DRAFT 43 in 30 yrs. The group concludes that guidance for cleanup of plutonium-contaminated soil can only be developed on a case-by-case basis. The group’s idance for plutonium”? cleanup operations at Enewetak is: less than 40 pCi/gm of soilcorrective action not required; 40 to 400 pCi/gm ofsoil-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 equal payments of $116 to each exposed inhabitant of Rongelap ortheir heirs.””* Jul 74 ADMINISTRATION RELOCATION The DO! Supports the request by people of Enewetak that an advance party of about 50 people from Ujelang be allowed to return to Japtan Island and requests that the AEC address the safety aspects of the proposed return and establish guidelines andrestrictions to ensure the safety of the returnees. Liverman responds that the AEC would not recommend the return of people prior 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 assure certain restrictive measures. He points out that the request is “an extension of what we consider to be the AEC’s role in the original interagency effort, namely to prepare recommendations on whetherthe radiological conditions were such that a safe return could be made and on radiological criteria for cleanup" and recommendsthat the DO! should obtain the views of the DOD and the EPA. 12 Aug 74 PLUTONIUM RADIATION The AEC approves. SECY. 75-81, which contains recommended. radiological criteria for Enewetak Atolt..’ Meeting these criteria necessitates: that village sites be confined to the:southern islands; that growingof food, except: coconuts, beconfined to the southern’ islands,’ and thatthe quarantine of Runit be continued until plutonium contamination ‘fs removed. The DNA: responds that: theproposed: criteria are too restrictive and that:radiation standards for the general public are. not appropriate for the small population of Enewetak.?” Sep 74 AGREEMENT RELOCATION Stanley S. Carpenter, director of territorial affairs of the DOI, announces that 50 people are to be permitted to return to live on Japtan at the earliest possible time, subject to four safety restrictions: no visits are permitted on the northern islands from Runit to Biken; any scrap collection and stockpiling must be approved the district administrator's representative; visits to Enewetak must be coordinated between the district administrator's representative and the Enewetak base site manager, and visits to other southern islands can be made only with approval of and instructions from the district administrator's representative. Representatives of the T.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 an ordinance.”* I004u ul