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U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)FY 2016 Annual ReportTABLE OF CONTENTSI.Basic Information Regarding the ReportII.Making a FOIA RequestIII.Agency Component AbbreviationsIV.Exemption 3 StatutesV.FOIA RequestsVI.Administrative Appeals of Initial Determinations of RequestsVII.FOIA Requests: Response Time for Processed and Pending RequestsVIII. Requests for Expedited Processing and Requests for Fee WaiversIX.FOIA Personnel and CostsX.Fees Collected for processing requestsXI.Number of Times Subsection (c) Used and Number of Subsection (a)(2) PostingsXII.Backlogs, Consultations, and Comparisons

I.Basic Information Regarding the ReportA. Person to be contacted with questions about the reportKathy Ray, Departmental FOIA OfficerU.S. Department of TransportationOffice of General Counsel (Suite W94-122)1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20590(202) 366-5546kathy.ray@dot.govB. Electronic address for report on the World Wide Webwww.transportation.gov/foiaC. Person to be contacted for a copy of the report in paper formDarlene Wallace, FOIA Program AssistantU.S. Department of TransportationOffice of General Counsel (Suite W94-122)1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20590(202) 366-4245

II.Making a FOIA RequestA. Agency components that receive FOIA requestsKathy Ray, Departmental FOIA OfficerOffice of the Secretary (Suite W94-122)1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-5546Fax (202) 366-8536ost.foia@dot.govVacant, FOIA OfficerOffice of Inspector General (J-3)1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room W73-425Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-6131Fax (202) 366-1975See www.oig.dot.gov/foiaAndrea Griswold, Volpe FOIA OfficerOffice of the Secretary (OST-R)55 Broadway, Room 1274, RTV-1BCambridge, MA 02142Tel (617) 494-2718Fax (617) 494-3005andrea.griswold@dot.govStanza Ludgood, FOIA OfficerFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, W64-304Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-2960Fax (202) 366-3518foia2@dot.govDenise Kollehlon, FOIA Officer (RCC-20)Federal Railroad Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room W33-437Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 493-6039Fax (202) 493-6068frafoia@dot.govNancy Sipes (TAD-10)Federal Transit Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room E42-315Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-2496Fax (202) 366-7164foia@fta.dot.govManizheh Boehm, Office of Chief CounselFederal Highway Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room E84-107BWashington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-0948Fax (202) 366-1380foia.officer@fhwa.dot.govT. Mitchell Hudson, FOIA Officer (MAR-225)Maritime Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room W24-220Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-5320Fax (202) 366-7485foia@marad.dot.govMadeline Van Nostrand, FOIA Program Manager (PHC-30)Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Admin.1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room E23-306Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-0273Fax (202) 366-7041PHMSA.FOIA@dot.govExecutive SecretariatNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room W41-304Washington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-1834Fax (202) 493-2929webmaster@nhtsa.dot.govChelsea Champlin, FOIA/Privacy Act ContactSaint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20590Tel (202) 366-6510Fax (202) 366-6448foia.request@sls.dot/.govSusan McLean, FOIA CoordinatorFOIA Program Management Branch (AFN-140)Federal Aviation Administration800 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20591Tel (202) 267-0983Fax (202) 267-65147-AWA-ARC-FOIA@faa.gov

