GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted 
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00840-4474 
 
Office of the Commissioner 
 
 
 
 
 
             Telephone: (340) 773-1082 
       FAX: (340) 773-1716 
 
June 10, 2021 
 
Pat Evangelista, Director 
Superfund Emergency Management Division 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 
290 Broadway 
New York, New York 10007-1866  
 
Re:  
Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 
Proposed Plan Operable Unit 2 
 
 
 
Dear Mr. Evangelista: 
 
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) has reviewed the March 2021 
Proposed Plan for Operable Unit 2, for the Tutu Wellfield Site. This plan describes remedial 
alternatives that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considered to address groundwater 
contamination associated with the Curriculum Center contaminant source areas.  
 
Based upon an evaluation of the remedial alternatives, EPA proposes Alternative 2, Expand 
Existing Groundwater Extraction and Ex-Situ Treatment (Pump and Treat) with 
Alternative 2A, Reinjection, as the preferred remedial alternative.  DPNR agrees with 
and concur on the technical merits of the preferred remedial alternative for Operable Unit 2.  
 
By concurring on the technical merits of the plan, DPNR is in no way obligating the Territory in 
any manner regarding any aspect of the future implementation of the selected remedy, including 
any future payment obligation related to the remedy.    
 
Sincerely  
 
 
 
Jean-Pierre L. Oriol 
Commissioner 
 
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