es no a At any and all of these hearings, every effort should be made - .to elicit the widest possible range of information and opinion pice bearing upon the guestion. Once such standards are set, they should govern the planning and cleanup activities at Enewetak. 3.4 Removal and Disvosal of Radiocontaminated Materials These comments relate to the proposed removal and disposal’ of contaminated scrap metal and soil treated in the DEIS at Vol. l, §§5.3.3.3 and5.5. All radiocontaminated scrap metal on the Atoll has been identified and will be removed, as of course it must be, precise method of disposal has not been determined. but the Four alterna- tive methods are discussed: ocean dumping of the loose scrap, concrete encapSulation in the Cactus and Lacrosse craters at the .orth end of Kunit islet, for storage. cr removal to the United States mainlarc 2 ops We appreciate the practical and political difficul- *. ties presented by the various disposal methods which would remove ‘the scrap from the Atcll entirely, but the People of Enewetak are adamantly opposed to any disposal upon or within the environs of the Atoll. Ocean. dumping? according the DEIS (Vol. I, B 5.5.2.1), ia ; wus rejected “in view of the difficulty in obtaining a permit and certainty of international complications." Disposal to the United States mainland was disfavored for similar reasons. 2.4.) (Vol. I, § 5.5. Disposal on the Atoll must be rejected and the other methods should be explored, the necessary permits and authority obtained and disposal off the Atoll selected as the preferred method. Removal and disposal of contaminated soil presents more serious cost and practical difficulties, but here again the complete removal Cae 4. a er eg sat hae ao sah RY NE,