122 WETAK ATOLL RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENE shed by DOD aspart of the cleanup whether the task would be accompli x ilitation program. The Master Inde project or by TTPI as part of the rehab s. resurveys and planning change was revised periodically, based on r t was that conducted in Septembe The most productive resurvey effor after cil Coun the Enewetak Planning 1976 during the visit to the atoll by objectives: (t) to comply with the the signing ceremonies. It had two ce ical measures be taken to redu direction of Congress that pract nup clea cal logi adio nonr to refine nonradiological cleanup costs, and (2) plans. neers from Field Command and Before the main party arrived, engi island. This survey revealed that H&N made a detailed survey of each first field survey in 1972 had been some of the work identified in the osion of forces, such as the complete corr modified or eliminated by natural d of previous plans, Lieutenant Davi metal. In a significant modification and Mr. Charles P. Nelson, of H&N Gebert, USN, of Field Command, in the northern islands for nged an exchange of TTPI work (for TTPI), arra the Before this agreement, DOD had DOD work in the southern islands. and hazardous ological debris responsibility for cleanup of radi of had the responsibility for cleanup nonradiological debris, and TTPI types of nonradiological is. Since both nonhazardous, nonradiological debr ds, hern islands and the southern islan nort the both on ent debris were pres on ts effor lel paral in ged enga would be work crews from DOD and TIPI for it added disadvantage in the north, virtually every island. This had an ical to be integrated into the radiolog meant that TTPI crews would have man of totalling an equal number safety program. By exchanging jobs , dous azar ’s responsibilities for nonh hours, DOD took over all of TTPI unt amo l h, and TTPI took over an equa nonradiological debris in the nort the rdous, nonradiological debris in haza of DOD’s responsibilities for e denc resi the to ion work was restricted south. Thus, TTPI’s site restorat ated amin cont the oration work on islands, and all cleanup ‘and rest shed by DOD. This exchange also mpli acco be northern islands would ng DOD remove hazardous pipe eliminated such inefficiencies as havi oved the whole Ce slab before TTPI rem stubs from a nonhazardous concrete slab. Council reviewed the survey and Upon their arrival, the Planning such as leaving asphalt runways in suggested additional work reductions cutting holes in them to permit areas designated for tree planting and ying > passed a resolution approving the iocations. The Planning Council accordingly. This was revised resurvey results, and the Master Index man-hours of work from the 80,000 approximately resurvey eliminated Planning Council also agreed to southern islands cleanup effort.274 The cleanup of islands, according to the following criteria for nonradiological Master Plan:275 use-categories defined in the March 1975 Plannine and Programming 123 7 Inhabited I slands: Remove all h azards Major i reasonable use of the land, out to the Mean Low Wate r Linens © ive Agriculture Islands: Removeall hazards out to the Mean Low Water Line. . Re Kemove all obstructions to r e . asonable use of the land out to of the vegetation area. the periphery Food Gathering i Islands:: Removeall hazards out to the Mean Low . «nt Water Line. Leave ti n place obje i food gathering. yects which do not significantly interfere with NONCONTAMINATED MATERIAL DISPOSAL: 1974 - 1976 . i ne me ca bleosit oroDisp noncontaminated material did not have the m tateriah The aes irovide orsPosal of radiologically contaminated ~ vided a inated material: noncontam three ; . basic basic _methods for disposal of a. Combustibles woul d be burned in the ashes gathere pit,ner, f re use as a soil| conda itio for futu ed d for stockpil e and the it bi ot pile oad backfilled pit restored to its original contour. b. M; te e aterials that could be used by the Enewetak people would be alvaged and stockpiled. Presumably, this included wood which sal vi the people could burn for cookin g. The dri-Ene requested that usable material be stockpiled for them and enewelak sent to other areas of the TTPI. c. Unusable material al would be < > locations. 276 . dumped in the lagoon at selected The question of| agoon-dumping unc of uncontaminated ‘ scr: . settl Sleenesien meeting held at the EPA on 8 August 1974., Aten peen ; as SCUSS reef create antificial dumping would adi habitats for hoine the oe : to . ‘cause reef dam:age leading r Ly . . contami ie marine life, deep-water lagoon-dumping het bens decided upon ; present had agreed that the practice would have no substantial adverse effe cl, especially j used as dumping sites.277 pecially si since depths of 200 feet were to be DISPOSAL BY SALE: 1975 - 1976 onMost of the uncontamin Miniated material t o be removed duri é Pmewetak) wands designated for residence (lapta n. Medan es 978. DOD hay requestedDNA ot value as scrap. On 5 December MILGON cnte musted A to examine the possibility of reducin y having a Japanese scrap buyer remove the