Dr. Hal Hollister July 29, 1977 Page 3 Who will administer the sanctions? How will returnees react and respond to enforcers? 4. Will behavior responses to safety recommendations be followed indefinitely or will they fluctuate according to the presence or absence of enforcers or ERDA monitoring teams? 5. -What are potential outcomes if returnees Simply fail to respond to safety instructions? What form will behavior take and to what extent will it assist in shaping attitudes towards “outsiders"? If this should occur what steps can be taken to prevent it? The basic approach of the project would be interdisciplinary and would utilize an ethnographic case study and functional analysis at the individual, social and cultural levels. Measurement techniques would include field and participant observation, structured interviews, self-reports and biodocumentaries, official records, and critical-event documentation. Approaches and procedures are considered by most bchavioral scientists as very acceptable for monitoring and documenting the responses Situations similar to those discussed above. to The significance of the study has far-reaching implications and the results would greatly increase understanding of a rehabitation process in an environment that-has been drastically altered by technological research. Furthermore, effects of forced migration and eventual rehabitation will likely be repeated in the near future in different settings. Possibilities include coal excavation on the Lands of American Indians and Alaska natives, nuclear waste disposal in southwestern states, Shale exploration throughout the west and Alaska. would unquestionably disrupt existing communities and oil All such actions and might well involve relocation of residents. Hence, knowledge gained from an assessment of the circumstances in the Marshall Islands should facilitate (a) greater awareness of the social, psychological, and cultural consequences of population displacement and (hb) development of guidelines for more effectively managing relocation and rehabitation when they are necessary in the future. Most importantly, howev © is the potential for predicting and preventing further . dships among the Marshallese, We are aware of current clforts and responsibilities of ERDA, Department of Defense, and the Department of the Interior as