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).