102 RADIOLOGICAL ye bbs a ee CLEANUP Wb IN study by H&N and POD on 18 million total cost. A review of the s upward to $57.3 million to cover September1974 revised the cost estimate soil, increased cost of ated scrap and crater containment of contamin craft, for Aomon and Enjebi, marine soil ent acem runway repair, repl these that d cate indi y ination. The radiological monitoring, and decontam er copt heli of ion inat 5 million by elim costs could be reduced to $42. nds, isla outer the on ps cam of temporary support, use of foreign labor, use had been disturbing since DNA and other means.!74 The escalation was estimates members that more austere cost advised by Congressional staff sed the Corps of Engineers,!?5 they were required. When DNA so advi $43.2 million.!76 cost estimate to revised the scope of work to bring the d a further revised estimate of itte , POD subm After discussions with DNA ir and upon DNA’s financing runway repa $39.9 million for cleanup, based this r, eve How with other funds.!77 other base camp rehabilitation work was apparent that the contractingit and l, ntial detai estimate lacked esse out concept was in difficulty. made in the Field Command Meanwhile, suggestions had been the only feasible means of reducing Enewetak Planning Group that to meet Congressional guidance was MILCON costs drastically enough Esser proposed that Army engineer through use of military labor. COL y mas Flora suggested use of Nav troops be used, while Mr. Tho d l. On 24 December 1974, Fiel Construction Battalion (Seabee) personne ps be used to reduce MILCON recommended to DNA that troo Command subsequently began refining the costs for the cleanup project!78 and, Army engineer troops from the U.S. concept. It seemed probable that U.S. the e Sinc . cted sele would be Support Command, Hawaii (USASCH) mand gned that responsibility, Field Com Army had not officially been assi of directly. The Pacific Support Office could not contact that organization with ing ctorate, which had been work Field Command’s- Logistics Dire was tasked to work with USASCH on ept, POD onthe contracting-out conc riel able military personnel and mate an informal basis to identify prob be t migh h SCH resources whic requirements, as well as those USA ort Supp ic Pacif the 1974 and early 1975, available for the project. In late and Army officers to assist in planning e thre by Office was augmented Colonel Howard B. Thompson, initiating the project. They were h, and Major William Spicuzza. Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Kavanaug Anaheim, California, on 13-15 At a general planning conference inr agencies of Field Command's j NH ps to accomplish the Eneweta intention to study the use of troo of lems prob the d tatives discusse cleanup. TIP! and H&N represen i Atoll as well as Enewetak matters. Bikin at ment ttle rese rehabilitation and nds District Planner, presented the Mr. Dennis McBreen, Marshal! Isla Enewetak there had generally accepted Ujelang Field Trip Report. The dri- re woot all radiological recommendations of Case 3 of the EIS. The stockpiling of scrap was discussed, and ERDA indicated that there would have to be a firm requirement to monitor these materials for radioactivity when collected. A meeting was proposed for 14 February 1975 in Honolulu to further consider cleanup and rehabilitation interfaces.'7? At that conference, which has been described previously, POD was asked to concentrate on designing crater entombment and to defer work on engineering design of the cleanup work itself.!89 From this point on corps er Engineers’ participation in the project was limited to providing so vedine e basenecenary camp rehabilitation, semis designing designi the crater containment, al and Field Command's Enewetak Planning Group compiled a series of Concept Plans (CONPLANSs) based on input from the Hawaii group budget guidance from HQ DNA, and results of their own staff coordination and planning. These CONPLANSs provided basic concepts policies, and procedures for review and approval by the JCS and development of an implementing operations plan. . | The first CONPLAN developed was for a JTG using troops to accomplish the cleanup, with civilian contractors to rehabilitate and construct base camps, operate and maintain the base camps, provide radiological support, and accomplish the crater containment. LTG Johnson was briefed on the plan during his visit to Hawaii in March 1975 Upon his approval, it was completed by the Field Command Enewetak Planning Group and issued with a blue cover in Apri! 1975. Total cost under this CONPLAN was estimated at $30.6 million.!8! Although this blue CONPLAN was to undergo numerous, major revisions, it formed the basis for the final CONPLAN which was to control the cleanup Anticipating that a plan using troops alone would be required to further reduce project costs, COL Esser and the Field Command Enewetak Planning Group developed a second CONPLAN using a JTGofmilitar personnel for all cleanup and support work. It also was printed in April 1975 but with a red cover. It reflected a significant increase in man-years to accomplish the work with troops alone (122 man-years) as opposed to a mixed work force (91 man-years); however, it reduced MILCON costs to an estimated $20.4 million.'82 In the event Congress did not authorize enough funds to cover the ‘‘blue’”» CONPLAN, DNA would be prepared to respond with the ‘‘red’””» CONPLAN. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM: 1974 - 1975 In March 1975 (prior to completion of the CONPLANs), DNA furnished Congress new estimates of the total costs for cleanup and