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Mrs. Van Cleve, TIA, indicated that DOI is pre@ired
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comments on this aspect.
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Mr. Jonathan Weisgall, Legal Advisor for the people of Bikini,
asked whether written comments presented by the-various
groups
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to DOI could be shared by all.
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Mr. Gerry, MIALP, said that his group would be.~illing
to provide
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Mrs. Van Cleve, TIA, commented that if the or~ator
this that would be fine and would they indica~jdistribution
on
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the original sent to DOI. DOI, though, would ~:prepared
provide copies if needed.
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Mr. T. Mitchell, Enewetak Counsel, asked whethey any Federal
Agency comments would also be circulated. Mrs:2;Van Cleve stated
that if any agency comments were received wi~the
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Mr. T. Mitchell, Enewetak, stated that he lik@~”the
Environmental
Plan. He believes it goes the full distance, it covers the four
named atolls, and provides for future research.jf He had two
The first involved the develo-,t
of standards
observations.
How are the s3ijkndardsgoing to
for Dose Assessment comparison.
If question of standards are t@e
Part of ‘he
be developed?
plan and would be developed by contractor, th~~~itchell
would
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Dr. Noshkin commented that the reference to st~”dards in the
proposal was meant to refer to acceptable U.S.~~ederal standards.
Mr. Mitchell, then stressed that he sees a ned.for the involvement of the local people (the four atolls) in @.e monitorin9
program. The research, the visits, the samPli._ ~ etc., should
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be explained carefully. Dr. Noshkin agreed th~
important aspect and anticipated that prior tp~.+he start of
every monitoring visit? a preliminary briefing~~”ession would
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be held with the local people.
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Mr. Mitchell, Enewetak, raised the question of~.~~ransportation
HOW would
and communication support for the monitoring gi~ram.
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Dr. Noshkin pointed out that a special vessel ~uld
be needed.
The current DOE program has a chartered vessel~;.
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Mr. Mitchell asked if there were a dedicated vessel,
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be any unused times available?
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Dr. Noshkin commented that the new program would call for 5 months
use. Possibly the Education program might u~,,.2 months. This
at this
could leave up to 5 months free, but this was.=.’guess
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