for:
In this agreement the USG should provide compensation
1) radiation damage to land; 2) personal injury com-
pensation and direct medical surveillance and treatment for
persons who have contracted or shall in the future contract
radiation~related illnesses and direct radiglogical monitoring of people and land for an agreed time; and 3) appro-.
priate settlement of displaced Marshallese.
1.
Land Claims.
The United States should be prepared
to pay a value comparable to outright purchase price for
racdiation-dameged land.
Ten million dollars would apcear to
Se a reasonable negotiating celling for land claims s@ttlement based on a total of 2,500 acres subject to Camace claim
al approximately $4,000 ear acre (current estimated fee
‘value of land per acre in the subtect area.) Due to the fact
that no claims have yet been advanced, the above Figure
could be
political context of the settlement,
subject
to modification,
especially
shea
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een
et
in
Light of
:
the
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error io Preece
TL Should be noted that none of
tne past pavmrents and expenditures related to the testing
prouvam are considered by the agencies 2g compensation for
land Gamage claims.
See Appendix 8.
Funding for the land
Claims
settlement would be provided
OF Derense.
2.
through the
Department
Compensation for Personal Injury, Costs of Medical
Me
Sucveillance and Treatment, and Radiological Monitoring.
Personal Injury Compensation
Sec. 104 of Public Law 95-134 of October 15, 1977 provides for personal injury compensation payments to residents
of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls in the Marshall Islands who
were exposed to radiation from the March 1, 1954 thermo-
nuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll.
ed—Startes
Be
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prepared
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deny
See Appendix C.
Suppore
ath
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SREB OTIIN
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sutiered
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A ceiling money figure cannot be defined accurately for USG liability under this program, but total pro-
gram costs to date have been $1.4 million.
B.
Medical Surveillance and Treatment and Radiological
Monitoring
Sec. 102 of Public Law 96-205 of March 12, 1980 directs
the Secretary of Interior, after consultations with the