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RE: [URL Verdict: Unknown][Non-DoD Source] Fwd: request for extension and
questions for the record - military hazardous waste dump Culebra Lower Camp
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PUERTORICO, FUDS SAJ <FUDS.PUERTORICO@usace.army.mil> Fri, May 5, 2023 at 9:53 AM

To: CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com>

Ms. Lucking:

Thank you for your message.  The team is reviewing your questions and preparing responses.

Formerly Used Defense Sites Program

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

800.710.5184

FUDS.PuertoRico@usace.army.mil

From: CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com>

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Subject: [URL Verdict: Unknown][Non-DoD Source] Fwd: request for extension and questions for the record - military
hazardous waste dump Culebra Lower Camp

Saludos Sr. Cubero et. al.: 

This is to ask that you and/or the FUDS general email site, please take a moment to hit reply to acknowledge receipt of
this email. forwarded below that includes a request for an extension for comments on the proposed plan recently
announced the same day as a remedial investigation report for the formerly used hazardous waste dump associated with
past military activities at Lower Camp Culebra.  

Thank You,

 
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From: CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 2, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: request for extension and questions for the record - military hazardous waste dump Culebra Lower Camp
To: PUERTORICO, FUDS SAJ <FUDS.PUERTORICO@usace.army.mil>, Cubero-Deltoro, Wilberto SAJ
<Wilberto.Cubero-Deltoro@usace.army.mil>, 

Dear Mr. Cubero/ FUDS program: 

Thank you for responding.  Below are mostly yes and no questions for the record we need to clarify to provide requested
comments.  

1. There are people in the community interested in submitting comments and given that this is an environmental
justice community, we are requesting a 30-day extension for the deadline on comments in order to be able to
consult with needed experts regarding the findings presented.  Given the agency has chosen the no-action
alternative,  this should not obstruct any remedies implementation timeline. 
2. Please confirm that the screenshot copied below from the US ACE website shows ALL documents pertaining to the
assessment of the proposed plan open for comment for the DOD hazardous waste site dump site 00, Culebra,
Puerto Rico. 
3. Can you please post online documentation that shows date the meeting announcement for the Culebra meeting on
the 27th, appeared in print in the El Nuevo Dia?  (Please make a note again that Culebra is an environmental
justice community, that does not necessarily receive the major periodicals on a daily basis as the federal registry
may assume.)
4. Is there a Spanish translation of the "Proposed Plan" posted for public review?  (Please make a note again that
Culebra is an environmental justice community whose first language is Spanish.) 
5. It is not clear from the verbiage I have read so far, that the Army Corps confirmed the contamination found at site
00 hazardous waste dump has been attributed to DOD activities.  Is that conclusion final and firm? 
6. This is to confirm that the document posted online titled:  "The Remedial Investigation Report - Lower Camp Debris
Site - Project Area 99-2023" is the same document the Proposed Plan refers to as "Remedial Investigation Report
(HGL 2022)?  (Please make a note that documents are easier to find if their reference in the documents
corresponds to the title link in the documents depository.) 
7. The last document entitled Remedial Investigation Report does not name a contractor.  We suspect it must be
HydroGeoLogic based on the (HGL 2022) reference in the proposed plan document. Can you please confirm the
contractor's name and please provide and post online a copy of the original signed report from the contractor, 
along with hard copy data we assume they submitted to US ACE and DRNA for review? (specifically, we are
looking for the certifications associated with laboratory analysis) 
8. A member of the community asked us for the names of the US ACE and/or contractor personnel present at the
Culebra meeting on the 27th, can you please provide this?  
9. Specific to Mr. Baba Peebles - will the DRNA take into account the public comments submitted? I ask because the
proposed plan indicates DRNA has already approved the No Action alternative.  Is there a document from DRNA
that discusses this decision you can provide or post online or is this made after and considering public
participation?  
10. Was an ecological study performed for this site? If so can you please post online and share at this time. 
11. Was a feasibility study performed for this site? If so can you please post online and share at this time.  
12. At any time after 00 was designated as a hazardous waste site, was the community interviewed regarding historical
DOD activities, impacts, or practices in and around the dump or even the Lower Camp area in general?   If so can
you please provide a list of documents that reference these interviews? 

Thank You,  

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(Screenshot) below -do these represent ALL the documents that were considered and/or included in this proposed plan's
decision-making?)

https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Culebra/

https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll7/id/23414

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=bf7a11e4c1&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r3825857191907301407%7Cmsg-f:1765062588933003546&simpl=msg… 2/6
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screenshot of documents available for review: 

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 9:43 AM PUERTORICO, FUDS SAJ <FUDS.PUERTORICO@usace.army.mil> wrote:

Dear Ms. Lucking:

The Culebra reports and other documents are on the project website:  https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Culebra/

To see the reports, scroll below the photos, and click on the “Reports” tab on the left side.  You can click on the
individual project to see the reports from just those, or click “Expand All” to see all the reports.

Here is the direct link to the Lower Camp Debris Site Remedial Investigation report.  https://usace.contentdm.oclc.
org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll7/id/23414

Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Formerly Used Defense Sites Program

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

800.710.5184

FUDS.PuertoRico@usace.army.mil

From: CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com>

Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 6:52 PM
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<dignafeliciano42@gmail.com>; Reserva Canal Luis Peña <culebra.reserva.natural@gmail.com>
Subject: [URL Verdict: Neutral][Non-DoD Source] Re: document request - RIR HGL 2022

 
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Saludos Wilberto, et. al: 

I have the document - thank you

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 3:10 PM CORALations Culebra <coralations@gmail.com> wrote:

Saludos Wilberto: 

Thank you for holding the meeting last night. 

Can we please have an electronic copy of the 

Remedial Investigation Report (HGL, 2022) or a link to it on the Corps site. 

I can't find it.  

Thank you in advance for responding that you received this, if you cannot supply this report ASAP. 

Thank you,  

--

Mary Ann Lucking 

Director 

CORALations 
P.O. Box 750 
Culebra, PR 00775 
www.coralations.org   
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email:  maryann@coralations.org, coralations@gmail.com

 
 
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CORALations 
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Culebra, PR 00775 

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Trabajando con comunidades del Caribe para proteger y restaurar
sus arrecifes de coral.

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Working with Caribbean communities to protect and restore their coral reefs.

--

Mary Ann Lucking 

Director 

CORALations 
P.O. Box 750 
Culebra, PR 00775 
www.coralations.org   
787.556.6234    787.390.3133 
email:  maryann@coralations.org, coralations@gmail.com

 
 
Trabajando con comunidades del Caribe para proteger y restaurar
sus arrecifes de coral.

<<><<<>>><>> 

Working with Caribbean communities to protect and restore their coral reefs.

--

Mary Ann Lucking 

Director 

CORALations 
P.O. Box 750 
Culebra, PR 00775 
www.coralations.org   
787.556.6234   787.390.3133 
email:  maryann@coralations.org, coralations@gmail.com

 
 
Trabajando con comunidades del Caribe para proteger y restaurar
sus arrecifes de coral.

<<><<<>>><>> 

Working with Caribbean communities to protect and restore their coral reefs.
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