NE ee PAGE $ RHWNEAA@A3S2 UNCLAS Fou lPMENT NEEDED TO START PIT SAMPLING IN THE CONTAMINATED AREA vF YVONNE. ALSO THIS DATE ANOTHER BACKHOE OPERATOR ARRIVED FROM JeAes EQUIPMENT FOR DUST CONTROL waS TESTED AND ALL TANKS FILLED. ON 5 FEBRUARY THE HOT LINE FACILITY WAS COMPLETED AND THE DIGGING OF SCIL PITS WITH THE USE OF ANTI C PROTECTION BEGAN. EIGHT PITS WERE COMPLETED THIS DATE. THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR DIFFICULTIES WITH ONE BACKHOE AND WITH ALPHA INSTRUMENTS. THE aRRAY OF SOIL PIT LOCATIONS waS EXTENDED THIS DATE TO A POINT NEAR CaCTUS CRATER. THE CLOSE GRID FIDDLER SURVEY GAVE USEFUL RESULTS AND CERTAIN SOIL PIT LOCATIONS WERE DETERMINED CONSIDERING THIS NEW INFORMATION. SOIL SAMPLING IS TO BEGIN ON WORTH YVONNE ON 6 FEBRUARY. SHORT OF ANY UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES WE EXPECT THE SOIL PITS ON YVONNE TO BE DUG BY 9 FESRUARY AND SAMPLED BY 13 FEBRUARY. OO SPI BT #OB3E NNWNN