  \t0   10 \t  \t0   HQ \tLITIGATION 1\t3  \tGLOMAR 2\t AGENCY\t\t8 OVERALL\t\t B.(3) Disposition of FOIA Requests Number of Times Exemptions Applied\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t(b)(1)\t(b)(2)\t(b)(3)\t(b)(4)\t(b)(5)\t(b)(6)\t(b)(7)(A)\t(b)(7)(B)\t(b)(7)(C)\t(b)(7)(D)\t(b)(7)(E)\t(b)(7)(F)\t(b)(8)\t(b)(9) 01 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t3 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  02 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t4 \t4 \t2 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  03 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t4 \t9 \t3 \t6 \t0 \t2 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  04 \t0 \t6 \t0 \t25 \t58 \t36 \t28 \t0 \t7 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1  05 \t0 \t2 \t0 \t14 \t38 \t10 \t16 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  06 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t3 \t9 \t3 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  07 \t0 \t2 \t2 \t5 \t11 \t7 \t4 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  08 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t9 \t10 \t2 \t5 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0  09 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t13 \t22 \t4 \t8 \t0 \t1 \t1 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t1  10 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t5 \t42 \t6 \t12 \t0 \t3 \t0 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0  HQ \t2 \t34 \t20 \t187 \t82 \t63 \t25 \t0 \t20 \t8 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0  AGENCY\t4 \t46 \t22 \t270 \t288 \t138 \t108 \t0 \t35 \t11 \t5 \t0 \t0 \t2  OVERALL  VI. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS OF INITIAL DETERMINATIONS OF FOIA REQUESTS A. Received, Processed and Pending Administrative Appeals\t\t\t\t\t \tNumber of\tNumber of\tNumber of\tNumber of\t \tAppeals Pending\tAppeals Received\tAppeals\tAppeals\t \tas of Start of\tin Fiscal Year\tProcessed in\tPending as of\t \tFiscal Year\t\tFiscal Year\tEnd of Fiscal\t \t\t\t\tYear\t HQ \t160 \t167 \t217 \t110 \t AGENCY\t160 \t167 \t217 \t110 \t OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t B. Disposition of Administrative Appeals All Processed Appeals\t\t\t\t\t \tNumber Affirmed\tNumber Partially\tNumber Completely\tNumber of\tTOTAL \ton Appeal\tAffirmed & Partially\tReversed/Remanded\tAppeals Closed\t \t\tReversed/Remanded\ton Appeal\tfor Other Reasons\t \t\ton Appeal\t\t\t HQ \t59 \t48 \t19 \t91 \t217  AGENCY\t59 \t48 \t19 \t91 \t217  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t C.(1) Reasons for Denial on Appeal Number of Times Exemptions Applied\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t(b)(1)\t(b)(2)\t(b)(3)\t(b)(4)\t(b)(5)\t(b)(6)\t(b)(7)(A)\t(b)(7)(B)\t(b)(7)(C)\t(b)(7)(D)\t(b)(7)(E)\t(b)(7)(F)\t(b)(8)\t(b)(9) 01 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  02 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  03 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  04 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  05 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  06 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  07 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  08 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  09 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  10 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  HQ \t0 \t7 \t3 \t10 \t43 \t15 \t18 \t0 \t4 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  AGENCY\t0 \t7 \t3 \t10 \t43 \t15 \t18 \t0 \t4 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t C.