Post by Logan on Mar 16, 2016 15:41:53 GMT -6
If construction paces as planned, environmental and public works officials expressed fears yesterday that the CNMI would not be able to handle the amount of solid waste generated by existing and new developers that, by their count, would max out several Saipan landfill cells in a little over five years and bring the hotel room count well-over 8,000 rooms.
“If I were to pinpoint one infrastructure that we, in my personal opinion, may not be able to address—that’s solid waste,” said Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality Administrator Frank Rabauliman during a nearly three-hour hearing with the Senate Committee on Resources, Economic Developments, and Programs yesterday morning.
Led by Sen. Arnold Palacios (R-Saipan), the senators wanted to know how major development would impact solid waste capacity, among others, and how the government could plan for this.
Best Sunshine International, Ltd.’s Grand Marianas Casino resort and Honest Profit’s Saipan Resort Hotel on Saipan, among several others in the CNMI, lead a pack of developers with approved major siting permits who construction plans add another 4,400 hotels, and their resulting human traffic and solid waste demands.
Read more: www.saipantribune.com/index.php/landfill-cells-maxed-little-5-years/
“If I were to pinpoint one infrastructure that we, in my personal opinion, may not be able to address—that’s solid waste,” said Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality Administrator Frank Rabauliman during a nearly three-hour hearing with the Senate Committee on Resources, Economic Developments, and Programs yesterday morning.
Led by Sen. Arnold Palacios (R-Saipan), the senators wanted to know how major development would impact solid waste capacity, among others, and how the government could plan for this.
Best Sunshine International, Ltd.’s Grand Marianas Casino resort and Honest Profit’s Saipan Resort Hotel on Saipan, among several others in the CNMI, lead a pack of developers with approved major siting permits who construction plans add another 4,400 hotels, and their resulting human traffic and solid waste demands.
Read more: www.saipantribune.com/index.php/landfill-cells-maxed-little-5-years/