re lanning Soil Cleanup P | : ~ S ajrernatives a, b, and c were based onthe premise that compliance EIS required some form of crater disposal. Supporting views poi at, with sunken costs for crater disposal preparations alreac the oul tneately $3 million, little savings would be realized by abando spprori disposal conceptat this point in time, Alternatives d ai ihe ed from the premise that, since the islands would be quarant evolve it would require less expense and effort to simply spread fore ve inated material from other islands on Runit and avoid any clez oeunit. Supporting arguments pointed out that most of the soil t O ivered to Runit was expected to have lower concentration: Mensuranics than Runit; thus, spreading this soil over Runit’s sur could actually improve Runit’s condition.!23 Alternatives offered at conference suggested that, rather than basing the construction on a height or 10-foot height, the elongated dome design be considere permit containmentof up to 200,000 cubic yards of soil. The Director, DNA rejected outright the proposal to cancel the ci containment operation. He decided to continue the crater operatio planned, placing the higher level soil and debris in the craterfirst. axact size (capacity) and configuration of the containmentstructure w ww be determined later. If absolutely necessary in the final mor consideration would be given to leaving some of the lesser contamin soil from the northernislands uncovered on Runit.124 CERTIFICATION DECISION The next agenda item was the format for DOEcertification. There wide disagreement on the purpose, wording, and effect of the certific particularly with regard to declaring the islands ‘‘safe.’” Mr. Ray expres the opinion that DOE had tworesponsibilities. When DNA wasfinist DOE must describe as accurately as possible the radiological conditi existing on the islands after cleanup. Subsequently, DOE would comp Y a final dose assessment based on those conditions and a realistic lis pattern. That dose assessment would be the basis for D recommendations to DOI and TTPIas to resettlement and useof the < by the people. The Director, DNA did not object to either of these, but he insistec one other element in the island certification: he believed that DOE had the responsibility to certify the uses to which islands could be based upon the accepted standardsat the time ofcertification. After a lengthy discussion on dose assessments, island usage and li patterns, it was agreed that DNA would submit a sample certificat DOE for approval. This sample certificate would provide that DC re