ACOA by Sep 10 PASO ROUTING SLIP “DIRECTOR_ 1 8 54°75 ets. ZF b/2 SECRETARY _—— Clerk ee PROJECT “ENGINEER Life. 2 “ROMINISTRATIVE. OrF oo oO a2 PROJECTOFFICER e T e PROGRAIA|ASSISTAN _SENDCOPYTO: ~~ H&N oe {JASITERP. anl ~~OTHER -1t ~ | rE REMARKS: |” RATUZYUW RHEGNVOOO25 2531620-UUUU--RUHHWIA. ZNR UUUUU R 101612Z SEP 75 FM USERDA ROGER RAY ASST MGR FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SAF&TY LAS VEGAS NV TO RUHGSAA/OSCAR DEBRUM DISTAD MARSHALLS MAJURO MI INFO RUHHWIA/USERDA PASO HONOLULU HI RHEGLLL/DR PAUL GUDIKSEN LLL LIVERMORE CA — eae aE SUbscut FILE UNCLASSIFIED/N O N W D/NARR IN REVIEWING THE TAPE RECORDING OF OUR MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS AND OF THE NITIJELA AND OTHER BIKINI LEADERSHIP AT MAJURO ON SEPTEMBER 2, I FIND, AS WE DISCUSSED LATER, THAT I DID NOT SUGGEST ANY RESTRICTIONS ON ENYU GROUND WATER. BY THIS MESSAGE I MEAN TO FORMALLY CORRECT THAT RECORD. IN FACE, WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO PERMIT AN UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ENYU GROUND WATER, BASED UPON SOIL LEVELS AT ENYU AND THE EXPECTED LOW LEVELS IN FOOD GROWN ON ENYU WE FULLY EXPECT THAT FROM A RADIATION STANDPOINT THERE WILL BE NO REASON TO RESTRICT OR LIMIT THE USE OF ENYU GROUND WATER. eo 8 8 a: & $ » ke 8 8 UES ; NSS a slaty SES S 8 Ww = al ¥; PAGE 2 RHEGNVOOO25 UNCLASSIFIED/N O N W D/NARR HOWEVER, TO BE CONFIDENT THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND, WE MUST WITHHOLD A RELEASE UNTIL RESULTS OF LABORATORY ANALYSIS ARE AVAILABLE. I HAVE ASKED THAT THIS PART OF THE LABORATORY EFFORT BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY, AND EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO REPORT RESULTS TO YOU BY EARLY OCTOBER. WE ALSO EXPECT FROM TIME TO TIME TO TAKE ADDITIONAL WATER SAMPLES, ESPECIALLY AS NEW WELLS ARE OPENED. THIS CORRECTION WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE SEPTEMBER 2 MEETING, COPIES OF WHICH WILL BE MAILED TO YOU FOR DISTRIBUTION, END BT #0025 PN. RD x 6 S