DRAFT 53 are reasonable in light of present knowledge andthat their application does not pose an unacceptable health risk. °° Oct 77 CONTRACTOR RADIATION island. jhe BNL installs a wind-powered, long-term air sampling station on Bikini Urine samples are collected from Bikini residents under controlled conditions to avoid contamination.*” 1 Oct 77 ADMINISTRATION The DOEis activated. 15 Oct 77 LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY MEDICAL RADIATION RELOCATION P.L. 95-134 authorizes $12.4 million for rehabilitation and resettlement of Enewetak Atoll. The Secretary of Interior is to pay people who were residents of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls on 1 March 1954, $25,000 to each person with hypothyroidism or removal of a thyroid gland or neurofibroma or a radiation-related malignancy; $1,000 to each person who wasa resident on Utirik; up to $25,000 in compassionate compensation to any other person who suffered physical injury or harm from a radiation-related cause; and an additional payment of not more than $100,000 to the heirs of anyone whose death is related to the thermonuclear detonation. The ERDA administrator is to assume the costs of appropriate medical care and treatment for those suffering from radiation illness or injury. _ P.L. 95-134. also authorizes. medical care for the Marshall Islanders exposed to the. 1954 Castle;Bravo fallout, including-the di is and treatment of radiationrelated diseases. The DOEis responsible for funding this medical care.** Nov 77 isi tit ls RADIATION ‘op ccti ies es ' The T.T. governmient-institutes ‘a‘complete Bikini.�� tea, - iry: program for alt residents of 13 Dec 77 CONTRACTOR RADIATION According to the BNL, 30-yearintegral dose predictions from external sources exclusive of background radiation for inhabitants of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls are 0.65 and 0.06 rem respectively. The BNL concludes that inhabitants of Rongelap may have difficulty meeting ICRP criteria of 5 rem in 30 years, but should be within the 0.5 rem/year standard for individuals.*™ 1978 ¥ AGREEMENT The signing of the Statement of Agreed Principles for Free Association (the Hilo Principles) lay the cornerstone for the Compact of Free Association (COFA) b providing a framework for the negotiation of the compact. The Hilo Principles call FOGu ETI