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ERDA's SUGGESTED RESPONSE AND/OR COMMENTS (Continued)

89

a base for reconsideration of this position in the unlikely
event that this would be necessary...

90

Ist, 2d, and 4th sentences - admit.
3d sentence - deny.

ERDA does not say that Bikini

houses should not be used for permanent residences.

See also comments on Paragraph 89.

91

Ist sentence ts emphatically denied (as it was at
November 1] conference with Court).

Denial of

existence of program logically calls for denial
of rest of paragraph.

92

Deny.

93

Admit.

94

Deny existence of ongoing major federal action but admit
the remainder, particularly the last sentence.

95, 96, 97

Defer to Department of Interior.

98

Ist sentence - defer to DOI.
Remainder should be denied.
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While ERDA would like to

do the aerial radiological survey, and would welcome
independent scrutiny,

it denies any obligation to

perform the survey, any obligation to une SOE ARCHIVE

Independent scrutiny, and denies that the Enewetak
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survey establishes standards applicable to any Bikini

survey.

We reemphasize that while the aerial survey

will provide a great deal of valuesle data, such a

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