Former Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area - Vieques

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Recent Documents

• Final PFAS Site Inspection Report - December 2023

• Final Site Management Plan Fiscal Year 2024  |  Plan Final del Manejo del Sitio, Año Fiscal 2024

• Status of Vieques Cleanup Program Sites under CERCLA – June 2023  |  Estado de los sitios del Programa de Limpieza de Vieques bajo CERCLA – Junio 2023

Background

Welcome to the website of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic (NAVFAC Atlantic) for the former Vieques Naval Installation. The former Vieques Naval installation is a 23,000-acre facility located on Vieques Island, which is located off the southeast coast of the mainland of Puerto Rico.

The island was used for military training for members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. From the mid-1940s until 2003, more than 300,000 munitions items were fired during military training operations, including naval gunfire, air-to-ground bombing, and marine artillery fire. It is estimated that up to 9,000 acres of the property may contain munitions and munitions-related items.

It is important to the Navy that community members have access to accurate and timely information about the actions NAVFAC Atlantic in coordination with its agency partners is taking to implement the Environmental Restoration Program. The Navy is committed to protecting public health and the environment. This website is one of the ways the community can learn about environmental restoration activities on Vieques and participate in the decision-making process.

Fact Sheets

Click on a document link below to view fact sheets with important information and answers to frequently asked questions about the munitions cleanup in Vieques.

• Air Quality and Munitions Cleanup on Vieques  |  Calidad del Aire y la Remoción de Municiones en Vieques
• Controlled Burning in the Submunitions Area of Vieques   |  Quema Controlada en el Área de Submuniciones de Vieques
• Depleted Uranium in the Live Impact Area of Vieques |  Uranio Empobrecido en el Área de Impacto con Bala Viva en Vieques
• Detonation Chambers, UXO, and Explosives Safety  |  Cámaras de Detonación, UXO, y Seguridad para el Manejo de Explosivos
• Munitions Constituents on Vieques   |  Componentes de Municiones en Vieques
• Open Detonation Factsheet  |  Hoja Informativa Sobre la Detonación Abierta
• Navy's Evaluation of PFAS on Vieques  |  Evaluación de la Marina de Sustancias Per- y polifluoroalquiladas (PFAS) Potenciales en Vieques
• Portable Closed Detonation Chamber  |  Cámara de Detonación Cerrada Portátil