(2) Reasons for Denial on Appeal Reasons Other than Exemptions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tNo records\tReferrals\tRequest withdrawn\tFee-related reason\tRecords not reasonably described\tNot a proper FOIA request for some other reason\tNot an agency record\tDuplicate request\tOther \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t*Explain \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin chart \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbelow 01 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  02 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  03 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  04 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  05 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  06 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  07 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  08 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  09 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  10 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  HQ \t9 \t25 \t38 \t6 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t3 \t8  AGENCY\t9 \t25 \t38 \t6 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t3 \t8  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t C.(3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal Other Reasons\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Component\tDescription of Other Reasons\tTOTAL\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tfor Denials from Chart C (2)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t& Number of Times Those\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tReasons Were Relied upon\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t HQ \tLITIGATION 4\t8 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tCOMPLETELY REVERSED 4\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t AGENCY\t\t8\t\t\t\t\t\t\t OVERALL\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t C.(4) Response Time for Administrative Appeals\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tSIMPLE\t\t\t\tCOMPLEX\t\t\t\tEXPEDITED PROCESSING \tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest\tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest\tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest \tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber \tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days HQ \t85 \t252.63 \t<1 \t2528 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  AGENCY\t85 \t252.63 \t<1 \t2528 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t C.(5) Ten Oldest Pending Administrative Appeals\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t10th Oldest\t9th\t8th\t7th\t6th\t5th\t4th\t3rd\t2nd\tOldest Appeal \tAppeal and\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand Number of \tNumber of\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDays Pending \tDays Pending\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t HQ \t11/25/2003\t9/2/2003\t5/29/2003\t2/20/2003\t1/23/2003\t12/20/2002\t11/20/2002\t7/3/2002\t4/24/2001\t4/24/2001 \t1465 \t1523 \t1589 \t1658 \t1677 \t1698 \t1719 \t1815 \t2122 \t2122  AGENCY\t11/25/2003\t9/2/2003\t5/29/2003\t2/20/2003\t1/23/2003\t12/20/2002\t11/20/2002\t7/3/2002\t4/24/2001\t4/24/2001 OVERALL \t1465 \t1523 \t1589 \t1658 \t1677 \t1698 \t1719 \t1815 \t2122 \t2122  VII. FOIA REQUESTS: RESPONSE TIME FOR PROCESSED AND PENDING REQUESTS\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t