-5- 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 POTENTIALLY UVTITR ESTOO request for proposals was sent to, among others, allnddcmesese suggested to us by Marshallese representatives. FA = 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 limited5 mer THe The contract deadline of early December, hewever,—wes-met—by ‘tene—lieds, At the request of the Department of the Interior, the Department of 4 DOF Energy prepared proposals for the two other components of the plan that yx the statute requires: dhaRuore.! an environmental monitoring, research, and dose assessment program, and an education and information program. The three documents in question became available and were distributed siMiwedisey. Avevusr 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: thee