Leo M. Krulitz
October30, 1979
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the human environment" necessarily included the study of
a proposed action which was intended to improve the “quality
of the human environment."
It is not my purpose now to
attempt to circumvent the spirit or the letter of NEPA.
NEPA, of course, requires study of the potential consequences
of a proposed action priortoa decision being taken on
the proposal.
Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee v.

AEC, 449 F.2d 1109

(D.C. Cir. 1971).

The question, here,

1s whether the matter of resettlement of Enjebi island
was sufficiently well-studied in the April 1975 impact
statement.

;

I think the answer is yes.
As I have said before, Enjebi was far and away the most
significant single issue during the planning phase of the
program.
Enjebi figured in several of the alternatives
considered by the AEC Task Group and in alternative
schemes for resettlement which were considered.
The principal alternatives, in the EIS, were termed “cases.”
Case 1 posited full resettlement of the entire atoll with
no cleanup.
Obviously, that was ruled out by all concerned.

Case 2 restricted: use to the southern part of the atoll .
for all purposes.

Case 3 called for residence only in the

south, with unrestricted travel throughout the atoll and
limited food gathering from the north.
Case 4 included
Enjebi as one of the two principal residential sites, with

unrestricted travel throughout the atoll and certain dietary

restrictions for those living on Enjebi.

Enjebi as well.
see EIS,

Vol.

I

Case 5 included

For a discussion of these alternatives

§5.

The Report By The AEC Task Group on Recommendations For
Cleanup and Rehabilitation of Enewetak Atoll, dated June 19,
1974, which was included in its entirety in the impact

statement, Vol II, Tab V, gave a good deal of attention
to Enjebi.

The Task Group Report,

a great extent

upon

the enormous

in turn, was based to

three volume work entitled

Enewetak Radiological Survey, NVO-140, USAEC, October 1973.
Those three volumes alone must contain
over 2,000 pages

of téxt, tables, plates and charts.

It has been described

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