316 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL contaminated soil would have to be removed to bring it. to res idenyj . op transuranics level,: while little or . no cleanup106 was required up der Mal oer the current transuraniccriteria for agriculture use.!9° Becauseof its distane from Runit, removal of the estimated 58,286 cubic yards from Enieb t would require all available boat assets, leaving none for Aomon, Boken and Lujor. It was suggested that Enjebi might be cleaned to 50 pCi/g then plowed to dilute the contamination, however, no decision could be Made on that proposal until the results and acceptability of plowing were better known. As a possible alternative to Enjebi for northern residence, the three. island complex of Aomon-Bijire-Lowja was considered. It appeareq that Aomon could be cleaned to residential levels by removing approximately 3,500 cubic yards more soil than that required to bring it to agriculture levels. That would qualify the Aomon-Bijire-Lojwa complex for residentia| use, assuming the dri-Enewetak could resolve the problem of Ownership of those islands. It was decided that no change could be made at present to the long- standing policy that residence would be on the southernislands only, Future residence on Enjebi would depend on the results of transuranic cleanup and the plowing experiment, plus the eventual decayof strontium and cesium. !07 meee bee BULK-HAUL DECISION The next key issue was whether to modify some landing craft for bulk haul to increase the total capability to approximately 80,000 cubic yards per year or to accept the limited capability of hauling loaded trucks. Navy representatives expressed concern about the reconfiguration required and the possible contamination that might occur to the boats, which the Navy had on loan from the Army with the stated understanding that the boats would be returned to the Army at the end of the operation in an ‘‘asreceived’’ condition. However, Captain David MacClary, the senior Navy representative (from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), pointed out that it appeared that the Army would give the boats to the Navy so the problem of boat rehabilitation might be easily resolved. Commander Theodore Krumm, COMNAVSURFPACrepresentative, expressed concern about contamination hazardsfor the craft and the crews which would operate them. It was pointed out that, with the proposed bulk-haul configuration, craft decontamination problems would be minimized. This would, of course, be verified on scene during the weekly maintenance and decontamination of eachcraft. fr It was suggested that additional boats and trucks might solve the soil transportation problem. Lieutenant Colonel Howard Miller, of USASCH, |