110 EWETAK ATOLL RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF EN Enew i enewetak Atoll. * An agreement with representatives of the TTP! syne this stipulation was signed 16 September 1976 this ojectthe ecpnomies should be realized in the accomplishment of ough the use of Military Services’ co nstruction and support oved only $15 million of the $20 The committee subsequently appr and DOI to develop ma vriilaryServing have been funded to support ongoing operations of vices and would be required for normal operations i fees ees of these s. Ft ; support should be furnished without rei 223 required DOD million requested by DNA and of s, including a maximum amount cost ect additional plans to reduce proj and nup clea in the nonradiological effort by the dri-Enewetak the e also added an amendment to itte comm rehabilitation efforts. The g spending any of the $15 million bein appropriations bill which prohibited ed agre etak Enew DOD that the driappropriated until TTPI certified to t of the United States commitmen that the $15 million constituted the total . This was to assure that the atoll the of the cleanup Government for set drain. . .”” on the United States.224 project did not become “.. .an endless ROPRIATION ACTOF FY 1977: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APP JULY 1976 ' eg Ly , — | 111 on furnished detailed supporting data and the use of troop labor. DNA a g inin The committee considered obta their planned costs and savings.222 n. dow s Enewetak to hold project cost waiver of further claims by the driit would be extremely difficult to that ef LTG Johnson expressed his beli complete the project for the $20 million. . i Planning and Programming ns te Committee on Appropriatio On 22 June 1976, The Sena the on d Base n. $20 million appropriatio recommended approval ofthe full , the ntation submitted by DNA ume doc exhaustive studies and DOD of use ugh thro zed would be minimi Committee was convinced costs for ns atio ider cons r Othe . r programs resources already funded in othe and will good of loss l ntia pote e delay wer accomplishing the project without it could the quarantine on Runit until ing tain main of s cost m the long-ter ation.225 be cleaned of radiological contamin on the Senate and House differences lve In the conference to reso million $20 the ed the conferees approv MILCON appropriationbill, this that e agre tak ewe (i) that the dri-En requested with two provisions: and nup, clea for on gati Government’s obli amount was the extent of the urces to e of the Military Services reso mad be use m (2) that maximu 1976, the bill passed the House on | July accomplish the cleanup.226 The 16 July n signature by the President on Senate on 2 July 1976, and, upo key The law included the following 1976, became Public Law 94-367, provisions: be expended lor ated for the cleanup may ‘‘None of the funds appropri y of Defense l until such time as the Secretar the Cleanup of Enewetak Atol ies of the opriate administering authorit receives certification from appr n reached bee Islands that an agreement has Trust Territory of the Pacific tituted cons duly r of Enewetak Atoll or thei with the owners of the land total the te titu ropriation shall cons representatives that this app p of anu cle the for t of the United States commitment of the Governmen jorees, inet subsistence, equipment, from military construction funds.”’227 material, supplies rand "Feimbursement eran Mey Construction Program request, on which the approved ve on of the MILCON appropriation bill was based, provided for pen iture of the $20 million in the following manner:228 a. old construction $1.3 million. Included in this category were the re a ilitation of existing facilities on Enewetak Island essential only or ean operations. construction of camp facilities on Enewetak and supporting facilities for the mobile forward camp, and the , construction of boat beaching facilities. . . Mobilzation~ $3.9 million. This included air and sea shipping and insporsation& ansportation costs needed to pre] prepare for the start of operations at C. eleanup/Operations and Maintenance—$4.5 million. Included were } st of fuel, spare parts, arts, supplies, 5 mess supplies, indigenous indi lab wages, medical operations, : communicati ications, and equipn I ot | cleanup and operation of campfacitities. Guipment used fer Grater Containment —$3.7 million. This category contained those cos wel by eneas te disposing of radioactively contaminated debris S encapsulation in a crater on Runit wi th a soil-cement mixture and !'covered with a con crete cap.. Cost items : includedi technical services contract, equipment, fuel, cement, and sea and shipment of materials. “ees e. safety eiteT million. This category provided for the . itoring and quality control evaluation s for all radiolo i i | operations. Cost ttems included procurement and shipping no of eauipmen and ‘supplies and the cost of reimbursing ERDA for providing a civilian contractor-operated radiation analysis laboratory , augmented with military technicians. . Demobilization—$2.1 million. This category included air and sea Shipping and transportation costs relevant to the closing of DOD operations at Enewetak. g. Logistics — $2.5 million. Included in this category were support ' essary to the conduct of the Enewetak Atoll cleanup and air and sea transportation and shipping costs.