A. Processed Requests Response Time for All Processed Perfected Requests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tSIMPLE\t\t\t\tCOMPLEX\t\t\t\tEXPEDITED PROCESSING\t\t\t \tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest\tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest\tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest \tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber \tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days 01 \t12 \t13.54 \t<1 \t167 \t51 \t58.94 \t22 \t274 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  02 \t53 \t57.45 \t2 \t842 \t42 \t73.94 \t17 \t375 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  03 \t21 \t20.24 \t<1 \t137 \t38 \t49.97 \t12 \t290 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  04 \t15 \t15.09 \t<1 \t103 \t29.5 \t38.65 \t5 \t169 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  05 \t16 \t17.27 \t1 \t327 \t68 \t92.06 \t18 \t392 \t4 \t4 \t4 \t4  06 \t44 \t80.61 \t<1 \t554 \t397 \t474.71 \t342 \t902 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  07 \t16 \t24.8 \t<1 \t1222 \t229 \t265.33 \t32 \t535 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  08 \t9 \t11.29 \t1 \t76 \t30 \t67.18 \t12 \t378 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  09 \t18 \t18.55 \t<1 \t80 \t179.5 \t192.9 \t26 \t666 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  10 \t18 \t29.74 \t<1 \t441 \t33.5 \t76 \t8 \t611 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  HQ \t19 \t55.44 \t1 \t1419 \t142 \t222.43 \t10 \t443 \t10.5 \t10.5 \t10 \t11  AGENCY\t20 \t37.15 \t1 \t1419 \t39 \t75.32 \t5 \t902 \t10 \t8 \t4 \t11  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t B. Processed Requests Response Time for Perfected Requests in Which Information Was Granted\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tSIMPLE\t\t\t\tCOMPLEX\t\t\t\tEXPEDITED PROCESSING\t\t\t \tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest\tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest\tMedian\tAverage\tLowest\tHighest \tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber\tNumber \tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days\tof Days 01 \t15 \t17.03 \t1 \t167 \t51 \t60.87 \t22 \t274 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  02 \t36 \t47.74 \t2 \t256 \t29 \t39.89 \t17 \t93 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  03 \t20.5 \t19.71 \t<1 \t54 \t34 \t45.69 \t23 \t290 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  04 \t16 \t15.85 \t<1 \t103 \t31 \t40.75 \t8 \t169 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  05 \t17 \t20.7 \t1 \t327 \t56.5 \t66.33 \t18 \t151 \t4 \t4 \t4 \t4  06 \t35 \t58.39 \t<1 \t554 \t395 \t395 \t362 \t428 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  07 \t16 \t21.02 \t2 \t1028 \t229 \t265.33 \t32 \t535 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  08 \t8 \t11.24 \t<1 \t76 \t36 \t76.11 \t12 \t378 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  09 \t20 \t20.75 \t<1 \t80 \t75 \t193.14 \t26 \t666 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  10 \t20 \t30.98 \t<1 \t441 \t32 \t44.76 \t8 \t177 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1 \t<1  HQ \t20 \t47.73 \t<1 \t1419 \t350 \t281 \t50 \t443 \t10.5 \t10.5 \t10 \t11  AGENCY\t18 \t32.42 \t1 \t1419 \t37 \t67.25 \t8 \t666 \t10 \t8 \t4 \t11  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t C. Processed Requests Response Time in Day Increments\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Simple