erations Soil Cleanup Op northern islands and resettlement of Enjebi, and all agencie: affected. However, basic responsibilities for cleanup (L radiological assessment (DOE), and rehabilitation (DOD we changed. se cntes As Director, DNA, he had dual responsibilities: (1) to safegua , Service elements’ resources and not let Enewetak becc pottomlesspit; and (2) to insure that DODacquitteditself prop meeting its commitments. g. 15 April 1980 was a firm end date, the new DOE task shou impact on that date. Mr. Bruce Church, DOE-NV, briefed the conferees on the prc survey. Their plan required collecting six soil samples from each ¢ pits approximately 3 feet deep. Thepits would be located on 50-mete on Ananij (Bruce) and all of the northern islands from Biken (I clockwise to Billae (Wilma). Samples would be prepared and analyz cesium-137 at Enewetak, then shipped to Eberline Instri Corporation, Albuquerque, for strontium-90 analysis. Any cesiv analysis not accomplished at Enewetak would be complet Albuquerque. The survey was scheduled to begin 1 March 1979 a completed by 30 September 1979. DOE proposedfirst priority be gi the soil sample collection on Enjebi, with an objective of completi sampling by 31 March and completing the analysis by April. Second p was proposed for the islands Boken to Billae (less Enjebi); and priority was proposed for the islands Biken to Louj (Daisy). DO requested to support the operation with backhoes with operators transportation, base support service on Lojwa, soil sampling pers and Radiological Laboratory technicians. Colonel Robert W. Bauchspies, USA, Commander, JTG, pre: briefings on the status of island access by watercraft and an isla island evaluation of the proposed workload. After Field Con briefings on the status of cleanup operations and demobilizatio: Service representatives discussed their capabilities to support the surveys. VADM Monroe advised DOEthat the schedule for o sample-taking would haveto be accelerated. Failure to completethis in March and April 1979 would have two adverse effects: (1) it interfere with demobilization actions scheduled for that summerar und (2) it would delay the fission product data to such a degree that decisions on coconut planting could not be madein timefor the plan be accomplished in conjunction with cleanup and rehabilitation « Discussions led to the following resolutions: a. Priorities. Enjebi and the six northern agricultural islands wo surveyed simultaneously, using two teams on Enjebi and one| six northern islands scheduled for coconut tree planting: Al