@ @ VUL829 Specifying what the responsibility of the United States would be should the people of Enewetak choose not to observe recommended living pattern restrictions The GAO notes that the United States does not plan to clean up all the islands of Enewetak Atoll to the point where no restrictions would have to be imposed. Therefore, the GAO report holds that it is imperative that a provision be made specifying the United States' responsibility should the people of Enewetak choose not to observe recommended living pattern restrictions. As the Department of the Interior pointed out in its original comments on the draft GAO report, up to the present, the Enewetak Planning Council and the Enewetak-Ujelang Counci] have pledged that the people will follow the restrictions recommended by the Department of Energy. Similar pledges could be obtained when all of the cleanup and rehabilitation work is completed. The Department of the Interior continues to believe that it is not possible to demand “formal unqualified assurances”, short of the United States Government or the new Marshallese Government keeping a permanent security force on the atoll to enforce restrictions. Reliance must be placed upon the representatives of the people themselves. IV. The course of action to be taken should the people of Enewetak receive excessive doses of radiation and The specifics of followup radiological surveys and of monitoring the health of the resettled people and the radioactivity in the environment 1 5 rs a ‘ The GAO report contends that because of the uncertainty of the Tong-term effects of exposure to low-level radiation, it is possible that the people of Enewetak could receive radiation doses in excess of current standards even if they adhere to living pattern restrictions. Further, even if the people of Enewetak do not receive excessive radiation doses by current standards, their doses could eventually be considered excessive should radiation dose standards become more stringent. The GAO report contends that, according to EPA sources, there is a good possibility that will happen. = The ‘GAO report holds that representatives of the people of Enewetak and the United States should agree, in advance, on what course(s) of action will be taken should either of these possibilities become a reality. There currently is before the U.S. Congress a bil], H.R. 3756, which includes a provision for a program of medical care and treatment and environmental research and monitoring for any injury, illness, or Condition that may have been the result of nuclear. testing for the people of the atolis of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik, and for