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The rebaht ication and repestlonent program,whet wes denigaed to dovetalt |
with, the clesanp activities fin omerto make natin use of the Department . |
of Defense logietic support,ayates, also bas been on schedule enti afew
a _monte ‘ego when several new,factors came “dnto play.
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=a Congress, to date, beesppropricted g12,4eiillios for the rehabilita*toa and resettlementportions of the Enewstek program, Bince the Pebebilt~
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Toject involvedconaiderebie construct ion work and was to be car-
ried aut over an epproxinate five-year period, the authorisation act
=(eee.103, Fels 95-234) provided for 8 construction escalator clente,
é : Carefal Placning and efficient execution of the first components of rhe
forwerd on tchedula, without exceeding the 1976 cost cotimates,
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contractors, up to the and of 1978, however, enabled the progran to est:
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.“Fohsbi Litation project by the Trust territory Administration and its
Se lange of the Stoll bad the residential and ain egricoltoral ceuters,
. sieprograa tnoluded the conetruction of ‘jis benzsee in two communities
-Sand exp Gosmmnity centers (since there ere to be sepernta commemities
“onthe delands of Enewatak and Medren), end the planting of aame41,000
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x:“eoeeunt trees, e& woll a8 other foodcrope on the islands which were
"steredns by the Deparheent. of Exergy to be suitable for sgciculturel
* tse Large islend of Engebs de: the porth was not to be used, be-
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” eaves ‘dte level of ceston-stront{us conteaination hed nat decreated to
levels scceprable to the Deportwent of Energy.
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By, the begioning of early January 1979, infletionsry costes began te
be2 felt, ani it was knoe ‘thet escalation costahad reached $300, 000,
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The project, ia briet, called for the development of the southern