strong reiteration that Federal

followed.

Radiation standards would be

General Warren D. Johnson,

then Director of DNA, was

a backup witness at this hearing and testified:

"

.

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(p.

768)

,The Department of Defense is committed to clean

the island up to the standards established by ERDA,
and ERDA is committed to assure we have reached those
standards,

so this is a coordinated effort.

In other

words, we cannot move anybody back until ERDA says,
"You have

done what we have

said

has

to be

done."

The Master Plar. for the Enewetak Rehabilitation and Resettle-

ment Program that was submitted to your Committee for
funding in 1977 was Geveloped around the radiation standard
stipulations set

forth by the Department of Energy and by

Congress when it approved the cleanup funding.
earler in this report,

As nuted

the Master Plan called only

for the

rehabilitation and resettlement of the three southern
islands,

Enewetak,

Medran,

and Japtan,

and

for the planting

of only certain of the northern islands as well as the southern islands.
35-50 years,
elements

.

Engebi Island was not to be used
.
i.e.,
.

for the next

.
. aN
.
until natural decay of strontium,cesium
4
.

in the soil had

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The people of Enewetak agreed to these stipulations and had
a major role in the development of the approved Master Plan.
Thus,

in addition to the radiation risk elements

unresolved,

still

resettlement of the Engebi people on Engebi

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