CRS Reports on Vieques

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Congressional Report Undercuts Calderon Vieques Clean-up Claim

Puerto Rico Herald
August 13, 2004

A congressional report on the issue of cleaning the former U.S.
Navy-controlled land on the island of Vieques, PR of fired ordnance and
other contamination has revealed Governor Calderon's "silver bullet" for
ensuring a full clean-up to, in fact, be a blank.

And not only would the "silver bullet" not require any greater clean-up
than federal agencies currently plan, it brings with it significant
disadvantages as well as minor advantages.

The report also exposed a major cost of the strategy that Calderon and
Resident Commissioner Acevedo followed in their unsuccessful effort to
have Navy combat training at a range on the island ended earlier than
the federal government had agreed to at the request of former Governor Rossello.

Done for by the Congressional Research Service for Representative Jose
Serrano (D-NY), the report outlined the clean-up plans without
Calderon's "silver bullet." The Navy is spending $22 million to clean up
8,100 acres, a quarter of the island, formerly used for weapons storage.
It plans to spend $103 million to clean-up 14,669 acres, 40% of the
island, which used to be the combat training range.

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for the entire article, see (and scroll down)
<http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n33/WashUpdate0833-en.shtml>

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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