BLM Montana Oil and Gas
| Tracking # |
DOI-BLM-2019-000209 BLM-2019-00196 |
| Submitted | Nov. 28, 2018 |
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Communications
From: Jimmy Tobias
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Montana Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments and texts, between the senior leadership of BLM's Montana State Office (including Acting State Director Jon Raby, Communications Director Al Nash, Deputy State Director Mike Philbin, Kimber Liebhauser, Kim Prill and/or Stephen Thompson) and any representative, agent, employee or executive of one or more of the following oil and gas firms: Highlands Natural Resources, Highlands Montana, and/or Halliburton. This request seeks records produced between October 1, 2017 and the date this request is processed.
I am a reporter with Pacific Standard magazine.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Tobias
From:
Dear Mr. Tobias:
Attached is our letter acknowledging receipt of your November 29, 2018,
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Very Respectfully,
Montana State Office FOIA Team
(406) 896-5280
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Mr. Tobias,
Attached is our first release of records regarding your FOIA request. Let
us know if you have any questions.
*Lynnell Cellmer*
*Records Management Specialist*
*Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office*
*(406) 896-5381*
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Bureau Of Land Management, Montana State Office
Dear Mr. Tobias,
We recently sent you a first release of records on January 30, 2019. At
that time we also informed you that your request was placed into the
complex track and we anticipated the need to review records for several
exemptions. Your complex track estimated completion date is set for March
29, 2019. In the meantime we are working as quickly as we can on all our
FOIAs. Since we process first in first out in each track please know that
we currently have 16 FOIA cases in our normal track and 22 FOIA cases in
our complex track ahead of your. Feel free to request status updates as
needed; however, you can also check the status of your request here
<https://foia.doi.gov/requeststatus/> by entering your FOIA number
BLM-2019-00196. Also realize that you can modify your request at anytime
during the processing of our request in attempt to move it into a quicker
track.
Thank you
Sally Sheeks
Government Information Specialist (State Records Administrator/FOIA
Specialist & Privacy Act Officer)
*Bureau of Land Management | Montana-Dakotas State Office*
*5100 Southgate Drive | Billings, MT 59101| T: 406.896.5157 | F:
From: Jimmy Tobias
Hi Sally,
Thank you for the note. I never received the first release of records. Can you email those records to me here, or mail them to the following address: 124 Washington Place, New York NY 10014.
Please let me know. And thanks.
Jimmy Tobias
248-763-0088
From: Bureau Of Land Management, Montana State Office
It appears as if we had your email one number off. Here is our letter and
first batch of records. If you could let me know you received these that
would be great.
Sally Sheeks
Government Information Specialist (State Records Administrator/FOIA
Specialist & Privacy Act Officer)
*Bureau of Land Management | Montana-Dakotas State Office*
*5100 Southgate Drive | Billings, MT 59101| T: 406.896.5157 | F:
406.896.5000*
*Confidentiality Notice: *This e-mail (including any and all attachments)
is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is
addressed. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or
otherwise protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, or the
employee or agent responsible for delivery of this e-mail to the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution,
copying, or use of this e-mail or its contents is strictly prohibited. If
you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and
destroy all copies.
From: Bureau Of Land Management, Montana State Office
On November 29, 2018, you made a FOIA request to BLM for:
MT/DAKs: "Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments and texts, between the senior leadership of BLM's Montana State Office (including Acting State Director Jon Raby, Communications Director Al Nash, Deputy State Director Mike Philbin, Kimber Liebhauser, Kim Prill and/or Stephen Thompson) and any representative, agent, employee or executive of one or more of the following oil and gas firms: Highlands Natural Resources, Highlands Montana, and/or Halliburton."
Currently the Bureau is inquiring to see if you have a continuing interest in receiving records responsive to this request. We are attempting to best service all our requesters by working on cases for which there is an ongoing and continuing need.
If we do not receive your reply in the affirmative within 60 business days, the BLM will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing this request and we will administratively close it.
Thank you,
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From: Jimmy Tobias
Hello,
Yes indeed I am still interested in this request. Thank you very much.
Jimmy Tobias
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 28, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 29, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 29, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Montana Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 29, 2018. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #BLM-2019-00196.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Bureau Of Land Management, Montana State Office
Mr. Tobias,
Attached is our final response letter regarding your November 29, 2018, FOIA request.
Sincerely,
The MSO FOIA Team
