Dr, W. J. Bair -2- December 30, 1976 _7. 4 also feel that Liverman should be appraised of the real situation A y at Bikini in terms of other islands in the atoll and the potential pe Yen att { k a at gfor situations developing that are similar to Enewetok. Apparently Sv there is not much information on the extent of Pu contamination on ft fether islands (e.g., Nam) that could be visited or inhabited in the jut y gy“ futurc--regardless of what might be said to them at present. Le { re a). Xt, we ‘ Also, some portions of at least one island in the atoli have Pu contamination levels considerably higher than the average value aa) reported for Bikini. The point is that Bikini is only one of the islands in the atoll and any decisions concerning potential health effects from plutonium to the Bikinians must be based on information covering the entire atoll. 8. I also feel that we need to mention the potential problem of Standards for plutonium in soil. n_ (ke EPA standards apply to Bikini? ha For example, would the proposed What would be the effort required to eStablish what the levels of contamination are for the various islands? Is the survey information adequate? What costs would be associated with surveys, cleanup, if required, and disposal of soil? Where and under what circumstances would the contaminated soil be isolated and managed? I hope these comments are helpful. Best personal regards. Sincerely yours, onooo ? e CRR:imm ce: Transuranium Technical Group ' LG han Chester "R. Richmond Associate Director for Biomedical and Environmental Sciences