Mrs. Van Cleve, TIA, indicated that DOI is prepared to receive comments on this aspect. Mr. Jonathan Weisgall, Legal Advisor for the people of Bikini, asked whether written comments presented by the various groups to DOI could be shared by all. Mr. Gerry, MIALP, said that his group would be willing to provide copies of comments to any group present. Mrs. Van Cleve, TIA, commented that if the originator could do this that would be fine and would they indicate distribution on the original sent to DOI. DOI, though, would be prepared to provide copies if needed. Mr. T. Mitchell, Enewetak Counsel, asked whether any Federal Agency comments would also be circulated. Mrs. Van Cleve stated that if any agency comments were received within the week, they could be made available. Mr. T. Mitchell, Plan. Enewetak, stated that he liked the Environmental He believes it goes the full distance, it covers the four named atolls, observations. and provides for future research. He had two The first involved the development of standards for Dose Assessment comparison. How are the standards going to be developed? If question of standards are to be part of the plan and would be developed by contractor, then Mitchell would want to be involved. Dr. Noshkin commented that the reference to standards in the proposal was meant to refer to acceptable U.S. Federal standards. Mr. Mitchell, then stressed that he sees a need for the involve- ment of the local people program. The research, be explained carefully. (the four atolls) in the monitoring the visits, the sampling, etc., should Dr. Noshkin agreed that this was an important aspect and anticipated that prior to the start of every monitoring visit, a preliminary briefing session would be held with the local people. Mr. Mitchell, Enewetak, raised the question of transportation and communication support for the monitoring program. How would this be handled? Dr. Noshkin pointed out that a special vessel would be needed. The current DOE program has a chartered vessel. Mr. Mitchell asked if there were a dedicated vessel, would there be any unused times available? Dr. Noshkin commented that the new program would call for 5 months use. Possibly the Education program might use 2 months. This could leave up to 5 months free, but this was a guess at this stage.