{"id":293634,"date":"2019-02-12T06:06:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T20:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=293634"},"modified":"2019-02-12T06:06:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T20:06:31","slug":"final-sweep-for-yutu-debris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/final-sweep-for-yutu-debris\/","title":{"rendered":"Final sweep for Yutu debris"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_293635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293635\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Debris-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Debris-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293635\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Division of Environmental Quality administrator Ray Masga, left, discusses routes for the debris pickup with Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office field operations director Joann Aquino, right, as Federal Emergency Management Agency representative Dan Markey listens.\u00a0(Erwin Encinares)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The task force tackling Super Typhoon Yutu-related debris released over the weekend their final pickup schedules per village as the deadline to bring the debris out to the curbside expired last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The task force\u2014consisting of government agencies such as the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, the Department of Public Works, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2014noted last Friday that the pickup of Yutu-related debris would last from Feb. 10, 2019, up to Feb. 24, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Division of Environmental Quality\u2019s Ray Masga, the debris pickup would take a day per village.<\/p>\n<p>Starting yesterday, the task force was scheduled to tackle Koblerville.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Feb. 12, is designated for the San Antonio and Afetna areas; Feb. 13 is for Chalan Kanoa; Feb. 14, for Susupe; Feb. 15, for San Jose; Feb. 16, for Dandan; Feb. 18, , for San Vicente; Feb. 19, for Kagman; and Feb. 20, to Feb. 21, for the Quartermaster Road heading north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter this, we would be going back to the As Lito and Finasisu areas,\u201d Masga told Saipan Tribune. \u201cThat is the final fork for all of these village areas on these dates. After that, there will be no more\u2026DPW and the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office\u2019s crew to pick up anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the final\u2026sweep for these villages,\u201d he added. \u201cAfter Feb. 24, 2019, homeowners are fully responsible for their [Yutu]-related debris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Masga noted that only typhoon-related debris would be picked up\u2014not household trash.<\/p>\n<p>This was also emphasized by Joann Aquino, the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office field operations director. \u201cIt has to be typhoon-related debris,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowners who wish to have their typhoon debris picked up by the task force are encouraged to segregate them into separate piles for vegetative debris such as plants, trees, logs, and leaves; construction debris such as lumber, drywall, plywood, concrete, plumbing, carpet, furniture, broken windows, and mattresses; or metal debris such as tin and metals for roofing.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Markey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency representative on the task force, emphasized that helping one another is crucial to the smooth operation of the debris collection. 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