The CNMI government has met its $25-million funding obligation to complete court-mandated projects that would enable the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to comply with Stipulated Order 2, according to deputy attorney general Lillian Ada Tenorio last Wednesday. <\/p>\n
SO2 refers to court-mandated CUC projects that focus on oil issues and also apply to oil spills and the remediation of the contaminated power plants.<\/p>\n
In the CNMI\u2019s grant funding status report filed before the U.S. District Court for the NMI, Tenorio disclosed that the CNMI government deposited $5 million into the Court Registry on Dec. 31, 2014. The registry was established by the federal court. <\/p>\n
To meet the 2015 obligation of $2.8 million, Tenorio said the government filed with the court on Feb. 13, 2015, a notice of the U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s authorization to proceed for funding SO2 projects for $2,648,082 for the pipeline project.<\/p>\n
DOI then pledged an additional $151,918 for the CNMI.<\/p>\n
A third notice of authorization to proceed meant the CNMI satisfied its funding obligation of providing $2.8 million for SO2 projects in 2015.<\/p>\n
As for the 2016 obligation of $5 million, Tenorio said the CNMI filed its first notice of authorization to proceed from DOI for $3,887,161 on March 3, 2016.<\/p>\n
A second notice of authorization to proceed from DOI for the sum of $382,225 for Engineering Environmental Management Company (EEMC) construction management was filed on March 9, 2016.<\/p>\n
DOI then issued a third notice of authorization to proceed for the sum of $730,614 for the Tank 103 repair project.<\/p>\n
For the 2017 obligation of $5 million, Tenorio said the government filed its notice of authorization from DOI for $777,000 on March 22, 2017.<\/p>\n
The second notice of authorization to proceed for $4,019,000 was filed on March 28, 2017.<\/p>\n
Tenorio said the third notice of authorization to proceed for the remaining $204,000 was filed on March 30, 2017.<\/p>\n
Pertaining to the final $5 million funding for 2018, Tenorio said it was satisfied with the filing of the notice of authorization to proceed for $5 million.<\/p>\n
The government filed the report pursuant to U.S. District Court for the NMI designated Judge David O. Carter\u2019s order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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