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B-173761 1 (1979-01-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuoj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -3-1 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL REFER TO:B-173761 January 4, 1979 Mr. Henry J. Sauer JAN 4 1979 Manufacturing Chemists Association 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. Cle 9e4 e A ce roE oAc Me,- 7'ic, fe 7s o0F Dear Mr. Sauer: This replies to your September 12, 1978, request for access to General Accounting Office documents relating to our report entitled, 'The Federal Government Should Establish and Meet Energy Conservation Goals, EMD-78-38, issued on June 30, 1978. Specifically, you requested copies of: Written reports of interviews conducted with the Manufacturing Chemists Association and/or the follow- ing member companies: Union Carbide Corporation, Allied Chemical Corporation, Pfizer Incorporated, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and the Dow Chemical Company; and Written reports of interviews conducted with the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, and the Portland Cement Association. Based upon our review of the requested documents, we conclude that the interview records are exempt from disclo- sure under section 81.6(a)(5) of our access to records regu- lations, copy enclosed. This exemption specifically includes 1* * * internal drafts, workpapers, memorandums between offi- cials or agencies, opinions and interpretations perpared by agency staff * * *. Moreover, we point out that, at the time the information was obtained, it was agreed that individual and company positions would not be identified on the issues discussed. -Disclosing the interview documents at this time would be a breach of that pledge. We also point out that records containing * * * information submitted by any person to the Government in confidence or where the Government has obligated itself not to disclose information it received * * * is exempted from disclosure by our regulations. (See 4 C.F.R. §81.6(a)(4).) In view of the foregoing we must deny your request. However, we would consider release of the 003072

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