Community Outreach
A community outreach program for the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) at NAS Oceana, NALF Fentress, and Dam Neck Annex has been established through development and implementation of a Community Involvement Plan (CIP) for each installation. The CIPs were developed to comply with USEPA, Department of Defense, and Navy requirements and incorporated input from the public, through surveys, on how the public would like to be involved in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) process. The plans are updated every 5 years or if significant community concerns or a major change in the ERP at NAS Oceana, NALF Fentress, and Dam Neck Annex occurs. The current CIPs were finalized in FY 2020. The NAS Oceana, NALF Fentress, and Dam Neck Annex community outreach program includes public notices, public meetings, an information repository, fact sheets, and this website. Click on a link below for the current CIP:
Public Notices
Public notices are issued to announce public meetings, the dates of public comment periods for Engineering Evaluation and Cost Estimates and Proposed Plans, signature of Records of Decisions, and changes to the Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol. The notices are published in The Virginian-Pilot and on this website.
Public Comment Periods and Meetings
Proposed Plans and Engineering Evaluations and Cost Analyses are made available for public comment. A public meeting is held for each Proposed Plan issued by the Navy, and by request for Engineering Evaluations and Cost Analyses. During the meeting, Navy officials will discuss the findings of the Remedial Investigation, the various cleanup alternatives, the Navy’s preferred cleanup alternative, and the rationale for the preferred cleanup alternative. Meeting attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments at the meeting. The public may also submit written comments during the public comment period. A Responsiveness Summary will be prepared for significant comments received and made available in the information repository. Notices announcing the public comment periods will be published in the legal section of The Virginian-Pilot and on this web site. The documents will be made available for review in the information repository and on this web site.
Information Repository
An information repository consisting of a reference collection of general and NAS Oceana/Dam Neck Annex/NALF Fentress ERP site information, including documents for public review, the CIP, and fact sheets.
The information repository for NAS Oceana/Dam Neck Annex is maintained at:
Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
(757) 385-0150
The information repository for NALF Fentress is maintained at:
Chesapeake Central Library
298 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757) 410-7100
Fact Sheets
Fact sheets are issued to provide stakeholders with current, accurate, easy to understand information about the Navy’s environmental investigations and munitions response activities at NAS Oceana/Dam Neck Annex/NALF Fentress. The fact sheets are issued as needed through the course of activities, such as after completion of a Remedial Design and prior to initiation of a Remedial Action. Click on a link below for the current fact sheet: