Date/Time:  Thu, Feb 12, 2009  10:31:26  (MST)
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Name:       Geoffrey Ritchey

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Subject:    "WTC 7 collapse simulation FOIA"

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Message:    
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   Dear Mr. Ritchey,
   This letter is in response to your February 4,
   2008, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) #09-48
   request to the National Institute of Standards and
   Technology (NIST) in which you requested a copy of
   "Case B input and output from the ANSYS analysis
   as described on page 35 ofNCSTAR lA, The Final
   Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center
   Building 7."
   As previously determined, you are in the "all
   others" category, for which chargeable services
   include search and duplication of responsive
   documents excluding the cost of the first 2 hours
   of search and the first 100 pages of duplication.
   We initially estimate this cost to be $227.98.
   This estimate is based on the duplication of the
   input and output files for the analysis, which is
   approximately four hundred (400) gigabytes of
   information. The most effective way of providing
   this voluminous amount of files would be to place
   them onto a computer hardrive. Upon receipt of
   your written assurance to pay the $227.98, we will
   begin the duplication of responsive files. Written
   assurance may be provided either by letter or
   email
   to FOIA@nist.gov. Since this is just an estimate,
   if the actual cost for the duplication
   ofresponsive files is more than this estimate,
   then we will notify you of the revised charges.
   Likewise, if the actual cost for the duplication
   of responsive files is less than the estimate, you
   will be required to pay less.
   Please be advised that the search charges are
   assessed whether or not responsive documents are
   located
   and whether or not any of these documents are
   exempt from disclosure under FOIA.
   If we do not receive written assurance from you
   within thirty calendar days from the date of this
   letter, we \ovill assume you are no longer
   interested in receiving the documents requested
   and your FOIA request will be closed. Our mailing
   address is: NIST FOIA Office, 100 Bureau Drive, MS
   171 0, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1710."