Requests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t20-Jan\t21-40\t41-60\t61-80\t81-100\t101-120\t121-140\t141-160\t161-180\t181-200\t201-300\t301-400\t401+\tTOTAL \tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\t 01 \t194 \t46 \t4 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t246  02 \t149 \t480 \t602 \t390 \t112 \t30 \t17 \t22 \t15 \t11 \t37 \t0 \t2 \t1867  03 \t541 \t611 \t9 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1162  04 \t578 \t120 \t5 \t4 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t708  05 \t1346 \t179 \t33 \t11 \t2 \t1 \t1 \t0 \t2 \t0 \t1 \t2 \t0 \t1582  06 \t100 \t185 \t103 \t64 \t28 \t20 \t17 \t5 \t13 \t12 \t34 \t20 \t13 \t614  07 \t400 \t99 \t9 \t4 \t1 \t1 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t4 \t519  08 \t289 \t32 \t6 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t330  09 \t376 \t183 \t19 \t7 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t585  10 \t256 \t97 \t36 \t17 \t7 \t3 \t1 \t2 \t2 \t1 \t2 \t2 \t2 \t428  HQ \t1213 \t358 \t129 \t68 \t46 \t30 \t24 \t18 \t24 \t19 \t53 \t17 \t56 \t2057  AGENCY\t5403 \t2384 \t955 \t568 \t196 \t86 \t61 \t48 \t57 \t43 \t127 \t41 \t77 \t10098  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Complex Requests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t20-Jan\t21-40\t41-60\t61-80\t81-100\t101-120\t121-140\t141-160\t161-180\t181-200\t201-300\t301-400\t401+\tTOTAL \tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\t 01 \t0 \t5 \t10 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t16  02 \t1 \t6 \t2 \t3 \t3 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t17  03 \t3 \t64 \t32 \t10 \t1 \t1 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t4 \t0 \t0 \t118  04 \t19 \t26 \t13 \t5 \t3 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t68  05 \t1 \t4 \t2 \t2 \t2 \t2 \t1 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t16  06 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t4 \t3 \t7  07 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t1 \t3  08 \t2 \t6 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t11  09 \t0 \t3 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t4 \t0 \t1 \t10  10 \t5 \t12 \t5 \t2 \t1 \t2 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t1 \t30  HQ \t1 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t2 \t7  AGENCY\t32 \t127 \t66 \t23 \t10 \t7 \t4 \t4 \t2 \t1 \t10 \t9 \t8 \t303  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Requests Granted Expedited Processing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t20-Jan\t21-40\t41-60\t61-80\t81-100\t101-120\t121-140\t141-160\t161-180\t181-200\t201-300\t301-400\t401+\tTOTAL \tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\tDays\t 01 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  02 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  03 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  04 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  05 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1  06 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  07 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  08 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  09 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  10 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  HQ \t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t2  AGENCY\t2 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t1 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t3  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t D. Pending Requests All Pending Perfected Requests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \tSIMPLE\t\t\tCOMPLEX\t\t\tEXPEDITED