"The Committee agreed to a one time authorization of
$20 million to accomplish the cleanup.
The Department
is charged to accomplish the cleanup within that amount
using every possible economy measure.
The Committee
insists that radiation standards established by the
Energy Research and Development Agency be met before
any resettlement be accomplished."
To
In hearings that gave risethat report, Mr. Mitchell, then
as now counsel for the people of Enewetak,
above result,
at hearings of May 7,
supported the
1975 on H.R.
5210
before the Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities
(page 162 - 165),
"
.
stated:
ERDA has been,
I think wisely conservative in
the standards that they have set.
So that the ultimate objective,
the premise of the clean-
up program, is that when it is done,
a danger,
a risk,
for these people,
there will not be
for the entire atoll.
I don't want these people to be endangered
at all.
. No danger to the people."
Similarly, when the Department of Interior's request for
rehabilitation
and
resettlement
tion before your Subcommittee
funds was
on March
17,
under
1977,
considera-
there was