124 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL noncontaminated scrap.278 There was some question, however, as to the ownership of the scrap and theeligibility of a foreign buyer. Under the existing agreement between the United States and the TTPI for the use of Manning and ‘rogramming Dean Easton, Chief, DPDO Naw al, ey mer -Enewetak Atoll, the scrap material would have been abandonedin place. According to the Engineering Study and the EJS, it would be dismantled — f. i | and stockpiled for use or sale by the people. The. TTPI-Marshall Islands District Early Return Program anticipated some employment and revenue for the dri-Enewetak from the sale of scrap. The Marshall Islands District Administrator, Mr. Oscar DeBrum, expressed an interest in contracting . for the sale and removalof the material. Initially, this appeared to provide an excellent means of accomplishing much of the southern islands cleanup and reducing the effort and cost of the DOD project. Accordingly, in conferenc December 1975279 and in January 1976,289 Field Command Property Disposal Office (DPDO) officials in Hawaii regarding another their iroijs and in the law, the owever, given mantle buildings 190 and saa re re and tak e .the material to pene Uheir removal of these buildi syso cleanup work for DOD forces ngs 5:aved an estimated 400 man.284 . . n Nov recommended that the facilities and material required for the cleanup operalions be identified and that the remaining facilities and materia! revert to TIP] under the use agreement so that TTPI could contract for its sale and removal by commercial contract. At the same time, LTC Hente, of Field Command’s Pacific Support Office, was coordinating with Defense scrap. On 13 January 1976, the HQ DNA Logistics Directorate advised Field Command that a recent change in Public Law 40-USC 472 and Federal Property Disposal Regulations prohibited transfer of the materia! to TTP! or the dri-Enewetak without prior determination by DPDO that the material was ‘‘uneconomically salvageable.’’?8! This guidance did not a ™ eam 4, 000 gross ton onss) ) of the material DPDOcontracto i was ; r inventory and that any proceeds of is sal e ha penses, would be return ed to H&N-PTD for cre base support contra ct. dit against the Thiis was confirmed ; Agency e on 2 September 1976.2 8 18 DNA-Defense sup At Enewetak, follow ply ing the 16 Se alternative —that of having DPDO contract for the sale and removal of the teem 125 suggestion was rejected. Field Command contin ued to LTC Hente escorted Mr. apply to buildings left standing by cleanup forces. Thus, in planning the disposition of Lojwa Camp, it was determined that cleanup forces would remove the installed equipment .and facilities for which DOD had other requirements, and that the remaining buildings which had been erected for the project would revert to TTPI for use by the dri-Enewetak or disassembly by TTPI forces. The HQ DNA Logistics Directorate also advised that it would be extremely costly to conduct a special radiological survey at that time to assure the material was noncontaminated. Therefore, the survey and sale, if any, could not take place until cleanup operations had begun.282 Mr. ised on 3 February 1976. The advantages of accomplishing some cleanu to be explored. Since mostof the facilities and material had been acquired under the Enewetak base support contract, it was suggested that the current basesupport contractor, H&N-PTD, removeandsell the material as a plant closure action, with net proceeds being credited to the base support contract. However, in view of the 13 January 1976 decision, this usae bleematerial ancould no t be left for them Pe oasen to dis Colonel Mana "Sanches ye racom ted » monitoredma ra . . - S, : nant all allnd of th by Lieute rm aeaive contamina tion and, together with a team from DPDO.H. for OF Inspection by potential buyers.285 The scrap sale 4 operations are described in Chapter 4. , Hawaii, nd removal _ OTHER PLANNING AC TIO NS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBE RI 976 BG _bac Lac y y iand ia few ke y stalff offi offici cials i DN mating conferences in November 1976. The Tiree atH status oni November. was to brief the Director on the current plannin COND Ne establish a new D-Day. When the 2 July 1976 version of the had boon nas forwarded to the JCS , a tentative D-Day of | March 1977 aporenay i theJCS ee at November, the CO NPLAN still was not » Me Military Services still had not be en t oread vc cleanup, and a radiological Support plan had not heee aaa gine was behind to the extent tha t BG Lacy felt that the ' -Day could not be met. He recommended that D-D aybe Services.286 Instead, , LTG J ohn son chose to fix a new t: june 1977 and challenged the planners to meetit. far mer 2-Day of I € next conference wascall ed by the District Admini strator of the Marshall Islands, , at Maj fajuro, on [5-19 N izati rep resented included Field Command, TTPL ERDA L H&N. enz ations