United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-03-26 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-552R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R P0b002ee180373ee4 f:d07552r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R GAO-07-552R Conservation Contamination Environmental cleanups Land management Land transfers Military facilities Munitions Program evaluation Cost estimates DOD Defense Environmental Restoration Program Correspondence A67285 This report responds to Congress's request that GAO determine the status and estimated costs of environmental cleanup on the island of Vieques. For decades, the U.S. Navy conducted ship-to-shore bombing exercises and other live-fire training activities on the island, which is located off the coast of Puerto Rico. The Navy ceased its operations on Vieques in 2003. The Navy has transferred the land to the Municipality of Vieques and the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust for conservation purposes and to the Department of the Interior. Although the land has been transferred, the Navy remains responsible for environmental cleanup. The cleanup is being carried out under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) that consists of (1) the Installation Restoration Program, which addresses cleanup of hazardous substances, and (2) the Military Munitions Response Program, which addresses cleanup of munitions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R.pdf GAO-07-552R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-552R Correspondence GAO-07-552R; Defense Infrastructure: Environmental Cleanup of Former Naval Facilities on Vieques; Conservation Contamination Environmental cleanups Land management Land transfers Military facilities Munitions Program evaluation Cost estimates DOD Defense Environmental Restoration Program Public Law 96-510 Public Law 99-499 Public Law 107-107