le | Avril 13 DATE: 4 79 oo r fy « Acysey et of7 . RF-tY res xy ry my fe . erie: CALG Ny UNITED STATES GOVER SENT . : wedi teling ran aie itt tales neat” e — A i. “ as sGrt ir the Record, Hearings Before Subcommittee on Enedipy, end Pederal Services, Committee on Government Affairs, jpuatcany & rroilr¢re 6-7 March 1979 . . Pioredical Adviser 1. Reference is made to vour memo for the Director, é. ee ee rs Plan for Respendins to Questions by Senator Glenn. 3 6 April 197°, + subicct: i Background. Cleanup and rehabilitation of Fnewetak Atoll is essential before the Fnewetak People can be returned to their former homeland from which they were moved in 1947 te pernit the Atoli's use as a nuclear weapons proving ground. Division of responsibilities for cleanup and rehabilitation phases of work was confirmed by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo dated 18 Octuber 1973. This memo assigned agency responsibilities to: Department of Defense for maintaining ongoing facilities and cperations at Enewetak and for cleanup operations; Interior for rehabilitation and the Atomic Energy Commission (Department of Energy) for radiological monitoring and survey. Director, DNA is DeD Project Manager and is coordinating the cleanup effort by Military Service elements and a base contractor thru a combined Joint Task Group Headquarters. Currently a total of 973 people are at the atoli working on the cleanup of which 657 are military and the remainder civilians. The civilians are prinarily engaged in base support operations, construction of. community facilities and housing under a TTPI contract and in DOE's Enewetak Radiological Support Project. The southern islands of Enewetak have background levels of radiation comparable => to those on the East Coast of the United States and hence no radiation protection measures are required for persons whose activities are confined to the main base camp at Enewetak. Radiation levels in the northern islands are roughly five times greater and entry is controlled and radiation protection measures imposed on those vasveene or working on these islands. Additionally, a comprehensive environmental onitoring program is carried out and appropriate levels of individual protection required for all persons working in an environment which is potentially hazardous. Film badges are routinely worn by persons subject to exposure with thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) used as backup. Finally a urinalysis is done on all persons leaving the project who have been working in radioactive controlled areas. 3. Results. Since the beginning of the chavi easwe’ to 11 April 1979, there have been a total of 4,498 persons who hav Phe oncontrolled islands, including 3,463 military and 1,025 civilians. the average length of time military personnel spend on the project is less than 180 days. The results from 8,552 dosimeter readings, BEST COPYAVAILABLE , chy Niwa jit. Ate ihe eA ne Tod . : . Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan TUS .Government be ete Printing Office: 1976--241-530/3058 ooowat rorRM NO 10 (REV. 7-76) GSA FPMRR (41 CFE; 1OL-31.6 6010-112