"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

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