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Field Offices:Annjanette Cummins, FOIA Coordinator, AFN-140WFAA Northwest Mountain Region, 9-ANM-FOIA@faa.govFAA Alaskan Region, 9-AAL-FOIA@faa.govFAA Western Pacific Region, 9-AWP-FOIA@faa.gov1601 Lind Avenue SWRenton, WA 98057Tel (425) 227-2929Fax (425) 227-1041Stacy Thomas, FOIA Coordinator, AJV-E52FAA Air Traffic Organization – Eastern Service Area1701 Columbia AvenuePO Box 20636Atlanta, GA 30337Tel (404) 305-5549Fax (404) 305-66269-ATOE-ESA-FOIA@faa.govJudy A. Shipp, FOIA Coordinator, AFN-140CFAA Southwest Region (9-ASW-FOIA@faa.gov)FAA Great Lakes Region (9-ASW-FOIA@faa.gov)FAA Central Region (9-ACE-FOIA@faa.gov)2601 Meacham BoulevardFort Worth, TX 76137Tel (817) 222-5059Fax (817) 222-5042Douglas Burdette, FOIA CoordinatorFAA Regulatory Support Division, AFS-6006500 S. MacArthurPO Box 25082Oklahoma City, OK 73125Tel (405) 954-6501Fax (405) 954-46559-AMC-AFS620-FOIA@faa.govLinda Chatman, FOIA Coordinator, AFN-140EFAA Southern Region, 9-ASO-FOIA@faa.govFAA New England Region, 9-ANE-ARC-FOIA@faa.govFAA Eastern Region, 9-AEA-FOIA@faa.gov1701 Columbia Avenue, PO Box 20636Atlanta, GA 30320Tel (404) 305-5906Fax (404) 305-5938Connie Toby, FOIA CoordinatorFAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, AAM-66500 S. MacArthur, PO Box 25082Oklahoma City, OK 73125Tel (405) 954-1004Fax (405) 954-10109-AMC-AAM003-FOIA@faa.govMark Collins, FOIA CoordinatorFAA Air Traffic Organization – Western Service AreaFAA ATO-WSA, Mailcode: AJV-W51601 Lind Avenue, SWRenton, WA 98057Tel (425) 203-4199Fax (425) 203-41349-ATO-WSA-FOIA@faa.govCarrie LaFollette, FOIA CoordinatorFAA Civil Aviation Registry, AFS-7006500 S. MacArthur, PO Box 25082Oklahoma City, OK 73125Tel (405) 954-4331Fax (405) 954-57599-AMC-AFS700-FOIA@faa.govFabiola Mendiaz, FOIA CoordinatorFAA Air Traffic Organization – Central Service Area10101 Hillwood ParkwayFort Worth, TX 76177Tel (817) 222-5511Fax (817) 222-49639-ATO-CSA-AdminSvcs-FOIA@faa.govEdward Drake, FOIA CoordinatorFAA Aeronautical Center, AMC-0036500 S. MacArthur, PO Box 25082Oklahoma City, OK 73125Tel (405) 954-7327Fax (405) 954-99649-AMC-FOIA-Request@faa.govNote: Up-to-date information can be found on each component’s FOIA page viahttps://www.transportation.gov/foia

B.A brief description of why some requests are not granted and an overview of certaingeneral categories of the agency’s records to which the FOIA exemptions applySome requested records, or portions of records, were withheld pursuant to the FOIA’sexemptions. The most frequently used exemption in DOT for FY 2016 was Exemption 6,which protects against a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Other reasonsfor not granting requests included: (a) DOT did not have the records sought; (b) therequester did not seek records; rather, he or she was seeking answers to questions; or (c)the information from the records sought was publicly available. For a detailedbreakdown, see Section V. B of this report (Disposition of FOIA Requests).III.Agency Component AbbreviationsComponentAbbreviationComponent NameFAAFederal Aviation AdministrationFHWAFederal Highway AdministrationFMCSAFederal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFRAFederal Railroad AdministrationFTAFederal Transit AdministrationMARADMaritime AdministrationNHTSANational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationOIGOffice of the Inspector GeneralOSTOffice of the Secretary of TransportationPHMSAPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationSLSDCSaint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

IV.Exemption 3 StatutesStatute49 U.S.C. § 4011549 U.S.C. § 40119(b)5 U.S.C. app. § 107(a)(Ethics in GovernmentAct of 1978)49 U.S.C. § 40110(e)49 U.S.C. § 40123(a)Type of InformationWithheldCase CitationInformation harmful to US position inN/Ainternational aviation negotiations, orharmful to any US international air carrierAgency /ComponentNumber ofTimesRelied uponby Agency /ComponentTotal Number ofTimes Relieduponby AgencyOverallFAA1OST2Certain information obtained orPub. Citizen, Inc. v. FAA, 988 F.2d 186, 194FAAdeveloped in ensuring transportation(D.C. Cir. 1993); Gordon v. FBI, 390 F. Supp. 2dFMCSAsecurity if disclosure of that information 897, 900 (N.D. Cal. 2004).OIGwould: constitute an invasion of personalprivacy, reveal a trade secret orFHWAconfidential commercial or financialinformation, or be detrimental totransportation safety284611Contract bid or proposal informationsubmitted to the FAA that are notincorporated into the contract313Aviation Safety Action Program voluntarily N/Asubmitted information41 U.S.C. § 2102Contract bid or proposal information;(amending 41 U.S.C.source selection information423(a)(1))* (ProcurementFAA761Financial disclosure informationMeyerhoff v. EPA, 958 F.2d 1498, 1500-02FAApertaining to certain government officials (9th Cir. 1992); Seife v. NIH, 874 F. Supp. 2d248, 254 (S.D.N.Y. 2012); Concepcion v. FBI,606 F. Supp. 2d 14, 33 (D.D.C. 2009), renewedmotion for summary judgment granted in parton other grounds, 699 F. Supp. 2d 106 (D.D.C.2010); Glascoe v. DOJ, No. 04-0486, 2005 WL1139269, at *1 (D.D.C. May 15, 2005).N/A3FAALegal & Safety Employer Research, Inc., v. U.S. MARADDep't of the Army, No. Civ. S001748, 2001 WL34098652, at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 2, 2001)141141

