8 ARTEL THTMEE TE, REAPTNPANY EL EE TET EE EEEe——eeEe———e———e————E——_e with community centers, piers, and other life support elements. Subsistence agriculture (breadfruit, pandanus, dwarf coconuts, etc.) has been planted on the three southern islands, and some 31,000 coconut trees for commercial and subsistence purposes have been planted throughout the atoll (20,000 in the south, 11,000 on the lesser contaminatedislands in the northeastern chain). As mentioned earlier, a continuing hallmark of the Enewetak cleanup and rehabilitation project has been the total and continuing involvement of the People of Enewetak in the process. Frequent inspection visits and planning conferences by the Enewetak leadership have been held on the atoll, with the Enewetak hereditary leaders, the Magistrate, the Planning Council, and others traveling from Ujelang to Enewetak for periods of days or weeks. This continuing interaction has resulted not only in a feeling of deep involvement by the People of Enewetak, but also in accomplishment of the cleanup and rehabilitation in accordance with their desires. The issue of when the dri-Enjebi may be able to return to their ancestral home .island of Enjebi in the north is still unresolved. As noted previously, all planning and project execution to date--with the agreement of the People of Enewetak--has been based upon the dri-Enjebi residing initially in the south, and this is where their homes have been constructed. One of the remaining responsi- bilities of the U.S. Governmentis to advise the dri-Enjebi when it will be safe to return to their home island. To provide this advice, DoE, Dol, and TTP! have collected extensive data on residual suburanic soil contamination in the north, on radionuclide uptake by crops, on alternative living and subsistence patterns in the north, on the rate of accumulation of radionuclides in the body, and on estimated health effects from this accumulation. These data have been analyzed in-depth and combined into dose assessments. Separately, the People of Enewetak have engaged their own team of eminent scientists and authorities to provide them with independent estimates of the above factors and the resulting dose assessments. Based upon extensive review of the data provided by both sources, the People of Enewetak have expressed their desire for the dri-Enjebi to return at once to their homeisland. The U.S. Government has this request under consideration at the time of this writing. The remarkable success of the Enewetak radiological cleanup operation has been due in large measure to the dedication and commitment of the Military Services in providing the resources to do the job; and to the enthusiasm, initiative, and willing efforts of the individual servicemen assigned to the cleanup force. Also notable has been the remarkably effective coordination between the many organizations whose efforts had to be integrated into a smooth-working team on-atoll. In summary, the Enewetak Radiological Cleanup and Rehabilltation Program was well conceived and well executed, was completed on tim® and within cost, and produced more effective results than anticipated. It marks the fulfillment of a moral obligation this country incurred decades ago, and it represents an effort in which every American can take great pride. 14