as part of the government inquiry, the house of representatives of japan's special science committee directed tepco to submit to them its manuals and procedures for dealing with reactor accidents. tepco responded by submitting manuals with most of the text blotted out. in response, the nuclear and industrial safety agency ordered tepco to resubmit the manuals by 28 september 2011 without hiding any of the content. tepco replied that it would comply with the order.