Revitalization efforts noted in the brochure are part of three U.S. EPA programs and demonstrate partnerships with territory agencies such as Guam’s Environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Department of Public Lands.
“This brochure is a great touchstone for information on EPA’s land revitalization efforts in the Pacific,” said Debbie Schechter, manager of the Brownfields program in the Pacific Southwest region. “We hope this brochure will encourage more revitalization efforts in the future.”
For more information on EPA’s land revitalization program, visit: http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/land-revitalize/pacificIslands/index.html
Garapan school
library open
this summer
(GES) — Garapan Elementary School would like to inform parents that its library will be open throughout the summer.
GES students are welcome to come in to the library from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Meals are not served during the summer.
For more information, call Garapan Elementary School at 237-3341 or e-mail [email protected].
EMO quake advisory
(EMO) — At 11:09 a.m. yesterday morning, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale and 21.7 miles depth was located at latitude 15.125 degrees North 144.024 degrees East, Saipan region. This is about 140 miles southwest of Anatahan, 115 miles west of Saipan, 120 miles northwest of Tinian and 105 miles northwest of Rota.
Base on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected and there was no tsunami threat to the Marianas.
House public hearings on 2 health bills
THE House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare will conduct public hearings to receive testimony for House Bill 16-9, titled, “Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation Act of 2008” and House Bill 16-47, or the “Smoke Free Air Act of 2008.”
The schedule is as follows:
• Wednesday, June 18, 6:30 p.m. GTC Elementary School. This was earlier set for Saturday but had to be rescheduled.
• Thursday, June 19, 6:30 p.m., San Vicente Elementary School
For more information, call 664-8848.