PROCESSING\t\t \tNumber\tMedian\tAverage\tNumber\tMedian\tAverage\tNumber\tMedian\tAverage \tPending\tNumber\tNumber\tPending\tNumber\tNumber\tPending\tNumber\tNumber \t\tof Days\tof Days\t\tof Days\tof Days\t\tof Days\tof Days 01 \t27 \t15 \t38.37 \t4 \t332 \t388.75 \t0 \t0 \t0  02 \t309 \t19 \t31.39 \t5 \t18 \t35.8 \t1 \t8 \t8  03 \t119 \t10 \t11.02 \t28 \t24.5 \t68.71 \t0 \t0 \t0  04 \t27 \t12 \t21.07 \t3 \t32 \t57.33 \t0 \t0 \t0  05 \t62 \t7.5 \t8.55 \t2 \t74 \t74 \t0 \t0 \t0  06 \t78 \t35.5 \t97.83 \t3 \t472 \t323.67 \t0 \t0 \t0  07 \t40 \t7 \t10.75 \t2 \t71 \t71 \t0 \t0 \t0  08 \t20 \t4.5 \t8.3 \t2 \t94.5 \t94.5 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t 09 \t35 \t10 \t18.17 \t6 \t40.5 \t151.83 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t 10 \t58 \t18 \t61.09 \t6 \t38 \t72.17 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t HQ \t547 \t80 \t226.37 \t12 \t344 \t423.83 \t2 \t347.5 \t347.5 \t AGENCY\t1322 \t20 \t112.99 \t73 \t38 \t160.41 \t3 \t8 \t234.33 \t OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t E. Pending Requests Ten Oldest Pending Perfected Requests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t10th Oldest\t9th\t8th\t7th\t6th\t5th\t4th\t3rd\t2nd\tOldest Request \tRequest and\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand Number of \tNumber of\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDays Pending \tDays Pending\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 01 \t8/24/2009\t8/18/2009\t7/14/2009\t5/12/2009\t2/18/2009\t2/5/2009\t1/26/2009\t1/6/2009\t4/3/2007\t4/25/2006 \t26 \t30 \t38 \t98 \t157 \t165 \t173 \t186 \t626 \t861  02 \t2/10/2009\t2/10/2009\t2/3/2009\t1/20/2009\t1/15/2009\t1/14/2009\t1/13/2009\t12/5/2008\t11/5/2008\t10/17/2008 \t162 \t162 \t167 \t177 \t2 \t2 \t181 \t205 \t225 \t238  03 \t7/7/2009\t7/6/2009\t7/1/2009\t6/3/2009\t5/20/2009\t4/13/2009\t4/1/2009\t11/5/2008\t10/17/2008\t5/4/2007 \t60 \t61 \t63 \t83 \t92 \t119 \t127 \t225 \t238 \t603  04 \t9/2/2009\t8/27/2009\t8/24/2009\t8/19/2009\t8/18/2009\t8/18/2009\t8/14/2009\t7/7/2009\t3/17/2009\t12/4/2008 \t19 \t23 \t26 \t23 \t20 \t30 \t32 \t56 \t117 \t206  05 \t9/2/2009\t9/2/2009\t9/1/2009\t8/31/2009\t8/26/2009\t8/25/2009\t8/19/2009\t8/10/2009\t7/6/2009\t3/30/2009 \t19 \t19 \t19 \t21 \t24 \t25 \t29 \t28 \t20 \t120  06 \t6/24/2008\t4/23/2008\t3/25/2008\t3/15/2008\t2/22/2008\t2/15/2008\t1/7/2008\t11/9/2007\t11/2/2007\t8/23/2006 \t318 \t361 \t382 \t388 \t404 \t408 \t436 \t472 \t477 \t777  07 \t9/8/2009\t9/4/2009\t9/3/2009\t9/2/2009\t8/28/2009\t8/26/2009\t8/20/2009\t8/18/2009\t6/18/2009\t4/7/2009 \t16 \t17 \t18 \t19 \t15 \t24 \t19 \t30 \t61 \t123  08 \t9/9/2009\t9/8/2009\t9/2/2009\t8/20/2009\t8/20/2009\t8/3/2009\t7/29/2009\t7/20/2009\t6/15/2009\t3/3/2009 \t15 \t9 \t19 \t17 \t24 \t41 \t34 \t0 \t13 \t148  09 \t8/6/2009\t7/28/2009\t7/27/2009\t7/23/2009\t7/9/2009\t6/22/2009\t5/26/2009\t4/29/2009\t9/19/2008\t8/29/2007 \t25 \t45 \t33 \t48 \t58 \t70 \t51 \t107 \t257 \t522  10 \t3/31/2009\t3/25/2009\t2/27/2009\t2/23/2009\t2/4/2009\t1/6/2009\t11/13/2008\t10/22/2008\t10/8/2008\t6/21/2005 \t128 \t132 \t150 \t154 \t166 \t186 \t220 \t235 \t244 \t1072  HQ \t3/8/2005\t1/28/2005\t1/5/2005\t1/4/2005\t1/4/2005\t12/1/2004\t9/14/2004\t6/30/2004\t6/28/2004\t5/17/2004 \t1145 \t1171 \t1187 \t1188 \t1188 \t1210 \t1263 \t1315 \t1317 \t1346  AGENCY\t3/8/2005\t1/28/2005\t1/5/2005\t1/4/2005\t1/4/2005\t12/1/2004\t9/14/2004\t6/30/2004\t6/28/2004\t5/17/2004 OVERALL \t1145 \t1171 \t1187 \t1188 \t1188 \t1210 \t1263 \t1315 \t1317 \t1346  VIII. