C Boon, ~. MAd NORTON, PCZ - COMMENTS? vets 18 pet 197 0 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum[ Request for Insert in the Record, Hearings Before Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services, Committee on Government Affairs, 6-7 March 1979 ot ee rae eg mascct: PNA) Beh & “Biomedical Advisor ACén] 1. |. Reference is made to your memo for the Director, 6 April 1979, subject: - Pian for Responding to Questions by Senster Glenn. | 2, Background. . People can be returned to their former homeland from which they were moved in 1947 to permit the Atoli's use as a nuclear weapons proving ground. Division of respon- Cleanup and rehshilitation of Enewetak Atoll is essential before the Enewetak “ sibilities for cleammp and rehabilitation phases of work was confirmed by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo dated 18 October 1973. ‘This memo assigned agency responsibilities to: Department of Defense for maintaining ongoing facilities and operations at Enewetak and for cleanup operations; Interior for rehabilitation and the Atomic Energy Comission (Department of Energy) for radiological sonitoring and survey. | Dixector, DNA is DoD Project Manager and is coordinating the cleanup -effort by Military Service elements and @ base contractor thru a combined Joint Currently a total of 975 people are at the atoll working on the cleanup of ‘which 657 are military and the remainder civiliens. engaged The civiliens are ly in base support operations, construction of commmity fecilities and “ g under a TIPI contract and in DOE's Enewetak Radiological Support Project. The southern isisnds of Enewetak heve background levels of radiation comparable to those on the Esst Coast of the United States and hence no radiation protection ~@easures are required for persons whose activities are confined to the mein base camp at Enewetak. Radiation levels in the northern islands are roughly five times 20'S 0F/ Task Group Headquarters. | greater and entry is controlled and radistion protection measures imposed on those wisiting or working on these islands. Additionally, a comprehensive environmental “monitoring program is carried out and sppropriste levels of individual protection the beginning of the project in June 1977 to 11 April 1979, there have been « total of 4,498 persons who have worked om controlled islands, including “$3,463 silitary and 1,035 civilians. . The average tength of time military personnel -Spend on the project is less then 180 days. The resuits from §,552 dosimeter readings, . . . BEST COPY AVAILABLE Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan oo.pomu no. 16 | tevwrenncet Prtemag GPaTEFE-OA-498ES1S (REV. 96) BBA FPR (48 CHE 191-05.5 | o008-tt2 ee :