yr Planning and Programming 1 RADIOLOGICAL SUPPORT AND CLEANUP PLANNING: 1975 - 1977 On 16 June 1975, the Director, DNA requested ERDA assistance developing a plan for radiological monitoring and support. This plan w considered to be one of the most important elements in planning | accomplishment of the project. A draft DNA-ERDA agreement | radiological support was forwarded with the request.295 While the agreement was being negotiated at the Washington lev Field Command and ERDA-NV began developing a proposedradiologi: support plan. It was immediately apparent that some radiological cont and survey tasks could be accomplished by troops but that oth radiological support would have to be provided by ERDA contractors. target date of 31 August 1975 was established for completing the dr. radiological cleanup plan.296 The DNA-ERDA agreement, commonly referred to as the ‘‘Shed Liverman’’ agreement, for radiological support of the cleanup project signed on 28 August (DNA) and 10 September (ERDA) 1975. proclaimed the intent of both agencies to ensure that radiological haza1 were disposed of in such a manner that safe resettlement could accomplished. Further, it specified compliance with the guidelines. whi had been recommended for the cleanup by the AEC Task Group.: These guidelines were more stringent than those in general use in t United States, and they had received endorsement by the Congress a: precondition for resettlement.298 The agreement obligated ERDA provide certification when the radiological cleanup had complied with t guidelines. In October 1975, representatives of Field Command and ERDA-NV rr to review the DNA-ERDA agreement and discuss developmentof t radiological cleanup plan.299 A draft plan was completed on 13 Novemt 1975, based on results of this conference.399 The two parties met again May 1976, at which time ERDA-NV proposed to develop a field surv system for measuring plutonium concentrationsin the soil using a gam! detector mounted on a boom extending from a van. (The van was a sm tracked vehicle with the trade name ‘“‘IMP.”’ This trade name and derivatives and variations as used herein are or were derived from trademark which is the property of the De Lorean Manufacturi Company. Hereafter, throughout the documentary, the process conducting an in situ survey using this van is referred to as ‘‘IMPing,”’ a the vehicles are referred to as “IMPs.”) It was anticipated that this in s system—in comparison with conventional soil sampling techniques—wo' significantly reduce the effort and increase the speed of measuri plutonium concentrations. It also was expected to expedite soil clean