I. ars Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20585 AUG 191980 ' t Mr. Jonathan M. Weisgall Ginsburg, Feldman, Weil and Bress 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Mr. Weisgall: The Department of Energy agrees in principle to the proposal set forth in your letter-proposal of May 26, 1981, which will settle the litigation in People of Bikini_v. Seamans, et al, Civil No. 76-348 (D-Ha.). Final approval of your proposal is contingent upon reaching agreement on the following: 1. Technical procedures covering such matters as sampling techniques, sample storage and transportation, sample processing, analytical procedures, a defined level of acceptability of sample variance between Epidemiology Resources, Inc. samples and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory samples, splitting samples for confirmatory analyses by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. and by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, etc. 2. The taking and handling of any environmental samples by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. will be jointly supervised by one person designated by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. and one person designated by the Department of Energy. 3. Since the Department of Energy laboratory personnel periodically visit Bikini Atoll on a ship chartered by the Department, we would expect that Epidemiology Resources, Inc. sampling at Bikini Atol] could be conducted in conjunction with a visit by our laboratory personnel. If this is done, we will deduct an appropriate portion of transportation expense from our contract payment. If such coordination is clearly impractical, then you may proceed as indicated in the proposal.