The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved an additional funding of $151,958 that will be used by the federal court-ordered Engineering and Environmental Management Company for some stalled projects of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.<\/p>\n
This DOI\u2019s authorization to proceed with the project for $151,958 and DOI\u2019s earlier authorization to proceed with $2.65 million for the CUC pipeline construction project now satisfy the CNMI\u2019s $2.8 million funding requirement under federal court orders, according to assistant attorney general Teresita J. Sablan.<\/p>\n
Sablan, as counsel for the CNMI government, notified the U.S. District Court for the NMI on Saturday about the Office of Insular Affairs\u2019 formal notice of the award of $151,958.<\/p>\n
Sablan said these funds would be available for the Engineering and Management Company to use for contract management and administration of stipulated order 2 projects and related project proposal.<\/p>\n
SO2 refers to court-mandated CUC projects that include the pipeline; tank erection cleanout and testing; secondary containment; and used oil disposal, and others.<\/p>\n
Sablan said the CNMI will not reprogram these funds without the mutual agreement of the CNMI and U.S. governments, CUC, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n
Pursuant to court\u2019s orders, the CNMI was required to deposit $2.8 million into the District Court\u2019s registry or file a notice of DOI\u2019s authorization to proceed for funding SO2 projects by Feb. 13, 2015. The court lately extended the deadline.<\/p>\n
OIA\u2019s grants management specialist Keith W. Aughenbaugh sent the notice to proceed for $151,958 to CNMI Capital Improvement Project administrator Virginia Villagomez on Thursday, Feb. 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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