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Testimony: Charles Tedford Paae -1 



The environmental surveillance system consists of a continu- 

 ally operating Environmental Radiation .Xmbient Monitoring System 

 (ERA.MS) with particulate samplers located in the large population 

 centers of Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. The filters would be 

 removed, scanned, and forwarded twice a week to the EPA lab in 

 Montgomery, Alabama for laboratory analysis. .\lso, four to five 

 Portable Ionization Chambers (PICs) would be located throughout the 

 State. These monitors could be located in Barrow or Wainwright, to 

 cover the northern-most region; Nome, Unalakleet, St. Lawrence 

 Island, Little Diomede, or Kotzebue to cover the central region; 

 and Bethel to cover the southern region. 



EP.\ has agreed to supply the ER.\MS sampling equipment, consum- 

 ables, analytical services, and data management without cost to the 

 State. The State of Alaska would be responsible for personnel to 

 collect the ERAMS filters, monitor the PICs, and for funds to 

 purchase the PICs and satellite communication services. 



The State requested $70,000 for alpha beta-, and S80,000 for 

 gamma-radiation counting laboratory equipment to provide a 

 radiochemical analytical capability. This equipment would provide 

 Alaska with an on site counting capability for the ERAMS filters. 

 The State also requested $135,000 for PICs, $105,000 for four field 

 monitors, $25,000 for computer data collection, and $5,000 for 

 installation and training. 



Hopefully, through an appropriate congressional bill or 

 funding mechanism, the EPA or military could serve as a vehicle for 

 the funds. 



