In recognition of the desire of the Bikini people to have available to them an independent scientific judgment and analysis of the radiation survey data to assist them in making a decision with respect to resettlement, the Bikini people shall be entitled to select a qualified scientist having generally accepted scientific training and experience to participate in the process of analysis of survey results and preparation of the final survey report. Paragraph 11 of the agreement provides that the U.S. Department of Energy will pay for the cost of this independent analysis. The Bikinians have selected Epidemiology Resources, Inc. (ERI) of Boston, Massachusetts, to conduct this review. The project team will be led bx Dr. Henry I. Kohn, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Medical Scnwol, who is here with me today. DOE has acknowledged the outstanding credentials of the ERI team, but there does appear to be some dispute concerning the scope of the work ERI will perform. stated that, For example, ERI has in order to perform its job in a reasonable manner and to gain the confidence of the Bikinians, it must gather soil and food samples from Bikini Atoll and independently measure the radioactivi tiate DOE's data. Th of on oe samples in order to substan- OL nited States’, fon on the other hand, has asserted that ERI's work should be limited to independent mearcurements of samples from Bikini that are stored at U.S. laboratories.