282 Sp RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL FEBRUARY 1978 CONFERENCE On 9-10 February 1978, action officers from the military services, DOE. NV, and TTPI met in Albuquerque to review project status and tg coordinate actions for continued support of the project. There was considerable concern that boat resources would not satisfy intra-ato}) transportation requirements as cleanup and rehabilitation efforts accelerated. Navy representatives agreed to increase both crewsandboats, including two or three more personnel transport craft. Billeting, recreation, and other personnel matters were discussed and resolved. The conferees also were asked to begin developing input for detaileq demobilization plans. Thedelayin starting soil cleanup caused a number of problems. Thefirst increment of USAEsoil-removal platoons was due to be replaced in April, and it appeared thattheir tour on the atoll would be spent without moving any significant amount of soil. Crater tremie operations had been planned to start in April 1978 with a contaminatedsoil stockpile sufficiently large to sustain tremie Operations, but there waslittle contaminated soil on hand. Cement and attapulgite were being delivered and stockpiled for the tremie operation and would cause a storage problem on Runit if that operation were delayed any length of time. The Army and Navyaction officers expressed the concern of their respective commandsthat the equipment and manpowerthey had provided for soil cleanup had been employedin makeshift tasks for the first several months because DNA hadnot given the word to start soil cleanup. BG Tate assured them that Field Command and DNA Headquarters were sensitive to their problems and that the project would not be prolonged because of these schedule changes.§9 The conference provided an opportunity for the JTG Engineering Officer, LTC Joseph Briggs, USA, to discuss other cleanup procedures with the Field Commandstaff. They discussed procedures for excising the Aomon burial crypt using a sheet pile cofferdam and discussed thepilot soil removal project. PILOT SOIL REMOVAL PROJECT Enjebi had been scheduled for use in developing and testing radiological survey and cleanup procedures, including contaminated soil removal. Most of the tests, other than soil removal, were conducted on Enjebi before the end of August 1977, when the plan to begin soil cleanup on Enjebi was questioned. The pilot soil removal project, planned for accomplishment during the mobilization phase, was put aside until 17