aa? Soil Cleanup Operations 383 FIGURE 7-44. LCU LOADING WITH RAMP ANDO CAUSEWAY. PACE SITE RESTORATION As a result of the Pacific Cratering Experiment (PACE) and related court actions described in Chapter 2, the JTG was required to restore the PACE test site on Aomon to its 1971 condition. Soil which had been removed from the 19-acre site was to be regraded to the original contours, except that materials used tofill a salt pond to the north of the test area would remain in place, and the pond area would beleft filled. All parties agreed that the test bed restoration should take place during the cleanup and rehabilitation of Aomon. This requirement was identified in the EIS but not in Field Command’s OPLAN 600-77. Accordingly, the JTG was officially tasked to restore the PACE site in January 1978.48 Company B, USAE,begantherestoration effort in July 1978. The major earthmoving activity was accomplished using D7 and D8 dozers. While this type of cut-and-fill earthmoving operation would have been more efficiently accomplished by using other earthmoving equipment, such as tractor-scraper combinations, the choice of equipment wasrestricted by the types available to the cleanup forces on the atoll. The cut-fill estimate by the USAEindicated that soil movement of101,000 cubic yards would be necessary to complete the restoration operation. Theinitial estimated date of completion was January 1979. As work progressed, the completion date