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July 28. 2017

OFFICE OF THE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

Mr. Austin Evers
American Oversight
1030 15?h Street. NW
Suite 3255

Washington. DC. 20005

Dear Mr. Evers:

The Freedom of lnlionnation Act request you ?led with the US. Environmental Protection Agency
seeking "All emails between Scott Pruitt and Ryan Jackson (Chiet?ofSta?). John Reeder (Deputy Chief
of Staff). or Mike (Acting Deputy Administrator) from June 1, 2017, to June 15. 2017" was
designated 10-201 7-008848 and assigned to the Of?ce of the Administrator for response. The
Of?ce of the Administrator?s ?nal response is enclosed.

The Of?ce of the Administrator sent you an email on June 29. 2017 indicating that the EPA could not
process your request given that it did not reasonably de?ne a set of recOrds to search. The email also
provided you an opportunity to further clarify your request. I received an email on July 5. 2017 from
Sara Creighton. an attorney in organization, providing no further clari?cation and indicating that
American Oversight considers the FOIA request to reasonably de?ne a set of records subject to search.
Since the EPA cannot process your request as currently constructed. your request is being denied.

If you have any concerns. you may appeal this ?nal response with an email to hq.fbia@epa. gov or by
writing to the National Freedom of Information Act of?cer at:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
Records. FOIA and Privacy Branch

1200 Avenue. NW (2822T)
Washington. DC. 20460

Please note that correspondence mailed through only the US. Postal Service can be delivered to the
address above. If you would like to deliver your appeal in person. via courier service or via an
overnight-delivery service, you must address your correspondence to 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Room 64I6J. Washington. DC. 20001.

Your written appeal must be received no later than 90 calendar days from the date of this letter and
should include the request number listed above. The EPA will not consider appeals received after the 90
calendar-day limit. In addition. appeals received after 5 pm. Eastern time are considered as having been

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received the next business day. For the quickest possible handling, the subject line ofyour email or the
appeal letter and its envelope should be marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal.?

Additionally, you may seek dispute-resolution services from the FOIA public liaison at
hq.foia@epa.gov or (202) 566-1667 or from the National Archives and Records Administration's Of?ce
of Government Information Services. You may contact the Of?ce of Government Information Services
with an email to ogis@nara.gov; by calling toll free (877} 684?6448 or (301) 83 7-1996; with a fax to
(301) 837-0348; or by mail to National Archives and Records Administration, Of?ce of?ovemment
Information Services, 8610 Adelphi Road. Room 2510, College Park. Maryland 20740-6001.

Sincerely.



Victor Farren
Attorney-Adviser