aaa 332 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL FIGURE 7-5. LCM-8 OFFLOADING OPERATION. developed for soil excision operations also were applied to these boats. During onloading or offloading of soil bulk-haul craft, respiratory protection (level [I[A—see Chapter 4—without rubber boots or gloves) was required forall personnel involved. Personnel engaged in onloading or offloading of trucks containing soil required only dust protective surgical masks (level IIB without boots) except for the drivers of the | trucks who required respiratory protection (level II[A without rubber boots or gloves). Unless otherwise indicated, protection level I was h authorized while in transit between load site and Runit, as long as tarpaulins were in place over the trucks (or over the well-decks of bulk- haul craft). If there was any delay in the onloading or offloading of soil when the craft was landed downwind of a contaminated soil stockpile where the soil was not being disturbed, dust protective surgical masks (level IIB without boots) were required. If the boat was located downwind of an area wheresoil was being disturbed, level III, without rubber boots or gloves, was required. An area for eating, drinking, or smoking was designated on each boatin a location free of contamination and acceptable to the Field Radiation Support Team (FRST) and Radiation Protection ' Officer. During transport, soil was always covered with tarpaulins; trucks ' boats were cleaned at the end of each work day by using a saltwater pump and washing the small residue of soil into the lagoon en route to Lojwa used to haul soil were covered prior to driving them onto the boats. The Camp.