In FY 1975 DoD requested a military construction appropriation to accomplish the cleanup using civilian contractors. Congress did not authorize this appropriation, and instead Girected that project planning be revised to make use of of the military services and would be required for normal This direction from Congress required that DoD not only manage the cleanup operation, but that DoD personnel actually perform the cleanup. The Army, Navy, and Air Force. were accordingly tasked to provide personnel and equipment to perform the various jobs required. Nuclear Agency, was The Director, Defense appointed as the DoD Project Manager for the cleanup itself. Per et er 2a Operations of these forces." v in the accomplishment of this project through the use of military services' construction and support forces, their subsistence, equipment, material, supplies, and transportation which have been funded to support ongoing operations ae eel In the Fy 1977 military construction appropriation, Congress provided $20 million to partially fund the cleanup, stipulating that "all reasonable economies should be realized Ty rr military personnel and equipment. Since your interest is primarily in the radiological aspects of the cleanup, I might describe the Department of Energy's role in more detail. The DoE is responsible for providing technical support to the DoD Project Manager, for characterizing and defining the radiological environment, for establishing the criteria for cleanup levels, and for certifying the radiological condition of the Atoll after the cleanup effort. The cleanup portion of this program, managed by Dop, consists of three separate efforts: removal and lLagoonremoval The radiological contaminants are described in detail in AEC Report NVO-140, October 1973, attached. The distribution of the radiological contaminants is shown to be limited roughly to the northern half of the islands of the Atoll. WM, Spocis , rare eeee ee ee ee oo Sh | we a OS , ara dumping of uncontaminated debris and structures; and crater-disposal of radiologically contaminated debris and structures; and excision and crater-disposal of some of the radiologically contaminated soil that remains on the islands.