PAGE 5 RUHVAAFS187 UNCLAS PERMANENTLY» WHICH SHOULD BE MODIFIED FOR HUMAN OR AGRICULTURAL USE, AND WHICH MAY BE USED AS IS WITHOUT MODIFICATION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PERMITTING US TO COMMENT UPON YOUR PROPOSAL» “SINCERELYs — HAMLET Je BARRY III/ END QUOTE a GH Giobalielegram END MSG. CP-052 BT #8187 ~ ~ ~ 7 1LZS2-LES #9 "vou BIA Aid = L2S2-ZES 1189 -WOu eA Aiday beSZ-LEG 19 2WOu e1A A\doy PAGE 4 RUHVAAFS187 UNCLAS BASED UPON OUT READING OF THE PROPOSED ENEWETAK MASTER PLANs AND UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH AsE.C+ PERSONNEL, WE AGREE THAT A GROUND~" WATER SURVEY OF ENEWETAK ATULL IS NECESSARY BOTH FOR RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY PURPOSES, AND FCR MASTER PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUR-— PCSES+ I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TYPES OF ANALYSIS TO BE DONE, AS WELL AS THE PERSCNNEL AND LABORATORIES TO DO SAID ANALYSIS», HAVE NOT YET BEEN FINALLY DECIDED. WE REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP US INFORMED CN ALL DETAILS GF THIS SECCNDs, OR ANALYSIS AND SCIENTIFIC PHASE» OF THE SURVEYs WHEN IT HAS BEEN DECIDED, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT — IS GOING TU BE DONE IN TERNS OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS, AND WHO iS GCING TC DC IT. ° , ‘ . ‘ “ FINALLY, WE WCULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE SURVEY ANALYSIS INCLUDE MCRE THAN ANALYSIS FOR RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS» VERY LITTLE INFCRMATION IS AVAILABLE ABCUT GROUNDWATER SOURCES AT ENEWETAK FOR . HUMAN AND AGRICULTURAL USES, AND IT SEEMS THAT YOUR SURVEY PROGRAM SHGULD INCLUDE FINDINGS ABCUT THE POTABILITY OF WATER AT © VARIOUS POINTS ON THE ATOLL, AS WELL AS FINDINGS ABOUT THE VOLUME CF WATER AVAILABLE AT EACH WELL AT VARIOUS DEPTHSe FOLLOWING THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA» I WCULD HOPE THAT THE EXPERTS WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE RECCMMENDATIONS AS TO WHICH WELLS SHOULD BE SEALED NNN 4 BIA Aidoy mien Mest Giobal ielegram RGM Global telegram PAGE 3 RUHVAAF618%4 .NCLAS BY DeNeAe OR EXPOE PERSONNEL. CONSISTENT WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING AND WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ENEWETAK PEOPLE AND MRe’ , GRANT REYNOLDS, ATTORNEY FOR THE EXPOE PROGRAM, WE REQUEST SPECIFICALLY THAT MRe ROBERT HENNY OF THE PACE PROGRAM HAVE NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER WITH THE- PROPOSED GROUNDWATER SURVEY OF” ENEWETAK ATOLL» IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GROUNDWATER SURVEY WILL CONSIST OF THE DRILLING OF APPROXIMATELY 20 WELLS» EACH THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER AND FROM TWENTY TO FORTY FEET IN DEPTH», WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF TWO OR THREE WELLS TO A DEPTH OF SIXTY TO EIGHTY FEET. EACH WELL IS TO BE CASED THREE INCH PVC PIPE. THE WELLS ARE TO BE ~ DRILLED, CASEDs AND THEN TEMPORARILY CAPPED, PENDING FINAL” ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS FROM LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABSs THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, AND ELSEWREREs FOR” SAMPLING OF WATER AND ANALYSIS OF THE SAMPLES. AS COUNSEL FOR THE ENEWETAKESE, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE DRILLING PROGRAM OUT~ LINED ABOVES AND BELIEVE TRAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WILL BE MINIMAL+ HOWEVER, WE DO REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP US FULLY INFORMED CF CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OF TRE DRILLING PROGRAM SHOULD IT DEPART SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THAT GUTLINED ABOVE «