APPENDIX B Department Washington, of Energy D.C. 20585 AUG 191980 Mr. Jonathan M. Weisgall Ginsburg, Feldman, Weil and Bress 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Mr. Wleisgall: The Department of Energy agrees in principle to the proposal set forth in your letter-proposal of May 26, 1981, which will settle the litigation in People of Bikini v. $eamans, et al, Civil No. 76-348 (D-Ha.). Final approval of your proposal is contingent upon reaching agreement on the following: 1. Technical procedures covering such matters as sampling techniques, sample storage and transportation, sample processing, analytical procedures, a defined level of acceptability of sample variance between Epidemiology Resources, Inc. samples and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory samPles~ sPlittin9 samples for confirmatory analyses by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. and by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, etc. 2. The taking and handling of any environmental samples by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. will be jointly supervised by one person designated by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. and one person designated by the Department of Energy. — 3. Since the Department of Energy laboratory personnel periodically visit Bikini Atoll on a ship chartered by the Department, we wc)uld expect that EpidemioloW Resources~ Inco sampling at Bikini Atoll could be conducted in conjunction If this is done, we with a visit by our laboratory personnel. will deduct an appropriate portion of transportation expense from our contract payment. If such coordination is clearly impractical, then you may proceed as indicated in the proposal. . -26-