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Requests Report USCG FOIA Log Received between 04/01/2016 and 06/30/2016 Request ID Requested Date Request Description Requester Name 2015-CGFO-01476 04/06/2015 any documentation of a complaint filed against Slate, John requestor. 2016-CGFO-00862 01/22/2016 any and all information and documents regarding David, Tara in any way related to the M/V Nord Intelligence on or about February 9, 2015, in regards to a seaman being removed from the boat by the United States Coast Guard and being treated at a local hospital 2016-CGFO-00898 02/09/2016 IIA for collisions and allisions along Texas Hodge, Joshua waterways between 2010 and 2015 2016-CGFO-01313 03/08/2016 Records on pollution incident involving SG Ord, Bob FRIENDSHIP, MISLE Case No. 737057 2016-CGFO-01314 03/09/2016 MISLE Case Number 363848 MISLE Activity Campsen, George Number 3007353 2016-CGFO-01315 02/18/2016 to, plans, contracts, blueprints, drawings, O'Bryan, Dennis permits, photographs, inspections, citations and correspondence, created by, or submitted to, or used or referenced by The United States Coast Guard or any representative thereof, reflecting, setting forth, or referring to (b) (6) , Master's Reference No. (b) (6) , the ship MN AMERICAN CENTURY, or any related data from June 4th, 2014 2016-CGFO-01316 02/11/2016 Incident involving SCOW 2 on November 25, Easley, Preston 2014 2016-CGFO-01317 03/10/2016 Reports on Whiting Rd., Cicero, NY 13039 Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01318 03/10/2016 Reports on 6362 Dean Parkway, Ontario, NY Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01319 03/14/2016 Reports on 3657 South Town Line Rd., Palmyra, Gambrel, Bonnie NY 14522 2016-CGFO-01320 03/15/2016 Records on 38 Dyke St., Wellsville, NY 14895 Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01321 03/15/2016 Reports on 3242 NYS Route 417, Allegany, NY Gambrel, Bonnie 14706 2016-CGFO-01322 03/16/2016 Reports on 58 Prospect St., Auburn, NY 13021 Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01323 03/16/2016 Records on 80-120 Ramona St., Rochester, NY Gambrel, Bonnie 14613 2016-CGFO-01324 03/17/2016 Reports on 310-312 State St. E, Ithaca, NY Gambrel, Bonnie 14850 2016-CGFO-01325 03/21/2016 Reports on Hickory St. and 58 Prospect St, Gambrel, Bonnie Sennett, NY 13021 2016-CGFO-01326 03/22/2016 Reports on Smith Harbour Dr., Denver, NC Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01327 03/23/2016 Reports on 175 Hague St, Rochester, NY 14611 Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01328 03/24/2016 Reports on 50 Oak St., Warsaw, NY 14569 Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01329 03/24/2016 Records on 5914 Terrace Lane (Farmington Gambrel, Bonnie Terrace Apts, II & III), Farmington, NY 14425 2016-CGFO-01330 03/24/2016 Reports on 795 Canning Parkway, Victor, NY Gambrel, Bonnie 14564 2016-CGFO-01331 03/31/2016 Records on 6151 Barclay Rd., Sodus, NY 14551 Gambrel, Bonnie 2016-CGFO-01333 03/11/2016 Records on 4835 Military Rd., Town of Niagra, NY Bauer, Katherine 2016-CGFO-01334 03/25/2016 Records on 921 and 925 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY Bauer, Katherine 2016-CGFO-01335 03/28/2016 Records on 520 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY Bauer, Katherine 2016-CGFO-01336 04/05/2016 All records of incidents occurring in Madison Fike, Ed Parish, LA 2016-CGFO-01337 03/11/2016 All records pertaining to TRUMP PRINCESS Dillon, Lauren 2016-CGFO-01338 03/11/2016 Records on various vessels owned by Pacific Beuret, Devon Tugboat Service from January 1, 2013 to March 11, 2016 2016-CGFO-01339 03/11/2016 Report of accident resulting in deaths of Jennifer Fulweiler, John Way, Sara Owen, and Femmetje Staring on October 4-5, 2012 in Newport, RI 2016-CGFO-01340 02/16/2016 reports on an incident that occurred on February Keane, Brian 3, 2016 onboard the FN DETERMINATION. 2016-CGFO-01341 03/04/2016 Coast guard reports and investigation material HERRERA VILLARREAL, involving the defendant (b) (6) and ALFREDO (b) (6) arrest onboard the THE MOTOR VESSEL "LEDA ISABELA" ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 28,2015. 2016-CGFO-01343 03/03/2016 Allision involving ALTAI and DENEB on October Preston, Nick 29, 2011. MISLE Case No. 574639, Activity No. 4180579 2016-CGFO-01344 03/14/2016 Report of dry-docking and hull inspection of Fitzgerald, Daniel BOSTON NO. 30 in the Spring of 2010 2016-CGFO-01345 02/23/2016 Wreck of Crabbing Boat Sara Jo Date of Incident: Steppick, Daniel 01/26/2016 Place of Incident: Coos Bay, Oregon 2016-CGFO-01346 03/11/2016 Records concerning VENGEANCE on October 26, Kenneally, Scott 2015. MISLE Activity No. 5751657 2016-CGFO-01347 03/09/2016 WHAT: Boating accident involving serious bodily Shields, Raquel injury WHEN: 03/13/2015 23:56 Hours WHERE: 100 yards off shore of Fort Lauderdale beach WHO: USCG Petty Officer 3rd class (b) (6) (V1 Operator) USCG Petty Officer 3rd class (b) (6) USCG