Mobilization 175 Navy task group during the Mobilization Phase arrived on 3 November 1977. The USS JUNEAU and USS ALAMOarrived from Okinawa and offloaded two LCUs, and three LCM-8s.95 During the Mobilization Phase, these Navy opportunesealifts delivered over 29,600 measurement tons of cargo at no cost to the project, a savings in sealift costs of well over $1,600,000. The delivery of on-atoll critical building supplies, and the use of H&NPTD journeymen to complete some utility systems and other critical facilities significantly improved the status of Lojwa Camp construction. By mid-October, USASCH wasable to report that they were slightly ahead of the original construction schedule. The camp’s 420,000-gallon steel water tank was on hand and was being assembled. In the process, Private First Class Kelvin W. Tea, USA, placed over 15,000 bolts, one of the more formidable tasks in Lojwa Camp construction. Completion of the fresh water and salt water distribution systems wasstill being delayed by a nationwide shortage of pipe. Consequently, food service, shower, latrine, and sewerfacilities would not be completed by the scheduled 15 November 1977 mobilization completion date. 96 PERMITS: 1975 - 1977 In addition to delays in camp construction, extended delays were encountered in obtaining three Corps of Engineers’ permits for the project. There was some doubt that permits were necessary, since the Environmental Impact Statement documented the concurrence of those concerned with the cleanup project actions to be covered by the three proposed permits. Nevertheless, DNA decided to obtain them and, in October 1975, POD agreed to expedite action to provide permits for: (1) disposal of noncontaminated debris in the lagoon; (2) clearance (by coral demolition) of channels into certain islands; and (3) crater containment of contaminated soil and debris. POD’s costs in providing permits would be financed from cleanup design funds already allocated.9” It turned out to be more than a simple papertransaction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in their action on the permits, requested that DNA meet several conditions, including revegetation of Cleared areas; replacement of soil removed in excising plutonium concentrations on Runit, avoidance of seabird nesting grounds during the nesting season; periodic radiation sampling in terrestrial and aquatic resources; and semiannual reports to the Fish and Wildlife Service on radiation found within fish and wildlife.98 Field Command advised that the Environmental Impact Statement coveredall of the conditions except the