ae a | “3- . -5. . . 1749 ed cd It should be made clear that the decision to plant the coconut trees on the six northeastern islands was based solely upon the additional | : potential radiation exposure to people assumed to reside on Enewetak, Japtan, and Medren Islands. More specifically, presumably the decision did not consider the acceptability or unacceptability of copra from these coconut trees at processing plants or on the world market. be clarified. This should The following sentence, inserted after the first sentence of the last paragraph on the bottom of page 2, would be appropriate: ‘The Preliminary Reassessment Report does not address the issue of the acceptability on the world market of copra obtained from coconut trees planted on those six islands, however, and the implication of this issue, particularly in view of the experience of copra from trees planted on Bikini Island, has yet to be resolved." The decision to plant the trees, and the bases for it, are recognized to be Interior's responsibility, however. Additional Comments Page 1, Paragraph 2 We have no problem with the two sentences beginning "This preliminary..." being omitted. If they are retained, however, northern” should be replaced by “northeastern,” and the words "and all of the islands in the northwest" should be inserted before the word "still." Furthermore, after "exposure estimates" please insert the words "for the lifestyles considered, however." Paragraph be The terms "all of the radiation exposure estimates..." should conditions clarified that the statement pertains only to the living identified in the preceding paragraph. ee me