CHAMORRO TRIBE I' Chamorro Na' Taotaogui P.O. Box 24753 GMF, Barrigada, Guam 96921 Telephone : 671 .632 .3534 Email: c hamorrotribe67 l @ gmail.co m I w ww .chamorrotribe .webs .co m Magalahen I' Chamorro .Na' Taotaogui August 24, 2010 FRANK J. SCHACHER f TRIBAL CHAIRMAN Magahti I' Chamorro 9vra' Taotaogui Valerie Curtis GREGORY P . SCHACHER Naval Facilities Engineering command Pacific TRIBAL VICE - CHAIRMAN 258 Makalapa Drive, Stuie 100 1 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-3134 Magalahi I' Distritu Stan valerie .n.curtis@navy mil ALBERT SAN AGUSTIN Eastern District Chief Re : Section 106 Consulting Party for Guam Build-up 1f ? Dear Ms. Curtis : Maga1ahi I' cDistritu Luchan JUAN LIMTIACO Western District Chief The Chamorro Tribe is a state recognized tribal body whose goals are to promote and protect the culture, heritage, welfare and natural resources of the Chamorro People . Magalahi I' cDistritu Lagu TOMAS FEJERAN Northern District Chief We have been extensively involved with the proposed military build- up on Guam prior to and throughout the NEPA process . We have spent thousands of man-hours and considerable resources researching Magalahi I' cDistritu 7faya the ramifications this build-up would have upon our ecology, our ROMEO HERNANDEZ Southern District Chief culture, our heritage and our aboriginal rights. Therefore, pursuant to 36 CFR, SS 800.2(c)(5) and 800.3(f)(3), the Chamorro Tribe formally requests inclusion as a consulting party . Chamorro Triha[Secretary SKYLTA F. SCHACHER We are deeply concerned over the potential impact on culturally historic properties, ancient sacred remains and artifacts as well as the profound impact on the quality of life, the culture and the ecology for our future generations . We feel we can provide relevant social, cultural and historical information as well as local prospective as a consulting party under section 106 . Please include the Chamorro Tribe in your distribution list for public notices of any meetings and for the circulation of any documents for comment. [please send copies of future notices to us via email to : chamorrotribe67l @ gmail .com or by U.S . Postal to : P.O . Box 24753 GMF, Barrigada, Guam 96921 . Thank you for your attention and consideration of our request . We look forward to participating in the review and consultation process . Sincerely, Frank J. Schacher, Chairman CHAMORRO TRIBE Cc: (by email) White House: Barack H. Obama, President of the United States Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Congressional Delegate to Washington Tony Babauta, Assistant Secretary of Interior Insular Affairs Judith Guthertz, Senator & Chairperson, Committee on the Guam Military Buildup and Homeland Security Louise Brodnitz, Advisory Council on Historical Preservation Brian Turner, National Trust for Historic Preservation Lynda Bordallo Aguon, Guam State Historic Preservation Officer Joe Quinata, Guam Preservation Trust Native American Rights Fund The Guam Department of Parks & Recreation Mail - (no subject) Page 1 of 2 Lynda B. Aguon < [email protected]> (no subject) Therese Terlaje <tterlaje@guam .net> Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12 :16 PM To: lynda .aguon@dpr .guam.gov, [email protected] .gov Cc: tterlaje@guam .net Dear Lynda and Joe, With all due respect, I would recommend that on behalf of the people of Guam and in your official capacities that your response to the PA be not to sign it, with the following statements specifically included in your response . I make these recommendations in my persona I capacity only and not in my capacity with the Legislature . Please do not hesitate to call me if any questions . Therese Terlaje Do not agree that properties listed have no historic significance without further consultation . Do not agree that there will be no adverse effects to properties listed without further consultation . Acknowledge the extensive efforts made to suryey the property, but Do not agree that adequate consultation has occurred with those Chamorros who might hold these properties culturally or historically significant and more time is required . Affirm that additional time is required to give notice to the public and solicit additional comments on the mitigation proposed in the PA for all specific and cumulative effects of this massive undertaking . Less than 7 days notice has been given, and there have been requests for additional time due to the length of the list of properties affected . Additional time may be needed to ensure that no part of this document conflicts with Guam law or notice requirements . https://mail.google.com/a/dpr .guam.gov/?ui=2&ik=9flf58de2d&view=pt&search=inbox&msg=l2aac2eff . 8/30/2010 The Guam Department of Parks & Recreation Mail - (no subject) Page 2 of 2 Assure ACHP that productive results can be had if this is not rushed, if the public is allowed ample time to participate, and with continued good faith efforts of all parties . https://mail.google.com/a/dpr.guam.gov/?ui=2&ik=9flf58de2d&view=pt&search=inbox&msg=l2aac2eff . 