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DPW readies $2 million EPA-backed program and RFP to tackle thousands of abandoned vehicles
Summary
DPW director told a legislative oversight hearing that an MOU with EPA secured roughly $2,000,000 to start a contracted abandoned-vehicle removal program, targeting about 4,000 vehicles a year and seeking a roughly 10-acre staging site for processing and export.
Director Vince Areola of the Department of Public Works told the Committee on Land, Environment, Housing, Agriculture, Parks, and Infrastructure on March 19 that DPW has finalized an MOU with the Guam Environmental Protection Agency that provides about $2,000,000 to begin an abandoned-vehicle collection and recycling program.
Areola said DPW is preparing a procurement package (an RFP/IDIQ) to contract private recyclers and tow providers; market research identified firms that can either remove whole vehicles for off-island shipment or dismantle and process parts for export. "We have a, a procurement process that's ready to be released. It's on my desk as we speak," Areola said.
Why it matters: the department estimated a large backlog of end-of-life and abandoned vehicles on island (Areola said "well over 13,000" in his earlier estimate) and said the program…
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