Deaths recorded (Bureau of Land Management)
| Tracking # |
2024-000142 FOIA Request 949156 2024-000142 DOI-BLM-2024-000142 |
| Multi Request | Deaths recorded |
| Submitted | Nov. 8, 2023 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
I am interested in gathering records that document any dead bodies found on public land managed by this agency, or reports of deaths on said land.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records restricted with the date range of 01/01/2020 to the time that this request is processed:
* WildCAD Incident Cards
* INCIDENT RECORDS
Note: these may be helpful parameters for any incident reports:
Incident status closed, death of offender
Involvement: deceased
* Any weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual reports regarding deaths on public land managed by this agency
When completing this request, please prioritize whichever records would take the least amount of time to be located and released. I would like these records in electronic format, sent via email or other digital method, and again, please release documents on a rolling basis, as they become available.
If you determine that any of the information qualifies for an exemption from disclosure, I ask you to note whether the exemption is discretionary, and if so whether it is necessary in this case to exercise your discretion to withhold the information. In any event, please provide a signed notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you determine that any of the information is exempt and will not be disclosed.
Also, I am a member of the news media as a reporter for Business Insider, and the requested documents are in the public interest and not being made for commercial purposes. Therefore, I ask that all fees are waived in the processing of my request. If fees associated with this request will be in excess of $25, kindly notify me in advance of fulfilling this request. As I am making this request as a journalist and this information is timely, I would appreciate your communicating with me if you have questions regarding this request.
Thanks again, and if there are any questions about my request, can provide any clarification that will help expedite the processing of my request, please contact me at email address. I am also happy to hop on the phone.
I look forward to your reply within 20 business days, as the statute requires and an even more prompt reply if you can make a determination without having to review the records in question.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Best,
Caroline
From: Bureau of Land Management
Dear Caroline Caroline,
The status of your BLM FOIA request #DOI-BLM-2024-000142 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
DOI
From: Bureau of Land Management
Dear Caroline Caroline,
Case Number DOI-BLM-2024-000142 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference case number DOI-BLM-2024-000142.
Regards,
DOI
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 12, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #DOI-BLM-2024-000142.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Bureau of Land Management
Dear Caroline Caroline,
The status of your BLM-HQ FOIA request #DOI-BLM-2024-000142 has been updated to the following status 'Assigned for Processing'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
Sincerely,
DOI
From: Bureau of Land Management
This letter acknowledges your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated November 12, 2023, and received in our office November 13. 2023. Your request has been logged in under control number 2024-000142. Please use this control number in all subsequent correspondence concerning your request.
In your letter you requested the following:
"Any weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual reports regarding deaths on public land managed by this agency."
We have classified you as a representative of the news media. As such, we may charge you for some of our duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our search or review costs; you also are entitled to up to 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39<http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=0fc3ab3499768eebc2e3691c8cf88dec&rgn=div5&view=text&node=43:1.1.1.1.2&idno=43#43:1.1.1.1.2.7.5.3>. If, after taking into consideration your fee category entitlements, our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.37(g)<http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=0fc3ab3499768eebc2e3691c8cf88dec&rgn=div5&view=text&node=43:1.1.1.1.2&idno=43#43:1.1.1.1.2.7.5.13>
We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests that can be processed in one to five workdays. The Normal track is for requests that can be processed in six to twenty workdays. The Complex track is for requests that can be processed in twenty-one to sixty workdays. The Exceptional/Voluminous track is for requests requiring more than sixty workdays for processing. The Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited processing. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a first-in, first-out basis.
This request falls into the Complex track.
We normally process requests on a first-in, first-out basis. Please know that the Bureau’s management is very committed to providing responses to FOIA requests and remedying the FOIA backlog.
If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov<mailto:BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov> Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs and activities of the BLM.
Thanks,
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From: Bureau of Land Management
Good Morning
My subject matter expert seeking additional clarification on your request.
1. Is this dead human bodies? If not we have about 1500 + cattle, horse, etc. records.
2. We have records of incidents which we can provide; however, the Sheriff's office has ultimate authority on any human caused death on public lands. The requestor would need to get actual case records from the appropriate authority.
3. Does the individual want bodies that were found on public lands, suicides, or fatalities including OHV/motor vehicle/airplane incidents?
It would be helpful to understand exactly what she seeks, and if just numbers would satisfy this request or if she has specific incidents leading to bodies that she needs - and to clarify what those are.
If you could address these questions.
Kenneth L. Perry
FOIA Specialist
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
HQ640, External Affairs (Communications Division)
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Office/Cell: (720) 281-1649
From: Hannah Beckler
Hello,
Thank you for your help in processing my request. To address your questions:
1. Yes, I am interested in records only regarding dead human bodies.
2. Any and all records or incident reports regarding the number of human deaths occurring on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management would be relevant to our request. If the data could be segregated and exported into categories such as suicides, vehicular accidents, or weather-related fatalities, that would be very helpful.
Please feel free to reach out to Narimes Parakul (707-775-0144) or Morgan McFall-Johnsen (646-768-4730) and we can clarify our request further, if needed.
Sincerely,
Narimes Parakul
Researcher I
nparakul@insider.com
From: Bureau of Land Management
Thank You
I will forward this over to the program office.
From: Bureau of Land Management
Dear Caroline Caroline,
The status of your BLM-HQ FOIA request #DOI-BLM-2024-000142 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.
https://foiaxpresspal.doi.gov
The message is being sent from an unattended email box. For any future correspondence, please contact the bureau contact at https://www.doi.gov/foia/contacts
Sincerely,
DOI FOIA Office
From: Bureau of Land Management
This letter is a final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated November 13, 2023. The tracking number is 2024-000142. In your letter, you asked for the following:
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