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER\t\t\t\t\t A. Requests for Expedited Processing\t\t\t\t\t \tNumber\tNumber\tMedian\tAverage\tNumber \tGranted\tDenied\tNumber of\tNumber of\tAdjudicated \t\t\tDays to\tDays to\tWithin Ten \t\t\tAdjudicate\tAdjudicate\tCalendar Days 01 \t0 \t2 \t1 \t1 \t2  02 \t0 \t12 \t2 \t11.6 \t10  03 \t0 \t4 \t2.5 \t5.5 \t3  04 \t0 \t10 \t14 \t15.3 \t2  05 \t1 \t3 \t4 \t5.25 \t3  06 \t0 \t3 \t6 \t5 \t2  07 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  08 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  09 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0 \t0  10 \t0 \t17 \t2 \t2.76 \t14  HQ \t2 \t66 \t3 \t6.98 \t55  AGENCY\t3 \t117 \t3 \t7.29 \t91  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t B. Requests for Fee Waiver\t\t\t\t \tNumber\tNumber\tMedian\tAverage \tGranted\tDenied\tNumber of\tNumber of \t\t\tDays to\tDays to \t\t\tAdjudicate\tAdjudicate 01 \t10 \t2 \t3.5 \t5.41  02 \t7 \t4 \t2 \t13.2  03 \t11 \t9 \t7 \t8.5  04 \t18 \t8 \t8 \t10.03  05 \t18 \t8 \t7 \t13.5 06 \t8 \t7 \t9 \t14.2  07 \t7 \t0 \t3 \t4.71  08 \t16 \t1 \t0 \t1.64  09 \t18 \t7 \t8 \t8.6  10 \t14 \t4\t8 \t27.6  HQ \t83 \t58 \t5 \t13.46  AGENCY\t200 \t108 \t6 \t12.30  OVERALL \t\t\t\t IX. FOIA PERSONNEL AND COSTS\t\t\t\t\t\t \tPERSONNEL\t\t\tCOSTS\t\t \tNumber of\tNumber of\tTotal\tProcessing\tLitigation-\tTotal \tFull-Time\tEquivalent\tNumber of\tCosts (*)\tRelated\tCosts \tFOIAEmployees\tFull-Time\tFull-Time\t\tCosts\t \t\tFOIA\tFOIA Staff\t\t\t \t\tEmployees\t\t\t\t 01 \t0 \t4.25 \t4.25 \t$590,750.00 \t$0.00 \t$590,750.00  02 \t3 \t10.50 \t13.50 \t$1,876,500.00 \t$0.00 \t$1,876,500.00  03 \t7 \t4.98 \t11.98 \t$1,665,220.00 \t$0.00 \t$1,665,220.00  04 \t12 \t0.07 \t12.07 \t$1,677,730.00 \t$110,036.32 \t$1,787,766.32  05 \t8 \t9.30 \t17.30 \t$2,404,700.00 \t$0.00 \t$2,404,700.00  06 \t1 \t14.00 \t15.00 \t$2,085,000.00 \t$0.00 \t$2,085,000.00  07 \t2 \t0.93 \t2.93 \t$407,704.40 \t$0.00 \t$407,704.40  08 \t2 \t0.83 \t2.83 \t$393,370.00 \t$0.00 \t$393,370.00  09 \t1 \t1.00 \t2.00 \t$278,000.00 \t$0.00 \t$278,000.00  10 \t0 \t2.00 \t2.00 \t$278,000.00 \t$0.00 \t$278,000.00  HQ \t5 \t19.16 \t24.16 \t$3,358,240.00 \t$417,000.00 \t$3,775,240.00  AGENCY\t41 \t67.02 \t108.02 \t$15,015,214.40 \t$527,036.32 \t$15,542,250.72  OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t (*) – FTE = $139K.\t\t\t\t\t\t X. FEES COLLECTED FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS\t\t\t\t\t\t \tTotal Amount of Fees\tPercentage of Total Costs\t\t\t\t \tCollected\t 01 \t$11,676.00 \t1.97  02 \t$32,616.44 \t1.73  03 \t$21,792.73 \t1.30  04 \t$15,020.51 \t0.84  05 \t$33,889.53 \t1.40  06 \t$26,226.36 \t1.25  07 \t$45,771.56 \t11.22  08 \t$11,221.95 \t2.85  09 \t$16,801.10 \t6.04  10 \t$20,499.34 \t7.37  HQ \t$92,799.34 \t2.45  AGENCY\t$328,314.86 \t2.11  OVERALL \t\t XI. FOIA Regulations (Including Fee Schedule)\t\t   For more information, please consult the EPA FOIA Regulations. They can be found at the following website: http://www.epa.gov/foia/foiareg.htm\t\t XII. BACKLOGS, CONSULTATIONS, AND COMPARISONS\t\t A. Backlogs of FOIA Requests and Administrative Appeals\t\t \tNumber of Backlogged\tNumber of Backlogged \tRequests as of End of\tAppeals as of End of \tFiscal Year\tFiscal Year 01 \t5 \t0  02 \t19 \t0  03 \t0 \t0  04 \t0\t0  05 \t2 \t0  06 \t21 \t0  07 \t0 \t0  08 \t0 \t0  09 \t0 \t0  10 \t3 \t0  HQ \t282 \t79  AGENCY\t332 \t79  OVERALL \t\t Discuss/Explain the backlog here(Optional)\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t B. Consultations on FOIA Requests Received, Processed, and Pending Consultations\t\t\t\t \tNumber of\tNumber of\tNumber of\tNumber of \tConsultations Received\tConsultations\tConsultations Received\tConsultations Received\t\t\t\t\t\t \tfrom Other Agencies\tReceived from Other\tfrom Other Agencies\tfrom Other Agencies\t\t\t\t\t\t \tthat Were Pending at\tAgencies During the\tthat Were Processed by\tthat Were Pending at\t\t\t\t\t\t \tYour Agency as of\tFiscal Year\tYour Agency During\tYour Agency as of\t\t\t\t\t\t \tStart of the Fiscal Year\t\tthe Fiscal Year\tEnd of the Fiscal Year\t\t\t\t\t\t AGENCY\t13 \t53 \t55 \t11 \t\t\t\t\t\t OVERALL \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t C. Consultations on FOIA Requests Ten Oldest Consultations Received from Other Agencies and Pending at Your Agency\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t10th Oldest\t9th\t8th\t7th\t6th\t5th\t4th\t3rd\t2nd\tOldest Consultation \tConsultation and\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand Number of \tNumber of\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDays Pending \tDays Pending\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t AGENCY\t9/29/2009\t8/19/2009\t2/17/2009\t1/27/2009\t9/25/2008 \t9/23/2008\t8/28/2007\t12/20/2006\t12/13/2006\t1/30/2006 OVERALL \t1  \t29  \t155  \t169  \t254 \t255  \t525  \t697  \t702  \t920   D. Comparison of Numbers of Requests from Previous and Current Annual Report Requests Received, Processed, and Backlogged\t\t\t\t \tNUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED\t\tNUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED\t \tNumber Received\tNumber Received\tNumber Processed\tNumber Processed \tDuring Fiscal Year\tDuring Fiscal Year\tDuring Fiscal Year\tDuring Fiscal Year \tfrom Last Years\tfrom Current\tfrom Last Years\tfrom Current \tAnnual Report\tAnnual Report\tAnnual Report\tAnnual Report 01 \t278 \t275 \t279 \t262  02 \t2269 \t1890 \t2529 \t1884  03 \t1565 \t1252 \t1548 \t1280  04 \t736 \t790 \t756 \t776  05 \t1730 \t1569 \t1712 \t1599  06 \t640 \t518 \t584 \t621  07 \t642 \t521 \t664 \t522  08 \t381 \t341 \t399 \t341  09 \t676 \t587 \t688 \t595  10 \t411 \t459 \t396 \t458  HQ \t2164 \t2115 \t2080 \t2066  AGENCY\t11492 \t10317 \t11635 \t10404  OVERALL \t\t\t\t \tNumber of Backlogged\tNumber of Backlogged \tRequests as of End of\tRequests as of End of \tthe Fiscal Year from\tthe Fiscal Year from \tPrevious Annual Report (*)\tCurrent Annual Report 01 \t5 \t5  02 \t128 \t19  03 \t49 \t0  04 \t0 \t0  05 \t11 \t2  06 \t118 \t21 07 \t5 \t0  08 \t4 \t0  09 \t0 \t0  10 \t18 \t3  HQ \t445 \t282  AGENCY\t783 \t332  OVERALL \t\t (*) - This number has been updated to only report overdue requests.\t\t E. Comparison of Numbers of Administrative Appeals from Previous and Current Annual Report Appeals Received, Processed, and Backlogged\t\t\t\t \tNUMBER OF APPEALS RECEIVED\t\tNUMBER OF APPEALS PROCESSED\t \tNumber Received\tNumber Received\tNumber Processed\tNumber Processed \tDuring Fiscal Year\tDuring Fiscal Year\tDuring Fiscal Year\tDuring Fiscal Year \tfrom Last Years\tfrom Current\tfrom Last Years\tfrom Current \tAnnual Report\tAnnual Report\tAnnual Report\tAnnual Report HQ \t129 \t167 \t165 \t217  AGENCY\t129 \t167 \t165 \t217  OVERALL \t\t\t\t \tNumber of Backlogged\tNumber of Backlogged\t\t \tAppeals as of End of\tAppeals as of End of\t\t \tthe Fiscal Year from\tthe Fiscal Year from\t\t \tPrevious Annual Report (**)\tCurrent Annual Report\t\t HQ \t149 \t79 \t\t AGENCY\t149 \t79  OVERALL \t\t (**) - This number has been updated to only report overdue appeals instead of all pending appeals.\t\t F. Discussion of Other FOIA Activities (Optional)\t\t