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project fundinq
About $32.4 million has been appropriated by the Congress for the
Enewetak Atoll cleanup, rehabilitation, and resettlement program:
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Department
Purpose
Defense
Cleanup
Interior
Rehabilitation
Amount
(milli~
dollars)
$20.0
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The Military Construction Appropriation Act of 1977 includes funds
for the Enewetak Atoll cleanup.
The Act stipulated that the $20 million
appropriated for military construction could not be spent until the Enewetak
people agreed that it constituted thetotal
for the cleanup.
1976.
commitment of the United States
The people of Enewetak agreed to this on September 16,
The Act enjoined DOD to achieve every possible economy through maximum
use of its resources.
In this regard, it directed that military forces
and support activities funded for normal operations should be used on the
project without reimbursement from military construction funds.
In effect,
the cleanup phase of the project is limited by COD’s willingness to use
other funds and resources.
The Director, DNA, recently estimated the cost of
cleaning up,
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rehabilitating, and resettling Enewetak Atoll could
$120 million. This cost includes use ofmil~tary
fomes
and