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Department of Energy
Washington, D.C. 20585
AUG 191980
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Mr. Jonathan M. Weisgall
Ginsburg, Feldman, Weil and Bress
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Dear Mr. Weisgall:
The Department of Energy agrees in principle to the proposal set forth in
your letter-proposal of May 26, 1981, which will settle the litigation in
People of Bikini_v. Seamans, et al, Civil No. 76-348 (D-Ha.). Final
approval of your proposal is contingent upon reaching agreement on the
following:
1.
Technical procedures covering such matters as sampling
techniques, sample storage and transportation, sample processing, analytical procedures, a defined level of acceptability
of sample variance between Epidemiology Resources, Inc. samples
and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory samples, splitting
samples for confirmatory analyses by Epidemiology Resources,
Inc. and by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, etc.
2.
The taking and handling of any environmental samples by
Epidemiology Resources, Inc. will be jointly supervised by one
person designated by Epidemiology Resources, Inc. and one
person designated by the Department of Energy.
3.
Since the Department of Energy laboratory personnel
periodically visit Bikini Atoll on a ship chartered by the Department, we would expect that Epidemiology Resources, Inc.
sampling at Bikini Atol] could be conducted in conjunction
with a visit by our laboratory personnel. If this is done, we
will deduct an appropriate portion of transportation expense
from our contract payment.
If such coordination is clearly
impractical, then you may proceed as indicated in the
proposal.