A C185 PLT WAS HIRED TO FLY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS TO AN ACFT ACCIDENT SITE. HE PROPERLY CHKED FOR A NOTAM REGARDING A TEMPORARY RESTR AREA OVER THE SITE AND NONE WAS FOUND. A NOTAM HAD BEEN PUBLISHED; BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE ENA FSS OR THE RPTR.

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IN SUM: A RADIO/TV SVC CONTACTED THE RPTR REGARDING A FLT OVER AN ACFT CRASH SITE ON THE DALL GLACIER. THE RPTR CALLED THE KENAI FSS AND TALKED TO A LIVE BRIEFER FOR WX AND NOTAMS REGARDING A TEMPORARY AIRSPACE RESTR OVER THE CRASH SITE. THE BRIEFER RPTED THAT THERE WERE NO NOTAMS IN EFFECT. APCHING THE SITE; THE RPTR SWITCHED TO A FREQ GIVEN BY THE FSS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ACFT OVER THE SITE. A HELI WORKING THE SITE AGREED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CONFLICT. THE PARK SVC AND THE FAA HAVE COME AFTER THE RPTR FOR VIOLATING A TEMPORARY RESTR AIRSPACE AND IGNORING A NOTAM THAT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED. AN FAA REPRESENTATIVE HAS AGREED THAT THERE WAS NO NOTAM PUBLISHED WHEN THE RPTR ASKED FOR IT. THE RPTR IS CONCERNED THAT IT TOOK HRS FOR A NOTAM TO BE ISSUED AFTER THE PARK SVC ASKED FOR IT. THE RPTR FEELS THAT HE IS BEING MADE A SCAPEGOAT FOR THE INEFFICIENCIES OF THE NOTAM SYS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A C185 ON SKIS. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY LET OFF OF THE HOOK WHEN THE FSS TAPES WERE REVIEWED SHOWING THAT HE HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR ANY NOTAMS REGARDING THE CRASH SITE. THE TV STATION KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NO-FLY ZONE IN EFFECT; BUT DID NOT TELL THE RPTR. THE RPTR DOES NOT KNOW WHY THE REQUEST FOR THE NOTAM HAD NOT GOTTEN TO THE KENAI FSS.