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CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com>
Re: Vieques and Culebra
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Elizabeth Miller <pennyvqs@gmail.com> Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 5:50 PM
To: CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com>
Thank you for your attention
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:10 PM CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com> wrote:
Gracias Laura:
Thank you for this information.
We still have yet to receive the protocols from Amanda Parker at the US ACE regarding time critical vs nontime critical
removal action protocols, or the documents which support the Corps evaluating community interest in a local RAB at
two year intervals for Culebra. We have also asked to see if we can attend their agency meetings on the big island, in
an effort to avoid some of the problems documented during the 2017 clean up that would be easily resolved through
better communication. There is a significant disparity given the amount of public money invested in clean up for
Vieques and Culebra going to military contractors, vs the the tools and the access to information for both environmental
justice island communities now recovering from hurricanes.
It is frustrating that Vieques' quarterly RAB meetings are skipped, but the open air detonations continue, as we heard on
Culebra on March 22nd.
We also requested specifics of what was detonated on March 22nd, 2018, on Vieques from EPA, but still have not
received a response.
Open burn/ open detonation dispersion models are very complicated. There seems to be a complete absence of real
time air quality monitoring underway on Vieques and given the size of the explosions felt here, I question if Ceiba and
Culebra do not also have reason for concern, given their close proximity to Vieques? So far, and despite EPA
warnings to limit open burn/ open detonations to windless days, it seems that actual detonations are happening on
windy days. The public is not given info that reflects what particles are dispersed, their size, if these are aerosolized
or even if they could possibly be radioactive? Imagine the cost of monitoring these impacts?
I am confused as to why in the absence of all this information which should be seen as reasonable request from
concerned citizens, precaution cannot be implemented, and closed chambers utilized? If you compare the costs of
monitoring to gauge impacts to human health and safety, (which technically would do nothing to prevent the impacts
from the open burn/open air detonation), monitoring alone would probably exceed the cost of chambered detonations?
Historically speaking, this lack of transparency has never meant the public has had nothing to be concerned about. If
dru
Mary Ann Lucking
Director
CORALations
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Laura Olah <info@cswab.org> wrote:
Dear Kevin,
Thank you for your reply and the requested guidance.
As it happens, I am currently reviewing the following report to Congress
concerning military sites with known or suspected release of PFOS/PFOA,
including Puerto Rico Naval Activity.
You and the RAB Community CoChair may want to consider an update on planned
investigations at an upcoming RAB meeting.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bf7a11e4c1&jsver=4NkEmp68DEc.en.&view=pt&q=elixabeth%20miller&qs=true&search=query&th=162d596bc67fbe11&siml=162d596
4/18/2018 Gmail - Re: Vieques and Culebra
https://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/home/documents/aqueousfilmformingfoamrepo
rttocongress/
Laura
Laura Olah | Executive Director
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger CSWAB.org
