-5Following the meeting, Interior issued a request for proposals to organizations and individuals who were believed to be interested in preparing for us on a contract basis the medical plan required by the law. The PoTEATI ALLY iwvreresTeo FAT request for proposals was sent to, among others, all sddaessese suggested A to us by Marshallese representatives. A contract was awarded in early ; - October to the School of Health of Loma Linda University, located in Loma Linda, California. Given the statutory deadline for the submission of the Interior plan to the Congress, the time available to our contractor was Ber ee mer Ted limited, The contract deadline of early December, hovwever,—wea—met—by tene—Linde. At the request of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy prepared proposals for the two other components of the plan that Die yee . the statute requires: an environmental monitoring, research, and dose The three documents in question became available and were distributed Nvevsr ATTENMPEES, to those interestedin early December, and a further meeting of the interested agencies and the Marshallese representatives was held on December 10 in Washington to discuss them. An opportunity to supply written comments through December 17 was afforded, The three proposals Attached are copies of the proposals that formed the basis of our December 10 discussions. In brief, 1. The Health Care Proposal, prepared by the Loma Linda University School of Healthy under contract with the Department of the Interior, presents the two alternative plans required by the Interior contract: tv he s de a Ra ‘ assessment program, and an education and information program. sINo we die DOE /