Marine Corps relocation-related construction will build a central fuel station, distribution warehouse, consolidated explosives ordnance disposal compound and a central issue facility at Camp Blaz in Dededo, according to a Naval Facilities Marianas memo.
Multiple human burials are near the site planned for the central fuel station. The burials are preserved in place, although it remains unclear how many there are, when they were found and other details. A permanent memorial will be installed at the location.
A site with Latte period ceramic and other ancient remnants was also recorded near the central fuel station site. This area was subject to data recovery, which is an archeological process that records the site s information and removes valuable material for off-site preservation.
Dave Lotz
While there have been statements from the new acting State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) of great things happening, there is seemingly a cast of secrecy over what that office is doing. Last year’s annual meeting of the Military Buildup Programmatic Agreement was not open to the public in spite of calls for the then-new SHPO to do so. Statements that the SHPO would involve “stakeholders” apparently involved only the military. The Guam Review Board for Historic Preservation, composed of local historic preservation professionals, has not met since 2019.
The recent signing of another Programmatic Agreement with the military at the end of 2020 did not have any meaningful public input and no information was provided to the people of Guam regarding on-going impacts to our historic sites. The SHPO held meetings with only the military and not the public on this document and only requested public input at the last opportunity in November, (public input had previously
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