172 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAKATOLL Hfne rte eetaba 7 7 fsA f j i ini FIGURE 3-18. ARMED FORCES RADIO & TELEVISION STATION. On |2 August 1977, representatives to the logistics-comptroller conference from the JTG and the 84th Engineer Battalion arrived early to brief BG Tate and the Field Commandstaff on the current status of mobilization, critical problem areas, and conceptual plans for cleanup operations. After these briefings, BG Tate and COL Treat attended a 2-day conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on radiological cleanup criteria. They returned to Albuquerque in time to participate in most of the Logistics-Comptroller. conference on 17-18 August 1977.84 The August 1977 conference at Field Command wascalled to review mobilization progress to date, and to coordinate actions to complete mobilization and to support the beginning of cleanup operations. The engineer battalion representative estimated that, due to shortages of material to complete life-support systems, the Lojwa Camp construction was 60 days behind schedule for the planned beneficial occupancy on 15 November 1977—the date scheduled for transition from the Mobilization Phase to the Cleanup Phase of the Enewetak Project. A similar problem was developing in the construction of the south Runit site. The engineer predicted that, if the critical supplies were airlifted and if additional construction troops were provided, beneficial occupancy could be achieved by 1-15 January 1978. DNA initiated action during the conference to airlift almost 50,000 pounds of critical material from Travis AFB, California.