extra case of a birth defect would appear.
The Department of Energy and its scientific advisors agree,
in general, with this interpretation of the risk analysis.
The DOE risk analysis for living on Engebi Island under varying
conditions are shown in the diagramsand explanations on
pages 22-24 of the Booklet,
This Department,
however,
"Enewetak Atoll Today".
holds that as Jong as the United}
States retains a trust responsibility for the people of
Enewetak,
and so long as the United States is potentially
liable for erroneous GecisSions,
there will be some issues
relating to Enewetak Resettlement that cannot be decided
by vote of the Enewetakese.
It is our opinion that, even
though the risk of living on Engebi Island appears to be
i
slight, and even though the people of Engebi have expressed:
a strong desire to live on Engebi, a final decision cannot
be made without further study.
It should be noted that when the Cleanup Program was authorized
and funded by the Congress,
the Armed Services Cemmittee made
clear that there was to be no resettlement permitted in
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Enewetak Atoll unless the, radiation, sterdarde established by
the Energy Research and Development Administration were met.
Senate Armed Services Committee Report 94-157 of May 22,
1975,
page 10, on the Enewetak Cleanup funding by the Department
of Defense stated:
(Underlining ours)