~ ayet fs +e . ‘ ¥ lay o™ By 10 fy * . . » . - . and isan obsiructios fo orderhy reseitiement. The Fiscal Year 1976 request Was for Si4.1 million as the itest increment of a $40 million cleanup program, Tu addition to cleanup cosis it is estimated that the Departmentof the Interior will reguire over $1!) million to resettle the tribes on Enewerak. The Cominitree debated this question at length. The Department was asked to develop the most austere cost estimate possible which envisioned the use of U.S. troops (Army engineers or Navy Seabees) who are trained in nuclear decontumination und whose use should provide substantial cost savings. ‘I'he least cost estimate provided y the Department which would accomptish the minimum required cleanup was $25 million. The Committee agreed to a one time authorization of $20 million to accomplish the cleanup. The Department is charged to accomplish the cleanup within that amount using every possible economy measure. The Committee insists that radiation standards established by the Energy Research and Development Agency be met before any esettlement is accomplished. Although the moral obligation to permit the Enewetak people to return to their atoll was a major consideration, the Committee’s decision was based primarily on the premise that the United States cannot walk away from a testing program that cost several billion dollars without making a responsible effort to restore the atoll to the degree that it can be made habitable. a Aut he ¥! 4 | Trident The Fiscal Year 1976 request contuins $187 million fer the continued construction of the Trident support facility at Bangor, Washington. The Congress has authorized over $200 million since FY73 for the construction of this fecility and the Committee is plexsed to note that progress at the site is good. The total cost of the facility is now reported to be $657 million, an increase of $27 million over the total estimate provided by the NavyJast vear, which results primarily from the additional requirement to furnish community assistance funds as provided for in the Fiscal year 1975 Act. The Department once again assured the Committee that the single site at Bangor would service the entire Trident requirement for the foreseeable future. SO Relocatable Construction—IKorea oo The committee indorses the Army program of constructing relocatable quarters from prefabricated buildings in Korea. This approach should prove to be cost effective if U.S. units are relocated within Korea or returned to the U.S. The committee expects thet the concept of relocatable facilities be considered at all overseas locations as part of the normal planning process. — ” Fort Polk—Mineral Rights _ The coramittee approved an Army request to purchase the mineral rights at Fort Polk, Louisiana. There is serious question that the ICES NATE ARMED SERV (EXTRACT FROM SE 94-157) COMMITTEE REPORT eek ee —_w— ‘ ~ meses ey os “OP eeIe atts 4 ce. . cyte Ce a mo + ten alls - EETae TT PeeERT I TS Bae UTS ey oe ge ee ‘ Oe art, gt . fa)#: at OP ey me oO: foo tate “eg phe oe he et SPSa3: ye Fel we yO, ye RT TYgee ' 3 ade Mey ee Me ON phe tee Tew oP mn ¥ ' s Cc. im Aas x \ te 4 t= [> LWre, 7 * - Att Subr Mm baw aa sere ue. ~ ye ley » eats . nlope and ant chine davtt aver from f World debris is int in the form ofPee buildings, piers ships iert over Worl War TL as well as the testing period, sid constituies a safety hazard ~ Cree this debms is radioactive und it is plapned to dump this debris ina. evater Jeft from the rests und cap tf with concreie. The remaming . My Sanh Bi wenr s must he “cleaned up” before the displaced tribes cun return. Some of , fi 4 < rn,et ) fo ove 2.Mm I vy,