strong reiteration that Federal
followed.
Radiation standards would be
General Warren D. Johnson,
then Director of DNA, was
a backup witness at this hearing and testified:
"
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768)
,The Department of Defense is committed to clean
the island up to the standards established by ERDA,
and ERDA is committed to assure we have reached those
standards,
so this is a coordinated effort.
In other
words, we cannot move anybody back until ERDA says,
"You have
done what we have
said
has
to be
done."
The Master Plar. for the Enewetak Rehabilitation and Resettle-
ment Program that was submitted to your Committee for
funding in 1977 was Geveloped around the radiation standard
stipulations set
forth by the Department of Energy and by
Congress when it approved the cleanup funding.
earler in this report,
As nuted
the Master Plan called only
for the
rehabilitation and resettlement of the three southern
islands,
Enewetak,
Medran,
and Japtan,
and
for the planting
of only certain of the northern islands as well as the southern islands.
35-50 years,
elements
.
Engebi Island was not to be used
.
i.e.,
.
for the next
.
. aN
.
until natural decay of strontium,cesium
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The people of Enewetak agreed to these stipulations and had
a major role in the development of the approved Master Plan.
Thus,
in addition to the radiation risk elements
unresolved,
still
resettlement of the Engebi people on Engebi