Federal Grant Issued For UXO Removal
Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) The Department of Public Lands (DPL) received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for the removal of UXO across the 150-acre Marpi Village. Several hundred million pounds of UXO are estimated to be in Saipan as a result of the Japanese occupation of the island and the 1944 battle for the Marianas.