USDA FOIA Response 2013-2014

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20737-1232

September 11, 2014

David Karopkin616 E. 19thStreet

Brooklyn, NY 11230Email: [email protected]

Dear Mr. Karopkin:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated, and received in

this office, December 4, 2013, seeking for copies of the following records:

1. All records and correspondence relating removal of Canada geese by USDA

Wildlife Services during 2013 in New York City and Gateway National

Recreational Area/Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

2.

All records and correspondence relating to the removal of turkeys by USDA WildlifeServices during 2013 in New YorkCity (specifically including the total number of

birds taken and the dates of their removal) and the letter reporting the results of the

bird damage abatement which was indicated in Section G of the attached contract to

be issued by USDA Wildlife Services on Oct. 30, 2013. Please include any current,

pending, or expired contracts and correspondence between USDA and public or

private property owners in New York City.

3. All contracts and correspondence with Kroll's Farm in New Windsor, NY, as well as

any other company used to slaughter Canada geese, turkeys, or other wildlife

removed by USDA Wildlife Services in New York State in 2013.

We apologize for the delay of our response.

Your request was forwarded to the Office of Wildlife Services (WS) to search for responsive

records. WS employees conducted a manual, ou tlook ema il, and emai l archives search of

their files and located the enclosed 232 pages responsive to item #1 & 3 of your request.

With regards to item #2 of your request, we have no record of a letter reporting the results of the

bird damage abatement, although it indicates in Section G of the Cooperative Service Agreement

(CSA) that one would be completed. Please note, although the CSA indicates that a letter

reporting the result of the bird damage abatement would be submitted, the parties agreed to a

verbal report. You also asked for current, pending, expired contract between USDA and public

or private property owners in New York City (NYC). The only contract USDA has is with NYC

Office of Mental Health, and this document is included in this response

Information has been withheld pursuantto Exemption 4, 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(4). FOIA

Exemption 4 protects trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a

person, and is privileged or confidential, from public disclosure when release would cause

substantial harm to the competitive position of an individual, a partnership, or a corporation

from whom the information was obtained. Specifically, we withheld the quantity, unit price

and number of items purchased.


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FOIA 2014-APHIS-01062-F

In addition, information has been withheld under FOIA Exemption 6, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).

Exemption 6 permits the government to withhold from personnel and medical files and similar

files information about individuals when the disclosure of such information would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. We have determined that these records meet

the definition of similar files, because they contain information pertaining to individuals.

Specifically, we withheld the names of third parties individual and all signatures.

In order to determine whether a document may be withheld under Exemption 6, an agency must

undertake a three-step analysis. First, the agency must determine whether a significant privacy

interest would be compromised by the disclosure of the record. Second, the agency must

determine whether the release of the document would further the public interest by shedding

light on the operations and activities of the Government. Third, the agency must balance the

identified privacy interests against the public interest in disclosure.

We have determined that the individual has more than a de minimisprivacy interest in this

information because the signatures could be used for identity theft as a person uses a signature to

attest as to who they are in business and personal records. Under Exemption 6, the only pertinent

public interest is whether release of the information would shed light on the agencys activities

and the agencys performance of its statutory duties. We determined that the release of theidentifying information does not shed any light on APHIS activities. Therefore, the privacy

interests of the individuals in the records you have requested outweigh the non-existent

public interest in disclosure of the information.

You have the right to appeal our partial denial determination. If you choose to appeal, your

appeal must be in writing and must be received at the following address within 45 days of the

date of this letter. Please send your appeal to:

Administrator

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Ag Box 3401

Washington, D.C. 20250-3401

If you choose to appeal, please refer to 2014-APHIS-01062-F in your appeal letter and add the

words FOIA Appeal to the front of the envelope. To assist the Administrator in reviewing

your appeal, please provide specific reasons why you believe modification of the determination

is warranted.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Sophie Lau-Lopez of my staff at (301) 851-4083.

Sincerely,

Tonya G. Woods

Director

Freedom of Information & Privacy Act

Legislative and Public Affairs

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