/ wm or) Vee wee eee mb OY OO at reek Neer WA aw ady Asiwes 1710 N STREET, N.W. WASTLENGTON, DLC. 20096 ; 202 783-5710 36 WEST 44TH STREET BOARD OF TRUSTEES Stephen P. Duggan, Esq. Chairman rt New York Office 24 Sertember 1974 NEW YORK, N.Y. 10036 . 212 986-8310 aa Sot Mrs. ee tennis West Coast Office wish bi. on k q. John T. Booth, Esq. Frederick A. Collins, Jr,Esqg. TO? Lt. General Warren D. Johnson James Bot mal. baq. Robert W. tf aore Defense Nuclear Agency Di.Reret tetes Dr. Joshua Lederberg N , Esq. aayG.Martin,Ey. Anthony Mazzocchi Mich er Soo", John B. Gass Director Joba ak.a 2 coun. eq. Laurance Rockefeller Dr. Thomas B. Cochran RE: Draft Environmental Impact Statement -- Enewetak Staff Scientist : J. Willard Rousevet ENCLOSURE: David Sive,Esq. Dr. Gcerve Woodwell Edwin M, Zuniperman, Esq. 1. 415 327-1060 FROM: 4 Dr Gilad’ Pinchot 664 HAMILTON AYDNUE PALO ALTO, CALIF. 94301 "Radiation Standards for Hce* Particles," A. R. Tampolin and T. B. Cochran, NRDC, 14 Feb ruary, 1974 NRDC finds the “Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Clean Up, Rehabilitation, Resettlement of Enewetak Atoll -- Marshall Islands," to be incomplete and inadequate. Furthermore, the provosed (preferred) clean up operation is totally inadequate to protect the health of the Enewetak people from exposure to hot particles of plutonium which carry a high risk of producing lung cancer. The basis for these conclusions is presented in the report, "Radiation Standards for Hot Particles," by OTS. AYthaur A. Tompiin and myself (enclosure). This report is intended to-be an integral part of these comments. 2. "Radiation Standards for Hot Particles," was written in support of a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Atomic Energy Commission re- qv sting (1) a reduction of the existing radiation protection stancards applicable to the internal exposure of man to insoluble alpha~emitting hot particles and (2) the establishment, with respect to such materials, of standards governing the maximum permissible concentrations in air and maximum permissible surface contamination levels in unrestricted areas. 3. The petition was filed with the AEC on February 14, 1974. It is totally irresponsible for the AEC Task Group on Recommendations for Clean Up and Rehabilitation of Enewetak Atoll to issue its report on June 19, 1974, without acknowledging the serious implications of hot particles as detailed in our report. 4. It is NRDC's position that the clean up of Enewetak should meet the Standards summarized on pages 51-52 of our report (enclosure). WerB CO