On the basis of the DOE analysis, the decision was made:in feptember to proceed with the planting of coconut trees on these six northern islands and the planting program on these islands now is underway. Dose Assessment Meeting The "Preliminary Dose Reassessment Report" also permitted the "Dose Assessment" meeting that the people of Enewetak had requested in December 1978, to take place. This meeting with the people of Enewetak originally had been scheduled for May 1979. For various reasons, it had to be rescheduled and the meeting was held on Ujelang Island on September 19 and 20. theBay’ be the people of Enewetak still reside on Ujelang pending a return to Enewetak Atoll. The Department of the Interior was represented at the September meeting on Ujelang by the Solicitor of the Department, Mr. Leo Krulitz. At the December 1978 meeting, the Department of Energy had been requested to give a risk assessment review to the people of Enewetak. Subsequently, in July 1979, the Legal Advisor for the people of Enewetak, Mr. Theodore Mitchell, Micronesian Legal Services Corporation, informed the Department of Energy that he had retained scientific consultants and he would not need to rely upon the Department of Energy for that type of information. The Department of Energy and this De- partment believed, however, that the United States