Leo M. Krulitz
October 30, 1979
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to me as the most comprehensive radiological survey yet
performed by anyone and, of course, it included Enjebi.
Altogether, the radiological considerations with respect
to resettlement of the atoll in general and resettlement
of Enjebi in particular, consumed the largest share of

the EIS.
See EIS, Vol. I §§5-6;: Vol. II, Tab A, p. P-8;
Vol III, Tab B, pp. 1-53 (including appendices I-IV).
In
effect, the entire Enewetak Radiological Survey was

incorporated by reference into the EIS, a practice which
is expressly permitted by the NEPA regulations.

§1502.21

(43 F.R.

55978,

55997).

40 C.F.R.

In other words, it seems to me that the radiological
implications of resettlement of Enjebi were thoroughly
developed and considered in the statement.
That laid
the foundation for considering one of the two principal
issues presented by Enjebi, that is, the radiological
health effects associated with resettlement of a human
population to Enjebi island.
I shall come back to this

matter of health effects shortly.

The other aspect of the Enjebi question which must be
considered in any.decision are the cultural implications
of denying resettlement.

That matter,

too, was adequately

covered in the course of the development of the draft EIS

and the EIS itself.
The importance of Enjebi to the people
of Enewetak was treated in Vol. I §§3.4, 3.5, 4.5, 5.4.1.3,

5.4.2.2,

Tab F.

5.5,

5.7, 6.1, 7.3.3.4, 8.35, 9.7, and Vol. IIA,

At the latter reference, you will find the observations
of Dr.

Robert C.

Kiste, which standing alone probably say

all that can be said about the cultural significance of

Enjebi to the people who want to resettle there:

The people of Enjebi will be greatly
disappointed.

And it is not a simple

matter of not being able to return to

what they think of as home.

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Marshallese

attitudes regarding land, particularly
ancestral homelands are difficult for
Westerners to appreciate.
There is
almost a sacred quality about an
islander's emotional attachment to his
home atoll — and more specifically —

those parcels of land within that atoll
to which he has rights.

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