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Senators press DPW on solid-waste funding, unpaid hazardous-pay claims and tipping fees for islands
Summary
Senators pressed DPW on Sept. 10 about solid-waste funding for Saipan, Tinian and Rota and on outstanding hazardous-pay claims dating to 2022; DPW said tipping fees fund operations but that Tinian and Rota have not consistently remitted fees and that the department is coordinating with OPM to resolve hazardous-pay eligibility and payment processing.
Senators used the DPW budget hearing to press the department on solid-waste funding, staffing and unpaid hazardous-pay claims dating to 2022. DPW officials said solid-waste revenue from tipping fees funds operations but that Rota and Tinian have not consistently collected or remitted those fees; the department said municipalities have been subsidizing operations in the interim.
DPW’s secretary and directors told senators the administration’s FY2026 submission restores special-fund distribution for solid-waste operations if the legislature does not suspend provisions that were temporarily…
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