hina UNITED STATES ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20545 4 Y 3) December 2, 1975 ot. US DOE ARCHIVES 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY Honorable Peter R. Taft RG_.——s—sCOMMISSION Land and Natural Resources Division Collection Dos Assistant Attorney General ATTN: Floyd L. France, Chief, ' General Litigation Section U. S. Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 Box Folder # ee! Giles Lp 1%Toh JIB2Q— ifr a Dear Mr. Taft: THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI, ET AL. V. SEAMANS, ET AL., Civil No. 75-348, U.S.D.C., D. Hawaii (Fle: 90-1-4-1204) — ~C. This ts in response to your October 20, 1975 request for a complete litigation report on this action insofar as the activities of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) are concerned. The principal thrust of this report is to provide information which may be used in the preparation of an answer to the amended complaint. We understand that the answer is to be filed on December 12, 1975. We are not including, at this time, any affidavit for use in opposing ‘the request for preliminary injunction (to be heard January 30, 1976) because of the likelihood that plaintiffs may again change the exact nature of their demand for relief. We will, of course, provide appropriate affidavits in advance of the January 30 hearing. Department of the Interior and ERDA staff members are currently working on a joint presentation to be made to the Office of Manaaerent and Budget regarding the question of funding for the proposed serial radiological survey. this matter. We will keep you informed of the status of ” Enclosure 1 to this letter is a paragraph-by-paragraph statement of ERDA's position in response to the amended complaint. Where another defendant agency has a more direct concern, we have deferred to the views of that agency, even though we may have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the allegation. Similarly, we have recommended denial of several of the plaintiffs' allegations for lack of knowledse or Information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegation, even though we have no reason to doubt that the particular allegations may be generally accurate. Wherever we are aware of QOUlion Sp j‘S (esesy & , ‘eae 7 G!