00T33723

Description:
This assistance agreement includes fiscal year 2022 Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds (DW and CW SRF) grants funds. The project workplan is targeted to meet the statutory and regulatory objectives, milestones, and goals of EPA's strategic plan, in conjunction with the authority and legislative intent of the Omnibus Territories Act. Planned projects are derived from the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) priority list. The specific project priorities may change throughout the period of performance, which are dependent on the needs basis of protecting human health and the environment. This year's award will fund design and construction of drinking water distribution lines and booster pumps, wastewater collection lines and pump stations, leak detection, and funding for a public health service engineer technical assistance.

This cooperative agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $6,216,642 of which $500,000 is EPA in-kind. See terms and conditions. The EPA in-kind amount set aside (asset management and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)) is $500,000.

Activities:
This assistance agreement includes DW and CW SRF funds for fiscal year 2022. The full detailed workplan is attached and describes the objectives, milestones, and goals that meet the requirements of EPA's strategic plan, GPRA, statutes, regulations, and is being done with the authority and legislative intent of the Omnibus Territories Act. The proposed projects are taken from the USEPA approved CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality's priority list. However, the specific project priorities may change through the years dependent on the need of addressing protection of human health and the environment. The proposed projects will focus on DW distribution line, WW collection system repair and replacement, and asset management. The proposed activities and budget are detailed in the workplan, which has been negotiated and approved by the project officer.

Subrecipient:
No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Outcomes:
The water system improvement projects' primary objectives include replacing old leaking water mains, upgrading undersized mains, full-time pressurization of the water transmission and distribution system, and reducing operations and maintenance costs. These projects also aim to reduce non-revenue water, providing metered (billable), reliable, potable drinking water to every customer residing in the CNMI. The objective of the new proposed wastewater projects is to improve plant operation and lift station efficiency, conservation of energy, upgrade treatment capacity, and reduce the cost of operations and maintenance. Proposed projects will also improve the collection system as it will replace collapsed sewer mains.

Commonwealth Utilities Corporation

66.600 - Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support

EPA Region 9: San Francisco [EPA - RO]

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950 United States

Single Zip Code

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/27 to 09/30/29 and the total obligations have increased 63% from $6,216,642 to $10,113,642.