123 Planning and Programming Major Inhabited Islands: Removeall hazards andall obstructions to reasonable use of the land, out to the Mean Low WaterLine. Intensive Agriculture Islands: Removeall hazards out to the Mean Low Water Line. Removeall obstructions to reasonable use ofthe land out to the periphery of the vegetation area. Food Gathering Islands: Removeall hazards out to the Mean Low Water Line. Leave in place objects which donotsignificantly interfere with food gathering. NONCONTAMINATED MATERIAL DISPOSAL: 1974 - 1976 Disposition of noncontaminated material did not have the many problems connected with the disposal of radiologically contaminated materials. The EIS provided three basic methods for disposal of noncontaminated material: a. Combustibles would be burned in a pit, the ashes gathered and stockpiled for future use as a soil conditioner, and the pit backfilled and restored to its original contour. b. Materials that could be used by the Enewetak people would be salvaged and stockpiled. Presumably, this included wood which the people could burn for cooking. The dri-Enewetak requested that usable material be stockpiled for them and not sent to other areas of the TTPI. , c. Unusable material would be dumped in the lagoon at selected locations.276 The question of lagoon-dumping of uncontaminated scrap had been settled at the meeting held at the EPA on 8 August 1974. After some discussion as to whether shallow dumping would create artificial reef habitats for marine life or -cause reef damage leading to ciguatoxic ~ contamination of marine life, deep-water lagoon-dumping had been decided upon. All present had agreed that the practice would have no substantial adverse effect, especially since depths of 200 feet were to be used as dumpingsites.277 DISPOSAL BY SALE: 1975 - 1976 Most of the uncontaminated material to be removed during cleanup was on three islands designated for residence (Japtan, Medren, and Enewetak). Much ofit had commercial value as scrap. On 5 December 1975, DOD had requested DNA to examine the possibility of reducing MILCON costs by having a Japanese scrap buyer remove the