1S. Deparment of Homeland Seury Astington, Vig Homeland Security Privacy Oftce DHS-D3 MAR 1 2 2007 Mr. Chris Farrell Judicial Watch 501 School Street, SW Suite 75 Washington, DC 20024 Re: DHS/OS/PRIV 06-978/Farrell request Dear Mr, Farrell: This responds to your August 8, 2006 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Commerce (Commerce). That entity referred 46 pages of documents to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office for processing and direct response to you. Those documents were received in this office on September 18, 2006. You requested documents pertaining to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and the North American Competitiveness Council. ‘We have enclosed 44 pages of the 46 pages referred to us by Commerce with information withheld pursuant to Exemptions 2 and 6 of the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 (b)(2) and (b)(6). We are withholding 1 page in its entirety pursuant to Exemption 5 of the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(5). Exemption 2 (low) exempts from disclosure records that are related to infernal matters ofa relatively trivial nature, such as intemal administrative tracking. Exemption 2 (high) protects information applicable to internal administrative matters to the extent that disclosure would risk circumvention of an agency regulation or statute, impede the effectiveness of an agency’s activities, or reveal sensitive information that may put the security and safety of an agency activity or employee at risk. Exemption 5 protects the integrity of the deliberative or policy-making processes within the agency by exempting from mandatory disclosure draft documents, and opinion, conclusions, and recommendations included within inter-ageney or intra-ageney ‘memoranda or letters. Exemption 6 exempts from disclosure records the release of which would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. ‘The remaining 1 page is a duplicate. In an effort to conserve resources, we have elected not to include any duplicate pages with this release. You have the right to appeal the withholding determination. Should you wish to do so, you must send your appeal within 60 days of the date of this letter to: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. 20528, following the procedures outlined in Subpart a, Section 5.9, of the DHS Regulations, Your envelope and letter should be marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” Copies of the FOIA and regulations are available at www.DHS.gov.If you need to contact our office again about this matter, please refer to DHS/OS/PRIV 06-978/Farrell request in any future correspondence. Sincerely, 7 / Vania T. Lockett Associate Director, Disclosure & FOIA Operations Enclosures: 44 pagesSPP SECURITY AGENDA Goals 8 and 9 Working level Canadian Counterparts POC list GOAL8 Food and Ag ( a) Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Health Canada ‘Tunney’s Pasture Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0K9 i be j L Bo 2 Manager, counter Terrorism and Emergency Mitigation Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Office of Emergency Management 59 Camelot Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0Y9 c ob ) Public Health ( a) Transport Canada