8/30/2010 The Guam Department of Parks & Recreation Mail - Historic Properties on Guam Page 1 of 5 Lynda B . Aguon < [email protected] .gov> Historic Properties on Guam Therese Terlaje <tterlaje@guam .net> Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2 :42 PM To: [email protected], Randy Sablan <Randel [email protected]. mil>, "Curtis, Val N CIV NAVFAC PAC, EV2" <valerie.n [email protected]> Cc: lynda [email protected], Barbara Alberti@nps .gov, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], sylvia.flores@dca .guam .gov, Horst Greczmiel@ceq .eop.gov, Hassell@ceq .eop.gov, Sherry_Hutt@nps .gov, jgpreservation@guam .net, leona@guammuseum .com, linda.lawson@ost .dot.gov, MaryAnn .naber@dot .gov, [email protected], David Louter@nps .gov, Reid Nelson < [email protected]>, Kristen_H_Oleyte@ios .doi.gov, pdiego@mail .gov.gu , tfking106@aol .com , hpoarch@opticom .com, Richelle.TAKARA@dot .gov, rhr@cnmihpo .net, [email protected] , vitulano.karen@epamail .epa.gov, anthony.ramirez@dca .guam.gov, [email protected] , [email protected], tterlaje@guam .net Thank you for the invitation on Monday (from Valerie) to be at Wednesday's meeting to receive an update on the Programmatic Agreement and share our "concerns" relative to the historic preservation issues regarding the Military Relocation to Guam, notwithstanding the lack of official response to Fuetsan Famalao'an's previous request to be a Consulting Party in the 106 review of the military buildup . At the Wednesday meeting, the draft PA was distributed to those present, together with some Appendices, and it was announced that you would allow five days (until Monday) for comment . It is my understanding from the draft PA and the DOD schedule for the PA (attached) that the DOD is proposing that its mandated NHPA Sect . 106 review of the effects of the buildup activities on historic properties and Traditional Cultural Properties be satisfied by the execution of a Programmatic Agreement by Guam SHPO before September 8, to coincide with the Record of Decision on the planned buildup, and that DOD intended this Wednesday's meeting to gather what looks to be final input on the PA before the ROD . This PA is a complex document intended to bind the parties (27 pages with multiple, significant appendices) and we request that the people of Guam be given more time to review it and to consult, consistent with the intent of the NHPA. Five days to review and comment on the draft is particularly unreasonable given the magnitude of this planned action and the great implications to historic properties on Guam (DOD stipulates in the PA that historic properties will be adversely affected, and that there will be cumulative adverse effects for the entire islands of Guam and Tinian) . I urge you to announce this PA and make it available to the general public on Guam so that you may gather input from all those who will be affected before it is executed . Chamorros have inhabited Guam for thousands of years . Although Congress has not yet given Chamorros similar status to the Native American tribes or the Native Hawaiians under NHPA, it is consistent with NHPA to afford Chamorros ample opportunity to have more than cursory say in this process, as we have a culture that dates back at least 4000 years, that is tied to the land, and that has been passed down by oral tradition . Similar to the Native Americans and the Native Hawaiians, we have lost much of our oral history and use of our land due to occupation and colonialism, and it is imperative to our efforts to reconnect all the pieces of our history and culture that we be given the opportunity to consult prior to further destruction or denial to future generations of historic properties and property which may hold traditional cultural significance. https ://mail.google.com/a/dpr .guam.gov/?ui=2&ik= 9flf58de2d&view=pt&cat=JGPO&search=cat&msg= .. 8/30/2010 The Guam Department of Parks & Recreation Mail - Historic Properties on Guam Page 2 of 5 We agree with the `Whereas' clauses in the draft PA which state that there are historic properties that will be adversely affected by the planned projects for the military buildup on Guam ; that the cumulative effects of the projects will be island wide on Guam and Tinian . We object to the adoption of Appendix D by the PA, and specifically to all properties listed by approximately 216 separate military project names, where conclusion is that there is no adverse effect or no historic property affected . We request additional time to review the studies underlying these determinations and consultation with our community as to these findings . Notwithstanding the many studies that DOD insisted at the meeting were done to arrive at the conclusions on this Appendix, and DOD's insistence at the meeting that we should TRUST them to make accurate determinations, it is not consistent with the spirit of NHPA that these be determined without consultation with the Chamorro people .