PAGE 3 CA1 “REMOVE MENT, ab™ @898 UNCLAS SHIPMENT, AND BURIAL. QUESTION 4: IF RUNIT ISLAND WERE RETAINED UNDISTURBED FOR STUDY PURPOSES, WOULD THAT POSE ANY HEALTH HAZARDS TO HUMANS LIVING ON OTHER ENIWETOK ISLANDS FROM FISHING, BOATING, AND SWIMMING IN ENIWETOK LAGOON? COMMENT: WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO ANSWER THIS AUESTION. SUCH THINGS AS BOATING AND SWIMMING OFF THE OTHER ISLANDS AWAY FROM RUNIT SHOULD NOT BE HAZARDOUS. THE QUESTIONS OF RADIONUCLIDES IN EDIBLE MARINE LIFE AND MIGRATING BIRDS REMAIN TO BE ASSESSED as PART OF THE DETERMINATION TO RETURN HUMANS TO THE CLEAN ISLANDS. A SETTER TIME TO MAKE THIS ASSESSMENT IS AFTER THE INITIAL SURVEYS HAVE 3EEN COMPLETED. IN ANY EVENT, RUNIT, IF CHOSEN, WOULD HAVE TO BE CONTROLLED AS AN EXCLUSION AREA. QESTION 5: WOULD PLACING A CAMP AT THE UNCONTAMINATED END OF RUNIT POSE HEALTH HAZARDS TO A CARETAKER OR TO FIELD SCIENTISTS? COMMENT: ALEQUATE PROVISIONS AND PRECAUTIONS CAN BE TAKEN FOR THE ISTABLISHYENT OF A CAMP FOR WORKERS AND INVESTIGATORS ON THE ISLAND. THIS SHOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM. QUESTION S: WOULD THE EARTH DISTURBANCE THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY THE PACE EXPERIMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY DETRACT FROM THE VALUE OF RUNIT 5001123