Community Involvement

 

The next Vieques RAB Meeting is scheduled for January 28, 2009.
	Access All RAB Minutes, Presentations, and files HERE!
	A RAB meeting was held on October 9, 2008.  To see the technical information presented at the meeting, click here.
	The Administrative Record (AR) for the Vieques Environmental Restoration and Munitions Response Programs (ERP and MRP) is available locally at the Electronic Library located at Calle Carlos LeBrum #449 in Isabel Segunda, Vieques. The library is open 8 AM to 4 PM Monday-Friday.
	Public materials related to the clean up program on Vieques can be found in the folders at the bottom of this page.
	Visit our Photo page to view pictures from Recent RAB Meetings and other Vieques Events.
	The Navy and EPA maintain mailing lists of people who want to receive fact sheets and other information about the environmental study and cleanup process on Vieques Island.  Click here to sign up for the Mailing List.

Community Involvement Plan  

The Community Involvement program on Vieques is intended to make sure that community members have ample opportunity to voice their opinions and receive answers to their questions. The public will have several formal opportunities to comment on study documents and proposed remedies. However, questions and comments are welcome at any time during the study process.

EPA and the Navy worked with community members from Vieques to prepare and implement a Community Involvement Plan (CIP). The CIP describes how the community will be kept informed about the activities carried out under the Consent Order and how public input will be obtained. EPA conducted community interviews in December 2003 and the Navy conducted additional interviews in 2005. To review the CIP in English or Spanish, please click here or visit EPA's website.  

Contacts

People from EPA, the Navy, and EQB who can answer questions are listed on the Contacts page. More information about community involvement activities for Vieques is available on EPA's website.  

Public Information Repositories

Work plans, fact sheets, technical reports and other documents are available for public review in the Electronic Library.    

Restoration Advisory Board

A Technical Review Committee was formed in 2001, including several local residents, to provide a forum for discussing the investigation and cleanup of western Vieques. In addition, periodic updates of the activities on eastern Vieques were provided at these meetings. In 2004, the TRC was expanded into a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), to involve more community members in the cleanup planning process. This group of interested Vieques residents and government representatives provides a valuable link between the Navy, EPA, EQB and the local community, as the investigation and cleanup of Vieques under the CERCLA ("Superfund") process continues.

RAB meetings are always open to the public. The RAB meets every 3 months. RAB meeting dates are announced in local newspapers and by megaphone trucks in Vieques.

For more information about the RAB, please contact Kevin Cloe or Madeline Rivera (see the Contacts page).