National Coordinator | Cease Fire Campaign
E12629 Weigand’s Bay South, Merrimac, WI 53561
P: 608 643 3124 | info@cswab.org | www.twitter.com/CSWAB
www.facebook.com/cswab.org | www.facebook.com/ceasefirecampaign
Original Message
From: Cloe, Kevin R CIV NAVFAC LANT, EV [mailto:kevin.cloe@navy.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 9:49 AM
To: Laura Olah
Cc: Waddill, Dan W CIV NAVFAC LANT, EV; 'Kathy Gannett'; 'Almodovar,
Madeline/ORL'; 'Abe Velasquez'; 'Aleida 'Lady' Encarnacion'; 'Ana Elba Cruz
Chong'; 'Ana Elisa PérezQuintero'; 'Andres Nieves'; 'Ardelle Ferrer
Negretti'; 'Armando Torres'; 'Bob Rabin'; 'Carlos 'Prieto' Ventura
Melendez'; 'Carlos D. Gil Rivera'; 'Carmen Delerme'; 'Carmen Valencia';
'Chasti Connelly'; 'Cruzma Maria Nazario'; 'Cynthia Cruz Valencia'; 'Diana
Ramos'; 'Dimary Cubero'; 'Dolly Camareno'; 'Dondy Cruz'; Andrews, Mike CIV
NAVFAC LANT, PAO; susan_silander@fws.gov; 'Donna Duffy'; 'Elba Oquendo
Pizarro'; 'Elda Guadalupe Carrasquillo'; 'Erica Boulogne'; 'Gilda Pimentel';
'Gladys Costa'; 'Hilcia Guadalupe'; 'Hilda Burgos'; 'Ibis Cintron'; 'Irmgard
Iglesias Y Ramon Figueroa'; 'Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz'; 'James Larkins';
'Javier Lopez Perez'; 'Jay Hines'; 'Jorge L. Colón'; 'Judith Conde';
'Juliana C Ramos'; 'Lena Galíndez'; 'Letty Perez /Lizette.'; 'Lin Wetherby';
'Lirio Marquez'; 'Mark Martin'; 'Marta Perez Guadalupe'; 'Migdalia De Jesus
Guishard'; 'Miguel Angel Reyes'; 'Myrna Pagan'; 'Natasha Bannan'; 'Nilda
Medina'; 'Norma Torres'; 'Pastora Carmen Cruz Rey'; 'Penny Miller'; 'Robert
Marino'; 'Sandra Meléndez'; 'Sharon Encarnacion'; 'VER'; 'Vieques
Conservation and Historic Trust'; 'Wanda Bermudez'; 'Zaida Torres'; 'Mike
Barandiaran'; 'Sandra Ortiz'; 'Daniel Rodriguez'; 'Jorge FernandezPorto';
'Alex Souchen'; 'Ana Arache'; 'Angel Gonzalez'; 'Arturo Massol'; 'Beatriz
Decos Aponte Traquina'; 'Cacimar Zenon'; 'Carmen Colon De Jorge'; 'Colleen
MacNamara'; 'Cong. Nydia Velazquez'; 'Cruzma Maria Nazario'; 'Daniel
ColonRamos'; 'Edwin A. Hernandez'; 'Edwin Quiles'; 'Edwin Quiles'; 'Hector
Cano Sánchez Graterole'; 'Hector Iti Olivieri'; 'Hilcia Guadalupe'; 'Ismael
Guadalupe Ortiz'; 'John Arthur Eaves'; 'Jorge L. Colón'; 'Juan Vera';
'kosuzu abe'; 'Lidiana Cruz Emeric'; 'Liliana Cotto'; 'Liliana Cotto';
'Loyda Guzman'; 'Marie Cruz Soto'; 'Mariposa Fernandez'; 'Mary Ann Lucking';
'Mary Ann Lucking'; 'Natasha Bannan'; 'Nilda Medina'; 'Nilo Adams'; 'Pedro
ReinaPérez'; 'Rafael Ortiz Mendoza'; 'Ruben y Noemi Melendez'; 'Teofilo
Bermudez'; 'Wanda Bermudez'; 'Zaida Torres'; Hood, Daniel R CIV NAVFAC LANT,
EV; Brantley, James E CIV NAVFAC LANT, PAO
Subject: RE: [NonDoD Source] RE: April 25, 2018Vieques RAB Meeting/ 25 de
abril de 2018 Reunión del RAB de Vieques
Laura,
Thank you for your continued interest in the Vieques restoration program.
In response to your question regarding " guidelines that the Navy will be
following for upcoming RAB meetings", I have attached the DoD RAB handbook
(2007) as a reference. As indicated in the reference (see Ch. 5), the
guidelines for the operations of RABs are intentionally flexible to allow
each RAB to adapt its unique circumstances including meeting format,
communication methods (i.e. translation during meetings and in
correspondence to support the bilingual community), and frequency of
meetings. RAB meetings are held quarterly, unless situations occur that
don't allow for that to occur, such as the recent Hurricane Irma and Maria.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bf7a11e4c1&jsver=4NkEmp68DEc.en.&view=pt&q=elixabeth%20miller&qs=true&search=query&th=162d596bc67fbe11&siml=162d596
4/18/2018 Gmail - Re: Vieques and Culebra
Respectfully,
Kevin Cloe, P.E.