Petty Officer 3rd class (b) (6) USCG Seaman (b) (6) (V2 Operator) Union (b) (6) (V2 Captain) Union (b) (6) (Injured) (b) (6) (crew member) 2016-CGFO-01348 03/03/2016 (1) policies, standards, and guidance related to Good, Benjamin prepublication review; (2) final legal analyses of past, present, or proposed prepublication-review require ments; (3) final decisions of officials conducting prepublication reviews; (4) correspondence with former agency employees (or their representatives) who have submitted materials for prepublication review since January 1, 2009; (5) statistics relating to prepublication review, including but not limited to information documenting the total numbers of individuals who have submitted works for review, the total number of works submitted for review, the total number of submissions approved without change, the total number of submissions returned with proposed redactions or other modifications, the total number of pending submissions, and the duration of prepublication review processes. (6) titles, subject matters, and dates of works submitted for prepublication review; and (7) information about enforcement proceedings instituted or contemplated on the basis of violations of prepublication-review requirements, including breach-of-contract actions, agency administrative proceedings, and civil or criminal litigation. 2016-CGFO-01349 03/09/2016 Death involving NA PALI KAI II on December 26, Jenni, Craig 2014 in Kailua-Kona, HI 2016-CGFO-01350 03/09/2016 FIV WESTERN CHALLENGER applicatio11 for re- Cook, Heather doc11me11tatio11 and coastwise endorsement Our File No. 6319-28693 2016-CGFO-01351 03/10/2016 Records concerning VOYAGER Muniz, Paul 2016-CGFO-01352 03/10/2016 one copy, marked as a USCG approved drawing, Lambert, Robert of each of the following plans relating to the M/V AMERICANA (IMO No. 8949472), a U.S. flag passenger cruise vessel: 2016-CGFO-01353 03/10/2016 materials pertaining to the U.S. Flag passenger Lambert, Robert cruise vessel AMERICANA (f/k/a YORKTOWN CLIPPER; YORKTOWN) with IMO Number: 8949472 and Primary Vessel Number: 928931: 1. Copies of all Certificates of Inspection (COI´s) issued from 1988 (year of build) through 2014, 2. Copies of all SOLAS Passenger Ship Safety Certificates issued from 1988 (year of build) through 2014. 2016-CGFO-01356 03/10/2016 a list of the vendors to the United States Coast Boos, Michael Guard. By this I mean a list of the companies the United States Coast Guard buys from 2016-CGFO-01357 03/11/2016 all agency records pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § Silverstein, Zachary 552(a)(3) that relate to the following 3 Federal contract awards (including the contrncts and the applications): • #HSCG4414PPC7130 • #HSCG4011 PP30G99 • #HSCG841 OA500006 2016-CGFO-01358 03/13/2016 a copy of the following documents identified to Santos, Rose HSCG8516CP45780: 1. Contract with current SOW/PWS 2. List of all bidders 3. Business clearance memorandum and agency source selection decision document 4. Agency independent cost estimate memo 2016-CGFO-01359 03/14/2016 a copy of the report for case number 1011379 Rockwell, Carrie regarding the Coast Guard response to a sinking vessel, a 1989 Ultra Sunrunner identified by HIN XUE827183889 (no CF # as this is a documented vessel), incident near Mission Bay in San Diego, California, on February 18, 2016. 2016-CGFO-01360 03/15/2016 Records on Service member discharges between Montalto, Dana FY 2008 and FY 2015 as stated in request 2016-CGFO-01361 03/15/2016 FOIA # 2013-2257, RE: the vessel SEAFARER Williams, Madge 2016-CGFO-01362 04/04/2016 Questions regarding removal of Buoy No. 5A, Davidson, Paul Kwajalein Atoll 2016-CGFO-01363 03/30/2016 Report of Investigation CCN CSE-2015-04- Walker, Yvette 000642 2016-CGFO-01364 03/15/2016 any records responsive to any contract the USCG Franco, Evan may have entered into with the contractor "Coastal Environmental Services" sometimes listed as "Coastal Environmental Services Inc." for any oil spill cleanup or remediation work. any emails from the USCG in which "Coastal Environmental Services" is mentioned. 1) A master list of OSRO Certified contractors who operated through USCG contracts for Oil Spill Cleanup in 2010 or 2) Verification as to whether "Coastal Environmental Services" sometimes listed as "Coastal Environmental Services Inc." was, at any point, OSRO certified by the USCG [whichever is easier for you, either 1 or 2] 2016-CGFO-01365 03/25/2016 a full copy of the Alaska Response Company - Russel, Steven Alternative Planning 2016-CGFO-01367 03/16/2016 Records on Cornflower Drive and Erie Station Rd McAlpin, Whitney in Henritetta, NY 14586 2016-CGFO-01368 03/24/2016 Records on 1850 Five Mile Line Rd., Penfield, NY McAlpin, Whitney 14526 2016-CGFO-01369 03/29/2016 Reports on 40, 42 and 44 Erie Station Rd, McAlpin, Whitney Henrietta, NY 14586 2016-CGFO-01370 03/29/2016 Records on 7979 Rt.
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