e5. It should be made clear that the decision to plant the cocomt trees on the six northeastern islands was based solely upon the additional potentialradiation exposure to people assumed to reside on Enewetak, Japtan, and Medren Islands. More specifically, presumably the decision did not consider the acceptability or unacceptability of copra from these coconut trees at processing plants or on the world market. be clarified. This should The following sentence, inserted after the first sentence of the last paragraph on the bottom of page 2, would be appropriate: "The Preliminary Reassessment Report does not address the issue of the acceptability on the world market of copra obtained from coconut trees planted on those six islands, however, and the implication of this issue, particularly in view of the experience of copra from trees planted on Bikini Island, has yet to be resolved." The decision to plant the trees, and the bases for it, ere recognized to be Interior's responsibility, however. Additional Comments Page 1, Paragraph 2 We have no problem with the two sentences beginning "This preliminary..." d being omitted.. If they are retained, however, "“sorthern" should be replace northwest” by "northeastern," and the words Nand all of the islands in the should be inserted before the word "still." Furthermore, after "exposure considered, however." estimates” please insert the words “for the lifestyles Page 2, Paragraph 3 ates..." should be The terms "all of the radiation exposure estim to the Living conditions clarified that the statement pertains only {dentified in the preceding paragraph. ure : ‘ a eine , ad sc sms : aa Sete oe Te Theo JM eM are wet all Me, . 7% . ye a “Due on eit rr ysams oar ., . re vt ot ae