Department of Energy Post Office Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518 Peter Oliver Special Assistant for Compact Implementation Republic of the Marshall Islands Majuro, MI AUG 21 198 COC) A AOCsd ero, , 8) Aue ot ht 7 :Y. ; 96960 Dear Pete: This responds to your August 12, letter requesting additional information on earlier payments to individuals or communities affected by the nuclear testing program. Generally, all funding of this type has been through DOI and/or TIPI. For example, the exgratia payments to exposed persons on Rongelap, $10,000 each, and Utirik, $1,000 each, were made through P.L. 88-854, through DOI, to TIPI, then to each exposed individual or guardian. Thus» to save your time, I suggest you contact Acting Assistant Secretary Kittie Bafer for this compilation. DOI/TTPI also has records on individuals who received payments for medical problems such as thyroid abnormalities. The Enewetak and Bikini trust mnfes were also administered through DOI. For your general information, subject to correction or supplementation by DOI, | we have knowledge of the following Statutory Compensation: 1. Act of August 22, 1964, P.L. 88-854 (78 Stat. 598) provided $950,000 as compasstfonate payment to the people of Rongelap for radiation exposures sustained by them as a result of the 1954 Bravo shot. This payment was for general suffering since in 1964 the late effects of thyroid abnormalities had not yet appeared. 2. %In 1969, a $102,000 ex gratia payment was made to the people of Enewetak to compensate them for hardship and suffering due to their removal from Enewetak Atoll] in 1947. It should be noted that this was not a statutory act but was provided by transfer of funds from the Air Force to the Depart- ment of the Interior. J/ 3. Act of June 13, 1975, P.L. 94-34, provided for an ex gratia payment of $3 million to the people of Bikini. Ths Act provided that this payment was to be placed in a Bikini Trust Fund. 4. P.L. 94-367, Department of Defense Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1977, appropriated $20 million for cleanup of Enewetak Atoll. ye “a Ales 5 0 0 ? 5 8 3Celebrating the U.S. Constitution Bicentennial — 1787-1987 el ee Leles— ples Isl andb- 187