NAVFAC Atlantic
Code EV31
6506 Hampton Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 235081278
(757)3224736
(757)6795016 (cell)
Original Message
From: Laura Olah [mailto:info@cswab.org]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 5:00 PM
To: 'Almodovar, Madeline/ORL'
Cc: Waddill, Dan W CIV NAVFAC LANT, EV; Cloe, Kevin R CIV NAVFAC LANT, EV;
'Kathy Gannett'; 'Abe Velasquez'; 'Aleida 'Lady' Encarnacion'; 'Ana Elba
Cruz Chong'; 'Ana Elisa PérezQuintero'; 'Andres Nieves'; 'Ardelle Ferrer
Negretti'; 'Armando Torres'; 'Bob Rabin'; 'Carlos 'Prieto' Ventura
Melendez'; 'Carlos D. Gil Rivera'; 'Carmen Delerme'; 'Carmen Valencia';
'Chasti Connelly'; 'Cruzma Maria Nazario'; 'Cynthia Cruz Valencia'; 'Diana
Ramos'; 'Dimary Cubero'; 'Dolly Camareno'; 'Dondy Cruz';
susan_silander@fws.gov; 'Donna Duffy'; 'Elba Oquendo Pizarro'; 'Elda
Guadalupe Carrasquillo'; 'Erica Boulogne'; 'Gilda Pimentel'; 'Gladys Costa';
'Hilcia Guadalupe'; 'Hilda Burgos'; 'Ibis Cintron'; 'Irmgard Iglesias Y
Ramon Figueroa'; 'Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz'; 'James Larkins'; 'Javier Lopez
Perez'; 'Jay Hines'; 'Jorge L. Colón'; 'Judith Conde'; 'Juliana C Ramos';
'Lena Galíndez'; 'Letty Perez /Lizette.'; 'Lin Wetherby'; 'Lirio Marquez';
'Mark Martin'; 'Marta Perez Guadalupe'; 'Migdalia De Jesus Guishard';
'Miguel Angel Reyes'; 'Myrna Pagan'; 'Natasha Bannan'; 'Nilda Medina';
'Norma Torres'; 'Pastora Carmen Cruz Rey'; 'Penny Miller'; 'Robert Marino';
'Sandra Meléndez'; 'Sharon Encarnacion'; 'VER'; 'Vieques Conservation and
Historic Trust'; 'Wanda Bermudez'; 'Zaida Torres'; 'Mike Barandiaran';
'Sandra Ortiz'; 'Daniel Rodriguez'; 'Jorge FernandezPorto'; 'Alex Souchen';
'Ana Arache'; 'Angel Gonzalez'; 'Arturo Massol'; 'Beatriz Decos Aponte
Traquina'; 'Cacimar Zenon'; 'Carmen Colon De Jorge'; 'Colleen MacNamara';
'Cong. Nydia Velazquez'; 'Cruzma Maria Nazario'; 'Daniel ColonRamos';
'Edwin A. Hernandez'; 'Edwin Quiles'; 'Edwin Quiles'; 'Hector Cano Sánchez
Graterole'; 'Hector Iti Olivieri'; 'Hilcia Guadalupe'; 'Ismael Guadalupe
Ortiz'; 'John Arthur Eaves'; 'Jorge L. Colón'; 'Juan Vera'; 'kosuzu abe';
'Lidiana Cruz Emeric'; 'Liliana Cotto'; 'Liliana Cotto'; 'Loyda Guzman';
'Marie Cruz Soto'; 'Mariposa Fernandez'; 'Mary Ann Lucking'; 'Mary Ann
Lucking'; 'Natasha Bannan'; 'Nilda Medina'; 'Nilo Adams'; 'Pedro
ReinaPérez'; 'Rafael Ortiz Mendoza'; 'Ruben y Noemi Melendez'; 'Teofilo
Bermudez'; 'Wanda Bermudez'; 'Zaida Torres'; Hood, Daniel R CIV NAVFAC LANT,
EV; Brantley, James E CIV NAVFAC LANT, PAO
Subject: [NonDoD Source] RE: April 25, 2018Vieques RAB Meeting/ 25 de
abril de 2018 Reunión del RAB de Vieques
Dear Madeline,
Thank you for sending me a copy of the draft agenda for the upcoming
meeting.
Could you please send me a link to the guidelines that the Navy will be
following for upcoming RAB meetings? I found several DoD guidelines online
but I’m not sure if they are still current.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bf7a11e4c1&jsver=4NkEmp68DEc.en.&view=pt&q=elixabeth%20miller&qs=true&search=query&th=162d596bc67fbe11&siml=162d596
4/18/2018 Gmail - Re: Vieques and Culebra
Please “reply to all” so everyone has this information.
Thank you!
Laura
Laura Olah | Executive Director
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger CSWAB.org
National Coordinator | Cease Fire Campaign
E12629 Weigand’s Bay South, Merrimac, WI 53561
P: 608 643 3124 | info@cswab.org <mailto:info@cswab.org> |
www.twitter.com/CSWAB <http://www.twitter.com/CSWAB>
www.facebook.com/cswab.org | www.facebook.com/ceasefirecampaign
From: Almodovar, Madeline/ORL [mailto:Madeline.Almodovar@CH2M.com]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 3:19 PM
To: Almodovar, Madeline/ORL
Subject: April 25, 2018Vieques RAB Meeting/ 25 de abril de 2018 Reunión
del RAB de Vieques
Buenas tardes,
De parte de la Marina, favor encontrar adjunta la agenda para la próxima
Reunión de la Junta de Consejo para la Restauración (RAB, por sus siglas en
inglés) de Vieques #55, programada para el miércoles, 25 de abril de 2018.
El público siempre es bienvenido a las reuniones del RAB.
Good afternoon,
On behalf of the Navy, please find attached the agenda for the upcoming
Vieques Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Meeting #55, scheduled for
Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The public is always welcome at RAB meetings.
Madeline Almodovar
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bf7a11e4c1&jsver=4NkEmp68DEc.en.&view=pt&q=elixabeth%20miller&qs=true&search=query&th=162d596bc67fbe11&siml=162d596
4/18/2018 Gmail - Re: Vieques and Culebra
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