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Following 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
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request for proposals was sent to, among others, allnddcmesese suggested
to us by Marshallese representatives.
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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
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The contract deadline of early December, hewever,—wes-met—by
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At the request of the Department of the Interior, the Department of
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Energy prepared proposals for the two other components of the plan that
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the statute requires:
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an environmental monitoring, research, and dose
assessment program, and an education and information program.
The three documents in question became available and were distributed
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ATTEMPEES,
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 then.
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 Healthg under contract with the Department of the Interior,
presents the two alternative plans required by the Interior contract:
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