PRIORITY TEN2 MS6817 PAGE 93 938 0817 SUSDUPE SUPPORTED DOD'S CLEANUP EFFORT. 4. NEW SURVEY NOW BEING PROPOSED BY DOE IS DIFFERENT IN ALL THREE RESPECTS: (A) FULL SUPPORT BY DOD MIGHT CALL FOR SURSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL RESOURCES; (RB) SURVEY HAS HOT BEEN INCORPORATED IN ANY PLANNING TO DATE? AND» IW FACT+ IT IS AT ONDS WITH SOME ASPECTS OF CAREFULLY DEVELOPED+ DETAILED DEMOBILIZATION PLANS; AND (C) SURYEY,IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF DOD CLEANUPe RUT RATHER OF EHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS, 5. ON OTHER HANDe THERE CAN RE NO DOUST THAT NEW SURVEY PROPOSED BY DOE IS URGENTLY NEEDED AND IS ESSENTIAL TO SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF OVERALL PROJECT, DOD SHOULD CLEARLY BEND EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUPPORT TO DOE. a PAGE FIVE RUEBDRAO0209 UNCLAS , 6. NEW DOE SItIRVEY PROPOSAL CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLWOS: Ae SOIL“SAMPLING EFFORT WOULD REGIN ABOUT I MAR 1979 AND REQUIRE AROUT SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE. Be SURVEY INVOLVES ALL NORTHE®N ISLANDS FROM BIKEN (LEROY) ON WESTERN SIDE CLOCKWISE To BILLAE (WILMA) ON EASTERN SIDEe LESS PERCY AND URSULA, Ce PLAN INVOLVES SOIL@SAMPLING ON SO=METER GRID ON ALL ISLANDSr WITH MODIFICATION TO 25 METERS ON SOME SMALL ISLANDS. SOIL PITS ABOUT THREE FEET DEEP WOULD BE DUG AT GRID NODES+ AND SIX SOIL SAMPLES TAKEN? AT 10-CM DEPTH INCREMENTSe IN EACH PIT. CO. CONCEPT ENVISIONS SURVEY TEAM ESTABLISHING GRID+ ASSISTED BY BRUSH=CLEARING EFFORT AS REQUIRED» FOLLOWER BY RACK=HOE OR SHOVEL TEAMS DIGGING PITS» WITH SOIL SAMPLER TEAMS THEN TAKING SAMPLESe PROJECT PARTY WOULD RASE AT LOUWA AND BE “MOVED BY BOAT FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND IN ACCORDNACE WITH ESTABLISHED SCHEDULE. EXTENT OF EFFORT IS SHOWN BY FACT THAT OVER £,000 SAMPLES WOULD BE TAKEN FROM NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS ALONE (BOKEN TO GILLAE)+ EXCLUSIVE OF NORTHWESTERN ISLANDS. PRIORITY