An aerial view of Hunters Point Shipyard looking down on submarines and ships docked in the piers on Parcel B.

• Map of the Shipyard
• Descriptions of the Shipyard parcels
• Overview of the cleanup at Hunters Point to date
• Navy documents currently available for public comment
• Interpretive tour of the Shipyard
• On-line Library
• Factsheets
• Recent Arc Ecology Comment Letters to the U.S. Navy
• Archive of 2003 Arc Ecology Comment Letters to the U.S. Navy

Factsheets are timely summaries of a particular Hunters Point Shipyard cleanup issue or overviews of background information about environmental contamination and cleanup.

• The Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup: An Overview (425KB PDF) - An introduction to the Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup, the history of the shipyard, how it was contaminated, and what is being done.
• Parcel E Landfill Booklet (603KB PDF) - Overview of the HPS Parcel E landfill, its history, and what was known about the landfill contamination as of June 2003.
• Parcel B Five-Year Review Fact Sheet (265KB PDF) - A summary of the Parcel B Record of Decision (ROD) five-year review and related questions and concerns.
• PCB Contamination in Yosemite Slough and the South Basin (Parcel F) (340KB PDF) - An overview of what is and is not known about South Basin PCB contamination that may be a related to HPS, including a general introduction to PCBs and their health effects.
• Hunters Point Shipyard Historical Radiological Assessment Volume II (280KB PDF) - A summary of volume II of the Navy's Historical Radiological Assessment (HRA) that outlines the types of radiological materials used at the Shipyard, discusses the Navy's conclusions about how to address any known/possible contamination, and lists the radionuclides of concern at HPS.
• The Future of Hunters Point Shipyard (135KB PDF) - An overview of the the plans for the Hunters Point Shipyard after the cleanup and how the property is transferred from the U.S. Navy to the City and County of San Francisco.
• Military Base Cleanup : Step by Step (100KB PDF) - A general overview of the federal process for cleaning up a contaminated military base in the U.S.
• What is Remediation? (255KB PDF) - A general introduction to remediation with examples and explanations of some common remediation methods.
• Radiation in Our Environment: An Introduction (151KB PDF) - Introduction to radiation and radioactivity in our environment, including basic explanations and examples of sources.

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As part of the CERCLA cleanup process for Superfund sites, the U.S. Navy releases reports on its plans for work on the Hunters Point Shipyard and on work it has completed. When the reports are released for review, anyone interested in the cleanup may submit comments to the Navy. Public participation is required throughout the CERCLA process; members of the public are encouraged to express their concerns or ask questions about a specific project by providing comments on the Navy's reports. Arc Ecology submits written comments to the U.S. Navy about the Navy's plans and activities to identify contamination at Hunters Point Shipyard and to clean up that contamination.

Comment letters submitted prior to December 31, 2004, are available for review in the Community Window on the Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup office. Comment letters submitted after January 1, 2004, are available in the Windows office and online:

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