RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWEIAK ALULL the powerplant, and identify requirements for water distillation, laundry, BbLV dete ier . 158 and food service. H&N-PTD would design, procure and install the distillation, laundry, food service, and cold storage equipment.°° Design efforts in Hawaii were well coordinated until the battalion deployed to Enewetak, and the H&N design effort was transferred to their Anaheim, California, office. After that separation, coordination was On 19 May 1977, the USAE beganclearing brush and surveying sites for construction of Lojwa Camp. ERDA-NV_ had declared the island radiologically safe for construction operations, including earth moving. Air samplers were placed downwind of all earthmoving activities as recommended by ERDA-NV.52 On 23 May 1977, personnel from Company B moved to Lojwa, established a temporary camp using tents, and began constructing slabs. Until the American Racer arrived, they made the mostofavailable assets, borrowing a bulldozer, concrete mixer, and other equipment from Field Command. H&N set up a temporary mess hall using the only building on the island, refrigerator vans on loan from MSC, portable distillation units on loan from the Marine Corps, and water storage bladders on loan-from an Army depot. Company B built a field shower system and establishedfield latrines. The troops slept in tents and on beds obtained as excess from Kwajalein Missile Range. These facilities were expandedfrom time to time tosatisfy an ever-growing population at Lojwa Camp. Useof the Lojwa Camp duringits construction saved 4 hours a day which would have been used commuting by boat from Enewetak ee ee ee somewhatimpaired and somesupply and construction problems arose.>! Camp (Figures 3-7, 3-8, 3-9).53 Construction of Lojwa Camp was hampered by unforeseen supply and In some cases, these were on the atoll, but no record of their arrival or location existed. Sometimes a search of Lojwa, Runit, and Enewetak Islands permitted identification and location of critical items. Sometimes a method was found to continue without them. For example, the troops fabricated window hinges from beer cans until the real articles could be found. Most hardware and lumber wereplentiful, but plumbing and some electrical items were in extremely short supply due to demands in the Eastern United States following an unusually cold winter. The pipe TO conta shortage delayed placing of some concre sewer pipes, until the troops devised a means of working around the problem. These shortages also delayed completion of water, sewage, and electrical systems to service critical facilities, such as the mess hall and latrines. eR —. — — ee eee and work stoppages occurred, caused by lackofcritically needed items. ~ Satie. whenthe first loads of building materials arrived, and the Army supply officer did not arrive until after construction had started. Numerous delays eee construction problems. There were no Army supply personnel on the atoll FIGURE 3-8. LOJWA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.