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should be granted an axamptien fros the cafifllct of fnterast hub, rfccr hr leaves Covamment aaplaymcnt, t o permlt hLm to represent Northwest Laboratory (PSL) matters. The conflict of intereat stttute (18 U.S.C. 207) Lmposes two basLC restrtctions upon former employeas of the Cauernment: a fanner employee, for Life., from rrprearnting mether fn I matter CbveLhmenc, and (2) i t prohtbftr a formi% anployee-, For another bcforr chr Covecnmrnt i n connactian CrLth any particular of the tovatnnent. The atatute, hotrever, authoclzes an agency -to exempt a former employac vich "autstsn4ing scttntf fie er trchno- €ogical qurrtFCLcationa" f m m the rastrtctfona oP the scattuce by &he cerrlflcation i n tbc Federal Register. ' br. &irks plana t o resign from the Divtrion of Sfamadtc*L m d Winager of Bimedfcal and Envfron;nentsl Rcaexrch Pmgrama, PEL. fn which ha prrcicipstd personally and substanttally for thr I one year foLLo%tnghLs Government tmployniant, frcn teprtsmntinp
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As you are awam, mI t s t R D A ' r opsrattng contractor for FNL. In his poafttan with ERPA, Or. Yarke hsr been terpansfble for the Agency's prograat of h w n stu ties, fncluding +pLdt~iologteprojects, related lntarests. The hm4 ~stuOicr Irivolve both gcna - d and accupotlanil papulrtions and tacludr studies caoductaO itt Japau ace th4 analyrfr goor plutmSun cantact of h w u tLarrrss t h martrLlty ot part an& prcrant bnford m p ~ o y & c rSa to r*dLatton and other hraardavr expsurcs. Eta respansfsubstanttat interactLon ulth personnel o f ia whfch he has partkipate0 suSsraaatfaZLy for EROA durtng hfa tenurr that makt be sewed betcar by PNL. o ~ adt ~ t c ~ cton ata the pragtra to fmpraua its cost rffact~venmar and eo offar techntcrl advfca when approprtatr fa the lfght of bfr special oxpertfa.. On accaafonr he may have nerd t o dlscuas ufth BRDA rtrfll ENL rccolrrplishm*nta or proparah far canthued ottaw proarms undar the contract. or other mutter retatad to BMf'r rctfvfttrr under the contract. the terms of the atatute. by -orandm to me d a t e d Fabruary 23, I976 (Tab A). $rant o f exemptton actvcs the natfonaL interest. In his future reprrrratatfon for BY!, he may ba expected EO actfvfttrr under the Dr. Parks has requested such an exemption To grant thia
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certification and expbrfenc. l a hmaa pttitaLagy, an &.S. in phy8kS psrtlctpttcd in tha txpcz.incatrl au bt pro gra of the lirnford Bi dog y Laboratary tar a nmbcr of pari. ha* r k a 8 d y been mmtfond under the BackPraunf! pacagtoph. authority on t h m health affects of rrEiatton fa: both occuprtLonrr and general popuhthnr. ute auch dffactr. Kts stanEing is evidencad by k t s work erpcrtaacr, partfctpatlon IQ tha managtaeat at that prograc: c8n fnfluanea i n t positfve wry ita rerpons:v,vsnars t o our natiqnaL ueds.His medical m d ststtatical qwalffkcrtfons wtLL con:tftuce an csrenttrl elemeat, nou Irekfng, In the hman hrrLch efbcts assasmerit act lv it faa of Cavernmant and contractor mnployaes is neceorary to the rfEfchnt and ecanomicd achiavemcnt of ERDk ptogram goals. Accordingly, i t - 1s not in the Covemrccent'a interest to cureail such activity by Or. Wrkr, unfasr rhece ate ovmriefng pollcy cansldctationa which caL1 Ear such curtrltnrnt, #e know of no auch consIdarzttan In Dr, Vhrkr' rituitian. Accocdfngly, the grant of an exempttan to activities bafng conducted by PKX for ERD.3 would b e tn the national Opan and mutual tnterrctfon between
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t recomead th8t you iuU%cata yaur approval, to taka effect upon will be raked to fnfam us of hfr mw empLoynaat Ptficn he act ally srrntLng h h the amrnptton vF11 be aubaittad to you far stgaatma rad publicatton fa the P -arrL Register. If you appeov% he