(Office of the Governor) — On Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, Secretary of Finance Larrisa Larson notified the Office of the Attorney General about the payment of $20.7 million for land-compensation obligations in accordance with Public Law 20-04. According to Secretary Larson, the largest outstanding land-compensation payments will now be disbursed to…
The Department of Public Lands has awarded the contract to conduct the CNMI Comprehensive Public Land Use Plan Update, covering Rota, Tinian, Saipan, and the Northern Islands, to SSFM, CNMI, LLC. Public Law 15-2 requires that DPL adopts and promulgate a comprehensive land use plan. The process of updating the…
Staff from the Department of Public Lands, the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, the Department of Public Safety, and the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency recently conducted surveys on Pagan for the proposed Agricultural Homestead Project.
THE House of Representatives on Friday passed a Senate measure that will allow the Department of Public Lands to waive the requirement that a homesteader must construct a home on the homestead lot — provided, however, that the lot recipient can show that a construction permit cannot be obtained because…
