from persons responsible for operational levels of agency
projects.

Therefore, this Court should order that ERDA
contract with a panel of competent scientific personnel
approved by the Coure for the purpose of analysis and
_@valuation of the data produced by aerial radiological
surveillance.
As the aerial radiological survey will probably
require a minimum of 60 days for completion, after the date
the helicopters are on site,

the Court has several months

within which to review with the parties the selection of a
panel for analysis of the data produced by the surveillance.
ERDA should be required to contract with independent experts
approved by the Court no later than 60 days after the date
of entry of the prelininary injunction for analysis of the
Gate produced by the surveillance.

VIII.

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BEST AVAILABLE COPY

COMPLETION OF RADIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FLORA AND FAUNA

The two reports distributed at the August 12, 1975
Livernore, California meeting indicate that the Lawrence
Livernore Laboratory is presently engaged in analysis of
water, soil and other types of samples from Bikini and Eneu
Islands.

The panel of independent scientific persomnel whon

we have asked the Court to appoint under Heading VII should
take recommendations to the Court as to such additional
analysis as may be indicated with regard to similar samples
for the remaining 21 islands of Bikini Atoll and such other
Northern Marshalls Atolls as may be reasonadly necessary in
order to draw valid conclusions as to the degree of risk pozARCHIVE
presented to the People of Bikini by the Bixini Resettlement.

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