This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA #66.920) provides $612,441 in funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Office of Planning and Development. The purpose of this award is to enhance the territory's efforts to establish recycling systems on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. Key activities include purchasing and installing horizontal...
This $36,872,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support (CFDA 66.600) program will fund critical water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The award provides full Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to support projects including tank rehabilitation and replacement, waterline replacement and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support (CFDA 66.600) provides $4,737,318.00 in funding for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The award funds projects focused on upgrading drinking water booster pumps, replacing a water storage tank, and renovating a sewer lift station. These...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $742,755 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program to the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Office of Management and Budget Division. The grant will fund an assessment of the existing solid waste disposal site at Puntan Diablu on the island of Tinian to determine if it meets regulatory requirements, and design a new...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $959,752.00 in funding to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The purpose of the award is to implement a project to replace granular activated carbon (GAC) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation, as directed in the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $161,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) Office of Planning and Development (CNMI OPD). The grant, under CFDA 10.762, will fund projects aimed at reducing water pollution and improving solid waste disposal planning and management in rural areas of the CNMI. Key activities to be delivered include evaluating landfill conditions, providing technical assistance and training...
This $673,004 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), will support the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) in enhancing the territory's post-consumer materials management infrastructure and waste reduction efforts. Key activities funded under this award include: training at least 10 DPNR employees in zero waste and recycling...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $959,752 in federal funding to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) to design the remediation of a collapsed 3 million gallon underground storage tank at the Sadog Tasi Wastewater Treatment Plant in Saipan, CNMI. The project aims to regain access to the impacted facilities and establish a centralized operations center for the...
This $500,000 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447) provides funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Public Works to support planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The key activities to be performed include the development and execution of stormwater infrastructure projects, with...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support (CFDA 66.600) provides $21,696,000 in funding to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The funding will support the design and construction of drinking water distribution lines, wastewater collection lines, and upgrades to wastewater treatment plants....