Planning and Programming 113 The Deputy Secretary of Defense also requested that the Chairman, JCS have the military departments designate, at the earliest practicable date, the military support units to be deployed forthis project, in order to permit the initiation of detailed operational planning.233 The Joint Staff decided, however, tO wait until CONPLAN 1-76 had been revised to reflect all changes in the concept before formally tasking the Military Services. The Jointstaff did nottask the Services until 24 January 1977,234 After reviewing the 2 July 1976 CONPLAN, the Joint Staff recommended that it be modified to include helicopters for medical evacuation and an annex on communications support.235 Commentsalso were received from CINCPAC236 and the Air Force Surgeon General.237 Based on these comments and on the provisions of the FY 1977 MILCON Appropriations Act, CONPLAN I-76 was revised as of 15 September 1976.238 Several annexes were added to conform to the JCS Operations Plan format. This CONPLANwasresubmitted to the JCS, who approved it with a few final refinements. These refinements were incorporated as Change Number| on | February 1977. The final CONPLAN1-76 contained all the basic policy and concepts and most of the procedures required to execute the project in accordance with the will of Congress and the direction of the Secretary of Defense and the JCS.239 THE MISSION: SEPTEMBER 1976 The mission, as authorized by Congress240 and approved by the JCS,24! was to conduct a full Case 3 EIS cleanup;i.e.: a. Physical hazards will be removed from all islands. b. Obstructions to development of habitations and agriculture will be removed. c. Unsalvable nonradioactive material will be disposed of in accordancewith appropriate procedures. d. Boken, Lujor, and Runit plutonium concentrations greater than 400 pCi/g will be excised, and all other concentrations between 400 and 40 pCi/g will be dealt with on an individual basis (seven islandsare in this range). Concentrations of less than 40 pCi/g will not be disturbed. Cleanup of plutonium is expected to be performed —™ Oo iteratively until a sufficiently low concentration level is attained. . Plutonium will be removed from the burial crypts on Aomon. Radioactive scrap will be removed from all islands in the Atoll. (Radioactive scrap has been identified on nine islands.) g. Radioactive materials will be disposed of by crater containment on Runit.242