DRAFT 43 in 30 yrs. The group concludes that guidance for cleanup of plutonim-contaminated soil can only be developed on a case-by-case basis. The groug’s guidance for plutonium” cleanup operations at Enewetak is: less than 40[pCi/gm of soilcorrective action not required; 40 to 400 pCi/gm of soil-corrective action determined on a case-by-case basis; greater than 400 pCi/gm of soil-corrective [action required.”” 25 Jun 74 CLAIMS The AEC pays the T.T. $18,212 to be dispersed in equa! payments of $116 to each exposed inhabitant of Rongelap or their heirs.” Jul 74 ADMINISTRATION RELOCATION . The DOI supports the request by people of Enewetak that fan advance party of about 50 people from Ujelang be allowed to return to japtan Isfand and requests. that the AEC address the safety aspects of the proposed retirn and establish guidelines and restrictions to ensure the safety of the returnees. lverman responds that the AEC would not recommend the return of people prio to cleanup and certification because of radiological hazards in other parts of the atoll but that it would not object to a return before cleanup if the T.T. can assur certain restrictive measures. He points out that the request is “an extension of w t we consider to could be made and on radiological criteria for cleanup" and recom should obtain the views of the DOD and the EPA.”* nds that the DO! be the AEC’s role in the original interagency effort, na ely to prepare recommendations on whetherthe radiological conditions were suc that a safe return 12 Aug 74 PLUTONIUM RADIATION The AEC approves SECY 75-81, which contains recomm nded radiological criteria for Enewetak Atoll. Meeting these criteria necessitates t t village sites be confined to the southern islands; that growing of food, except coc nuts, be confined to the southern islands, and that the quarantine of Runit be contin d until plutonium contamination is removed. The DNA responds that the propos d criteria are too restrictive and that radiation standards for the general public are ot appropriate for the small population of Enewetak.?” Sep 74 AGREEMENT RELOCATION Stanley S. Carpenter, director of territorial affairs of the D 50 people are to be permitted to return to live on Japtan at the ea subject to four safety restrictions: no visits are permitted on the no Runit to Biken; any scrap collection and stockpiling must be appr |, announces that iest possible time, hern islands from ed by the district administrator’s representative; visits to Enewetak must be coordi ated between the district administrator’s representative and the Enewetak basesite anager; andvisits to other southern islands can be made only with approval of an instructions from the district administrator’s representative. Representatives of the f.T., the DOI, and the AEC request that the Enewetak Council express in writing that they understand and will observe these restrictions, which they do by adopting arg ordinance.”