The Commonwealth Ports Authority board of directors has approved a request for supplemental funding in the amount of $466,611 to complete the renovation of the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting building at the Benjamin T. Manglona International Airport on Rota. <\/p>\n
The CPA board adopted CPA executive assistant\/project manager Wendi L. Prater\u2019s request during a meeting in the ARFF classroom at the Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport last Friday morning.<\/p>\n
In his request, Prater said CPA anticipates reimbursement for 15 percent of the grant amount from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which totals to $363,611.<\/p>\n
Prater said the remaining $103,000 will come from CPA\u2019s recently approved passenger facility charges, where funding for this project has been included.<\/p>\n
She said this funding was necessary due to change orders and two construction management amendments that were executed during the course of the project.<\/p>\n
Prater said the substantial amount in change order No. 1 was due to the lack of aggregate and a federally-approved quarry on Rota, required under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act for federally-funded projects.<\/p>\n
The MSHA Act was not imposed until after bids were opened.<\/p>\n
Prater said aggregate had to be imported from Saipan to meet the federal MSHA requirement.<\/p>\n
CPA board financial affairs committee chair Kimberlyn King-Hinds said the supplemental funding was basically to cover the increase in the cost of the aggregate.<\/p>\n
King-Hinds said because of the implementation of the Mining Act, they have to look at other places like Hawaii, Japan, or the Philippines to provide the aggregate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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