In an interview during the opening of the staff house last week, Hyatt general manager Nick Nishikawa said they took action immediately after the neighbor’s complaint was brought to their attention.
A month prior to the opening of the staff house, residents told lawmakers about the noisy generator.
Rep. Stanley T. Torres, R-Saipan, asked regulatory agencies to check if the newly built facility was in compliance with the law.
The staff house’s generator produces 455-kilowatt-hour of power for the 66-unit facility that will be occupied by Hyatt’s workers.
Nishikawa said the generator was louder the first time it ran because the sound was bouncing against the wall of the old staff house. Now, he said the old building was already demolished to pave the way for a ponding basin.
He said they have already talked with the Division of Environmental Quality and the Saipan Zoning Board in response to the complaint.
They have also talked with the residents who live near the staff house.
Nishikawa said they still do more to ensure that there will be no noise.
They will surround the generator with a sound proof wall, he added,
The whole process, he said, may be gradual, but it will resolve the matter soon.
