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c.
Complete certain engineering and miscellaneous work largely connected
“with LASL deep holes and additional Livermore tunneling, estimated at
oS millton dollars.
d.
Complete a geological and hydrological survey of the area around the
LASL deep hole site in area 3 to insure the adequacy of the sight from
the stand point of water contamination, estimated costs at
e.
.5 million.
Complete certain other geological surveys directed toward the feasibility
of firing without water contamination difficulties in other areas,
estimated at | million dollars.
f.
‘
Complete LRL safety tunnels already underway-and access to the port hole
of the new Livermore tunnel, estimated-at ! million dollars.
g-
Adding all of these up there is another approximately 4.8 miflion leaving
this amount uncommitted for any special uses, such,as firing of the shot
In granite, construction of LASL deep holes, initiating new work on the
Livermore tunnel, added detection shots, or anything else that may come
up In the future.
Starboard states that if possible, he intends to hold these funds in advance
until fate in the first half of the fiscal year when projects can be ordered
as to priority and he can decide which would give us the greatest overal|
readiness;
he solicits the comments of the Laboratories on his feelings and
plans for authorization of work.
Requests made by the Navy through the springof59and forwarded to the
Chief of Naval personnel on 25 June 59 tried to justify a request for 815 enlisted
need
personnel in FY-60 assigned to Navy Task Group 7.3.
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