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sum4eriaedbelow are topicsrahting to my earlier df.ecuamlonWith you of csmrant WA aatioueand attitudee In xdlobgid 9attere. 00 Uay 1, Wmbelm of the MA maff 9at with mpreoentuivea of the includeticueelom af Mfaatyle8. W@ fed that qqmoaeke to the or addaory af this trip waa DKA %s Uponewing a lidy by l ~lata MA trip repmt to aawlst In AM survey). The AlSC’’that &he currantinfomatioa la inadequate and the A3C radiologicalsurveywith ita evaluationof data ad the recoauandetioneto be derivedfrom it are eematlel to any meanlagful studyof thie nature* Purtkrmre, the directionto AFBJUaemmee 8 peculiarapproach,I.e.* it relateemmbems of cancerocamxances with severaldifferant aammed radiolo@calconditioua. AeMe from the fact
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he la dohg. ~~aa-: (1) That DxA delay the AlmRx study Slwil Oomplcte tlw study is done, ita reault8 be preaamed in a setentifiu form ratherthan the M@4y arguaantativeform of relmlng emimataa of radidogid. conditions after cleauup “to tamer 4eath8. DMA has a contractwith Holmes and 13arverto producea draftR18 on haa iadiaatad a wlll,tagnessto absorb1/2 the coat of thisDEW.) The due data for the final ma@ draft ia reportedto be Jane M, 1973. The reasonfoz this early completiondate gm mrmieml to be a desire on tha part of (knesal Dunn to be ready for budget requeata for (WMla Mtion on an EXS ia dedmble es buc@tary aationis Ioitiated, a aouplatedlESSU not lagally aeceaaary until aation is 03 oacur. aosumptlona wMeh would them be refinadas informationbecomesbetter dafined.) In diswaaiona with DNA ntaff, it f.aappareatthat General Dan plaw to uaa preparation of the draft s18 as the vehicle rehabi~itatfan.W3er this plan clrcuhtion of the DEIS in Jdy and iasuanaed! the EIS h Octobermuld produceeathetea for the FY 1975 budsog sycle whhh apparently appaara timelyto GeaeralDum. This sM. coatextsinae tbeaecoutaetamightbe aunatruadas imevoaable aomaitmmt9 regarding the natureof the champ. Th report of the ABC radidog$aal. 8UXIVW will not be availableuntil Septewber1, 1973. Commissionapproved mmman datioaafor Chanup und rehabilitationwill not be availab%euntil after l?ovember1, 1973.
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US withoutadequate information am preaane ?MdiOIO@Od oonditiom. habitation criteria u-d by DIM ea a posikieuef the U.8. @ovarnmsw. Assumingthat the@ crltarla would not ootnc~dewith them of the AM, a very diffiaultprobleEuwuld be created. At beat, thiswould pose a dtffiasl.t ad meedleas problaafor the AEC te explaln. M& swra of premagureand ill-conaMaredEulwetokcriteriacouldwall jeopardise Mr. Palmmiterof EPA offeredhla own op$aSonat a meeting on Apr21 26 that the EPA muld view any mu$h draft EIS, Iankim$mff fcient radblogical data (apecifically plufwnis data) aa unameptable. I Govaraaentwould thenbe in the Poaitfonof ueedlwdy d.1.wmesinga splftdactaionin the public form. Reaoumadatimm Undemake th~s EIS only when wapleta radlokgioal data km the AM study am availableand have lmlm rav$ewed. The rou@ draft then shouldbe fully comdinatod ti%h UC and such 0tk3t agencm3 m may be appropmmh ehaaup aat~ona. DNA providad TM oomern exlatathat onoe a rwporthaa been printedand distributed aindaof some readera.
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Dr. Robert A. Conard of Rmokhavan Laboratory gave informal Lndtcattoa with the Mieronashns and adversely affeet MS furtherwork with the Raeonnandlltfonl Saa rammemda tions above. for th Bniwatok Atoll Claaaup