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Environment conference hears AS success stories
Wednesday,
June 24, 2009
Some success stories from American Samoa are being touted at the Pacific Islands Environment Conference in Saipan.
Michael Keyser, chief executive officer of the American Samoa Power Authority, described the removal of 60,000 metric tons of scrap metal and debris from the scrap metal yard at Tafuna. He said the scrap metal and debris had built up over 40 years, spanned seven acres, comprised 1.6 million cubic feet, and at some points had a vertical height of 20 feet. Two years after ASPA contracted the project, the area is almost completely clear.
Keyser is quoted by the Saipan Tribune newspaper saying, “We designed the project so that it could not fail,” delineating the stringent contractual requirements that led to the project's success.
The project also provided American Samoa with 180 jobs and $300,000 in government revenue, Keyser said.
Another speaker, Elena Vaouli, U.S. Public Health Service Water Program manager at the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, shared environmental gains through lab certifications in Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
She said six labs are now equipped to analyze drinking water. Additionally, two are certified to analyze marine water samples.
Vaouli said she wants to increase the certification project's sustainability by involving the CNMI and Guam.
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