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(presently Kili Island) no less frequently than once ezc!? SIX months to report or. the stzizus 05 tune project. 5. FU3<5 Sna~l be specifically budgeted for Zhe by representatives of the Bikini people and such finds shall s~ecifically include funds for transportation anti loriqixq people in the planning and execution ot the ~roject. 6. All ina30r project documents, including dOCW!entS relating to radiation exqosure, shall be translateti or summarized in the Marshallese language to the maxijmum feasible extent and tlhe project manaqer shall be responsible for causing such translations or summaries to be made anE delivered to the Bikini people. 7. No final disposition of any rights of any kind relative to Bikini Atoll, Kili Island or certain lands of the Bikini. peo~le on Zaluit Atoll shall be made without the consent of those who have riqhts in !3i!<ini Atoll under Marshallese custom and tradition and applicable Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands law, and no adciitionzl land or land rights for resettlement of the Bikini people shall be obtained without the concurrence of those who nave rights in Bikini Atoll in accordance with Marshallese custom an? tradition and z?pliczble Trust Territory of the Pacific II. Radiation Survey s. A radiation survey, using latest and most effective technology, including aerial radiation surveying, shall be completed no later than December 31, 1978, with respect to Bikini Atoll in connection with the radiation survey of the Northern Marshslls including, in addition to
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Ujelang .Atoll, Wotho Atoll, Rongelap Atoll, .\iLinginas Atoll, Ronqerik Atoll, Taka Atoll, ~~~uk Atoll, Bik?.x Atoll, Mejit Islanci, and Raw (readable hard COpy) data results of such surveying shall be made immediately available to legal III. InEepencient Analysis of Survev Data 10. In recognition of the desire of the 13ikini people to have available to them an independent scientific judgment and analysis of the radiation s=mey data to assist them in making a decision with respect to resettlement, the Bikini people shall be entitled to select z qualifieti scientist havinq cjenerally accepted scientific training and experience to participate in the process of analysis of survey results and preparation of the final survey report. 11. The United States Dc@artment of Energy, zs the agency in charge of the radiation survey, shall arrange to contract with the individual selected by the Bikini people for the purposes set forth in tie preceding paragraph, provideti only that terms of any- such contract with respect to compensation and expenses shall be reasonably based on p:eva~li-ng co~-sultation fees aiiciexpenses for work of similar 12. The individual selected by the Bikini people to participate in the analysis of survey data and preparation of the final survey report shall be guaranteed independence and full access to all survey data available to the Department of Energy and shall have a full opportunity to make a complete and detailed re?ort of his or her findings, analyses, recommendations and conclusions.
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IV. General Provisions 13. It is the intention of the parties to this agreement that the te.rrs of the sGz~e.nent shall survive any change in the political status of the ?Iarshall Islands, subject to the wishes of the Bikini people. 14. The execution of this document in no way constitutes an admission that the Trust Territoq of the Pacific Islands defendants hzve submitted to the jurisdiction of the United Stztes District Court for the District The People of Bikini by Attorney for Plaintiffs (Department of the Interior on behalf of the Government of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands) Attorney for ?ederal Defenciants
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STIPULATION OF DISMISSU The parties to this action, havinq the terns of settlement of all issues herein Agreement tiztetiOctober 27, 1978, hereby stipulate that this United States Attorney Attorney for Plaintiff Assist&~t United States Attorney Attorneys for Federal Defendan~s