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Layon Landfill

Continue to monitor the progress on the required bridge and roadway improvements and safety issues
Work closely with GEPA as landfill operations and permit monitoring continue
Develop reporting documents for quarterly reports of permit activities
Continue Inarajan WWTP monitoring and leachate analysis
Provide technical support to operator regarding landfill systems and permitting requirements
Address warranty issues as needed
Continue to pursue asphalt paving completion for the access road and other punch list items

Ordot Dump Closure

Complete interim cap design, get regulatory input, and begin procurement and installation
Pursue Right of Entry (ROE) agreements with remaining adjacent properties so that all field investigations can be performed
Continue permitting efforts for the issuance of all permits needed for field investigations
Complete installation of all groundwater monitoring wells and gas migration wells so that sampling events can commence as soon as practicable
Continue to perform all field investigations and gather data to support design
Continue to advance those portions of the design that can be performed without the need for field data, such as the Dero Road design work

Operations

Continue to track recycling data from the participants of the Curbside Recycling Pilot Program
Continue to evaluate the work that needs to be done on the transfer stations to make them compliant with all regulations and designs and build a new transfer station at the SWMD compound
Develop a design and construct a building for the Household Hazardous Waste facility and procure the services of a private contractor to operate and manage the HHW operations

Financial

Continue to work with contactors to assure an orderly close-out of the construction contracts
Support the work for design and engineering services in connection with closure of the Ordot Dump
Carefully manage the Citibank Trustee Accounts and the bank accounts of the GSWA and keep all parties informed
Continuously monitor the system’s cash flow to ensure that sufficient cash is on hand at all times
Continue to carefully monitor expenditures and revenue collections
Carefully monitor the volume of waste and update rate information accordingly
Manage the contracts required to complete the Consent Decree projects
Update the rate filing with the PUC and support the PUC’s effort to approve final rates for the system
Enforce the policies to assure that delinquent residential and commercial accounts are paid in full or service is terminated
Review all Government accounts and require timely payment
Work with the Military to ensure effective implementation of the contract
Assist the members of the Guam Solid Waste Authority Board, when they are appointed, in preparing for their role after the Receivership ends