Leo M. Krulitz October 30, 1979 Page Six to me as the most comprehensive radiological Survey yet performed by anyone and, of course, it included Enjebi. Altogether, the radiological considerations with respect to resettlement of the atoll in general and resettlement of Enjebi in particular, consumed the largest share of the EIS. See EIS, Vol. I §§5-6; Vol. II, Tab A, p. P-8; Vol III, Tab B, pp. 1-53 (including appendices I-IV). In effect, the entire Enewetak Radiological Survey was incorporated by reference into the EIS, a practice which is expressly permitted by the NEPA regulations. 40 C.F.R. §1502.21 (43 F.R. 55978, 55997). In other words, it seems to me that the radiological implications of resettlement of Enjebi were thoroughly developed and considered in the statement. That laid the foundation for considering one of the two principal issues presented by Enjebi, that is, the radiological health effects associated with resettlement of a human population to Enjebi island. I shall come back to this matter of health effects shortly. The other aspect of the Enjebi question which must be considered in any.decision are the cultural implications of denying resettlement. That matter, too, was adequately covered in the course of the development of the draft EIS and the EIS itself. of Enewetak was 5.4.2.2, Tab F. 5.5, The importance of Enjebi to the people treated 5.7, 6.1, in Vol. 7.3.3.4, I §§3.4, 8.35, 3.5, 9.7, 4.5, 5.4.1.3, and Vol. IIA, At the latter reference, you will find the observations of Dr. Robert C. Kiste, which standing alone probably say all that can be said about the cultural significance of Enjebi to the people who want to resettle there: The people of Enjebi will be greatly disappointed. And it is not a simple matter of not being able to return to what they think of as home. Marshallese attitudes regarding land, particularly ancestral homelands are difficult for Westerners to appreciate. There is almost a sacred quality about an islander's emotional attachment to his home atoll — and more specifically — those parcels of land within that atoll to which he has rights.