c rE: characteristics, vegetation, humidity, rainfall, mechanical distrubance, physical and chemical history of plutonium particles in soil. How then does one I weulda ant bee on a windy day at the beach? Cc fee consider the exposure of children throwing dry sand pate large fluctuations about the implicit exposure levels, which, even for the limiting soil contamination ‘guidelines and predicted air concentraticns associated with these guidelines, will be approximately a Iraximun permissible luny burden. (Personal Communicaticn.) e Each of the questions raised here and in the related appendices must be addressed fully and carefully prior to resettlement of the people of Enewetak Atoll. 3.3 Plutonium Soil Stancuards Concerning the standard employed by the DEIS for maximum permissible plutonium contamination of soils at Enewetak, Dr. Martell ‘points out that "There are no ICRP standards for soil levels of Pu and the actinides or for lifetime exposures to internal alpha And he provides the following ‘ . . aa (Personal Communication.) critique of the standards adopted by the AEC Task Group for Enewet * 1OEE, WR, O70Ga: eee ‘ emitters. The recommendation that plutonium contaminated 2394240 soils, with levels not exceeding 40 pCi Pu/g of soil averaged over 15 cm depth, is suitable for human habitation, can be very seriously questioned. The State of Colcrado Board of Health has adopted interim standards for Pu contamination limits in soils OOS goleedahv7 Bape achat wat ere Br re 20 TE ere coupe RS oa FINAES B, ad 2 ail