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“The cleanup guidelines for transuranic contaminated soil removal
will continue to change and be amplified during the course of the
operation.”
“The general scope of work as defined by the Enewetak Radiological
Study and the Engineering Study for a Cleanup of Enewetak has been
changed and will continue to be adjusted to meet changing cleanup
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guidelines and circumstances.”
‘This operation will be constrained by the uncertainty of the scope of
work. Should the scope of work increase as a result of conducting
operations, it may impede accomplishment of the mission.’’330
Dueto this uncertainty in the scope of work, the OPLAN developers, like
the CONPLAN developers, did not include in the text any scheduled dates
for milestones other than D-Day.
The new OPLAN operations schedules had to be hastily prepared and
coordinated, with the result that minor errors in scheduling appeared in
the timetable for mission accomplishment.33! After the OPLAN was
published, the schedules were refined and two new schedule formats were
adopted, one for general briefing and the other for detailed planning and
briefing. The general cleanup project schedule as of tS March 1977 is shown
in Figure 2-10. On some schedules; e.g., Figure 2-10, the mobilization
phase is shown as extending from 15 March to 15 November 1977, a period
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of 8 months. For the purposes of this
documentary, this period may be
viewed as a 3-month preparatory
phase ending on D-Day (during whic
h
time personnel and material for the
cleanup wereidentified, ordered and
transported to Enewetak), and a 5-month
mobilization phas
e following DDay (during which time the base camp
swerebuilt or rehabilitated and all
on-atoli preparations for the cleanup were
made).
Comparison of the CONPLAN and OPLA
N schedules reveals that the
OPLAN allowed more time to prep
are the more permanent type base
camps (5 months versus 2) and more time
to demobilize them
(7 months
versus 1). Although the 20th Brigade
engineers generaily confirmed the
accuracy of the Engineering Study and
CONPLAN workload estimates by
conducting their own survey, they allo
wed only 22 months in the OPLAN
for actual radiological cleanup and containm
ent versus 24 mont
hs in the
CONPLAN. However, the CONPLA
N cleanup estimates included
demobilization of the base camps whil
e the engineers’ estimates allocated
time separately for that function. The OPL
AN was based on excision and
containment of about 79,000 cubic yard
s of contaminated soil (the
estimate which appeared in the EIS). The
planners believed thai. if it
became necessary to expand the scope of
work to the possible totals of
125,000 to 200,000 cubic yards mentioned in
the CONPLAN, additional
money, Manpower, resources and time woul
d be required.
OPERATIONS PLAN ISSUES; MARCH-APR
IL 1977
Several controversial issues arose duri
ng development
TEAM 5
DEBRIS SUAVEY
Activity Designator priority to FAD
V, which is normally assigned to
rouline administrative missions. The
Service logisticians at the OPLAN
conference confirmed DNA’s belief that
supplies ordered with a FAD V
would not be delivered in time to Supp
ort a [5 June 1977 D-Day. At their
request, DNA appealed the Joint Staff
decision, and the project was
(FADUD ee priorities for both
mobilization(FAD UH) and resupply
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I SOIL CLEANUP
TEAMS
TREMIE
DEBRIS CONTAINMENT
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of OPLAN 60077. In reviewing the CONPLAN, the JCS
planners had reduced the Force
MOBILIZATION-CAMP CONSTRUCTION
AUNIT SITE PREP, MOLE, QUARITY
Manning and Programming
SOIL CEMENT
KEYWALL
FIGURE 2-10. ENEWETAK CLEANUP PROJECT SCHEDULE - 15 MAR 77.
QPLAN conferees also requested that
DNA determine if special
Cansportation rates for the project coul
d be obtained from Military Airlift
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MILCONAppropriation Act which indi
cated that transportation would be
furnished without reimbursement.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense
Comptroller, advised DNA that the
law did not apply to industrially
funded DOD components such as MAC
and MSC; therefore, no special
transportation rates would be providedfor the
project,333