-4Other Environmental Aspects
Sewage Disposal During Clean-Up
The proposed discharge of raw sewage is of serious concern
to EPA.
The Trust Territory standards of water quality do
not permit raw sewage discharges
into surface waters.
Although the discharge may not be subject to TTPI jurisdiction, it would be inappropriate for a Federal agency to
carry out a discharge contrary to TTPI policy.
In addition,
the raw sewace may result in public health hazards to any
users of these waters.
Tt 1s possible that these crude sanitary facilities may
continue to be used for years.
The later stages of clean-up
may well occur after many of the Enewetakese have returned.
There 1S 4@ possibility that some tourism will develop and
the environmental statement mentions that these existing
facilities could be used.
EPL recommends that some form of sewage treatment be provided
for
the wastewaters generated by the clean-up personnel and
subseguent visitors to the atoll.
Garbace and Trash Disposal During Clean-Up
Garbage and trash
of the islanc for
be an aprropriate
interfer with the
water
suprliv
residve should not be dumped off the end
the same reasons noted above.
Burial may
method of disposal provided it does not
brackish water lens that may be used for
Water Supply and waste Disposal
at
Tne plan to extensively use roof catchment with
terns at
cDoc
will
large cisinéividuai residences and community buildings is
However,
be neeaed
it is probable that supplemental supplies
Plans to use septic. tank leach fields ana
to bury carbace must be evaluated with great care due to the
potential te contaminate the brackish water lenses which may
serve
as
the
source
of
supplemental water supply.
The environmental statement should discuss this serious
potential
conflict
and present evidence that wastewater ana
Pa
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ae,
Ci
Garbage disposition will not degrade the drinking water
supply.
The Department of Health Services, Environmental
Health Division of the Trust Territories should have a fundamental role in deciding on the water supply and waste
disposal systems that are selected.