Integrity Act)(dictum).49 U.S.C. § 31143(b)Identities of motor carrier safetycomplainantsN/AFMCSA1949 U.S.C. § 31105(h)(1)Names of certain motor carrieremployeesN/AFMCSA4941 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1)(currently at 41 U.S.C.4702)Contract proposals that are in thepossession or control of an executiveagency and that have not been set forthor incorporated by reference intocontractsSinkfield v. HUD, No. 10-855, 2012 U.S. Dist. MARADLEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15,NHTSA2012); Margolin v. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421,OST2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar. 31,2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior,FHWA305 F. Supp. 2d 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summaryaffirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004).149 U.S.C. § 30305(c)(1)National Driver Register Information oncertain individualsN/ANHTSA344 U.S.C. § 3501 (note)Confidential respondent data to Bureau of N/ATransportation Statistics SurveyOST149 U.S.C. § 60138(a)(2)Certain information contained in pipeline N/Afacility response plansPHMSA319491237313

V.FOIA RequestsV.A. FOIA REQUESTS -- RECEIVED, PROCESSED AND PENDING FOIA REQUESTSAgency / ComponentFAANumber of RequestsNumber ofNumber ofNumber of RequestsPending as of Start Requests Received Requests Processed Pending as of Endof Fiscal Yearin Fiscal Yearin Fiscal Yearof Fiscal 14114704403,05613,80011,9294,927PHMSASLSDCAGENCY OVERALLThe Agency Overall number of requests pending as of the start of the fiscal year is 126 less than reported as pending at the end of the previous fiscalyear. The following components completed action on FOIA requests in the previous fiscal year, but did not formally close them out in their trackingsystems before the end of the fiscal year: FAA (98), FMCSA (26), FRA (2), FTA (1), and NHTSA (1). In addition, PHMSA received 2 requests during theprevious fiscal year that were not logged in until the next fiscal year. This explains the 126 Agency Overall difference.

V.B.(1). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- ALL PROCESSED REQUESTSAgency /ComponentFAANumber of Full Denials Based on Reasons Other than ExemptionsNumber ofNumber ofAll RecordsImproperPartialRecordsOtherNumber ofFull DenialsReferredtoFeeFOIANotGrants /NoRequestnotDuplicate *Explain inFull GrantsBased onAnotherRelatedRequest tExemptionsComponentReasonfor Other RecordDenialsDescribedBelowor 41,695883957262934764211,929AGENCYOVERALL

V.B.(2). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- "OTHER" REASONS FOR "FULL DENIALS BASED ON REASONSOTHER THAN EXEMPTIONS"Agency /ComponentDescription of "Other" Reasons for Denials from Chart B(1)FHWARequest Opened in ErrorFMCSANumber of Times "Other"Reason Was Relied UponTOTAL1111N/A00FTARequest Opened in Error22NHTSARequest Opened in Error1212OIGRequest Opened in Error66OSTRequest Opened in Error1010PHMSARequest Opened in Error11FAAN/A00SLSDCN/A00FRAN/A00MARADN/A00AGENCY OVERALL42

V.B.(3). DISPOSITION OF FOIA REQUESTS -- NUMBER OF TIMES EXEMPTIONS APPLIEDAgency /ComponentEx. 1Ex. 2Ex. 3Ex. 4Ex. 5Ex. 6Ex. 7(A)Ex. 7(B)Ex. 7(C)Ex. 7(D)Ex. 7(E)Ex. 7(F)Ex. 8Ex. 08116037571182200AGENCY OVERALL