Public Utilities and Infrastructure

This section covers the broad-based analysis on the utilities and infrastructure present to accommodate and sustain both private sector, public, and Department of Defense  programs. Covered in this section are potable water production, treatment, and distribution along with wastewater, electrical production, telecommunications, and solid waste infrastructure.

Detailed analysis of this Functional Area of Interest (FAI) can be found here:

Volume III - Public Utilities and Infrastructure

Full descriptions of all baseline conditions is contained in the Baseline Report on Current Conditions and Challenges.

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The following documents are resources utilized in the analysis of this FAI:

Public Utility Documents (CUC, Energy, Water, Wastewater)

• Civil Case No. CV 08-0051 (Stipulated Order #1)

• Civil Case No. CV 08-0051 (Stipulated Order #2)

• 2015 CUC Integrated Resource Plan

• 2019 CUC Profile Report

• 2015 CUC-CPUC Briefing #1

• 2015 CUC-CPUC Briefing #2

• 2015 CUC-CPUC Briefing #3

• Power Distribution Map, Saipan

• Power Distribution Map, Tinian

• Power Distribution Map, Rota

• 2016 Requested Engineering Recommendations for Immediate Action Plan for Saipan Water System Improvements to Achieve 24-hour water

• Energy Snapshot Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Energy Transition Initiative

• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Strategic Energy Plan, 2013

Solid Waste Infrastructure

• CNMI Department of Public Works Solid Waste Management Feasibility Study

• Zero Waste Update - Bulletin Board

• Universal Garbage Collection Task Force Report, 2021

• Agreement for Designation of Use of Public Domain Lands for Public Landfill on Tinian

• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment: Pina Plateau Tinian, 2015

• Unexploded Ordnance Survey Proposed Tinian Landfill Site Tinian, CNMI, 2008

• Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Tinian Landfill

• Basis of Design Report (Draft 60% Submittal) Tinian Landfill, 2012

• Tinian Atgidon Landfill Site Development, 2010

  • Appendix A - Tinian Landfill Location and Design

  • Appendix B - Table of Contents

  • Appendix C - Geotechnical Design Report for the Tinian Landfill, MP

  • Appendix D - Tinian Hydrology Calculations

  • Appendix E - Overburden Stress on Geomembrane

  • Appendix F - Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance

  • Appendix G - Modular Building Designs

  • Appendix H - Projected Airspace Requirements for the Proposed Tinian Sanitary Landfill

  • Attachment 2 - Project Work Plan

Port Infrastructure

• Army Corps of Engineers: Review Plan Approval for the Rota Harbor Navigation Improvements Project, 2015

• Army Corps of Engineers: Review Plan Approval for the Tinian Harbor Navigation Improvements Project, Island of Tinian, Feasibility Report, 2015

• Rota West Harbor Master Plan, Commonwealth Ports Authority, 2018

• Tinian Harbor Master Plan, Commonwealth Ports Authority, 2018

• Commonwealth Ports Authority, Saipan Harbor Masterplan Update Presentation

• Army Corps of Engineers: Tinian Harbor Modifications Study - Interim Feasibility Report

• Airport Layout Plan Feasibility Study USAF Airport Improvements Proposed at Tinian International Airport

• Airline Resource Guide

• Pagan Airstrip Master Plan, 2008

Road Infrastructure

• CNMI Final Comprehensive Highway Master Plan, 2009

Infrastructure Financing

• U.S. Department of the Interior “A Report on the State of the Islands 1999”

• U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, Budget Justifications and Performance Information, Fiscal Year 2020

• CNMI Capital Improvement Program, Project Status as of 4/10/18

• Northern Mariana Housing Corporation - Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program Action Plan, 2020

• Project Submissions for Inclusion within the 2014-2019 Draft Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Project Listing