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Colman Herman v. Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (SPR 20180081)

Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Public records appeal decision · Filed 01-18-2018

ClosedAppealDecision

SPR 20180081 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Colman Herman concerning records held by Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, opened 01-18-2018. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Public records appeal decision.

Case Details

Case Number
20180081
Case Type
Appeal
Case Subtype
Initial
Status
Closed
Requester
Colman Herman
Custodian
Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup
Date Opened
01-18-2018
Date Closed
01-24-2018
Date Request Submitted
12-28-2017
Response Provided Date
01-23-2018
Processing Fees Charged
0.00
Petitions Regarding Fees
No
Time to Comply
0 Business Days
Went to Court
No

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division

Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records

January 24, 2018 SPR18/0081

Kathleen Delaplain, Esq.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street . Boston, MA 02108

_ Dear Attorney Delaplain:

I have received the petition of Colman Herman appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Herman requested to arrange a time when he could visit the Department to view all documents related to an identified school’s waterways license application as well as to view previously withheld emails with attachments. Having received no response, Mr. Herman petitioned this office.

Subsequent to the intervention by a member of the Public Records Division staff, this office was notified on January 23, 2018, the Department communicated to Mr. Herman the requested records were located and they would make them available by mail on a thumb drive or he could view them at the Department. I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr.

Herman may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1).

Sincerely,

Lola

Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Colman Herman

One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 * (617) 727-2832: Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre * pre@sec.state.ma.us