A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam

The A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam (GIAA) is pleased to announce that GIAA will perform cleanup of three formerly used military sites on airport property that have low levels of environmental contaminants remaining. The Guam Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) will oversee the clean up with the assistance of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA).

The cost of the clean up work is being funded entirely by new grants received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Brownfields Program. A total grant amount of $600,000 was recently awarded to GIAA. The U.S. EPA Brownfields Program awards federal grants on a national competitive basis to clean up sites and mitigate health impacts to the communities. The grants also help local communities to achieve socio-economic benefits, to create open usable spaces, and to use sustainable approaches.

Using the U.S.EPA grant money, GIAA will remove contaminants from three areas located on the GIAA property. After the contaminants are successfully removed, these three areas will be made available for unrestricted use and the GIAA will then develop these properties for aeronautical related activities consistent with the GIAA Master Plan. The planned uses will provide economic benefits to Guam and potentially create new jobs for our community.

The three areas that will be cleaned up are as follows:

• POI-3: Former Aircraft Graveyard
• POI-6: GSE Maintenance Facility
• POI-18: VQ-5 Interceptor Drainage

This federally funded project will kick off with a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday morning 10:00 a.m. April 30, 2009, at the former GSE Maintenance Facility/POI-6, currently the USDA Plant Inspection Station. To get to the site, you will need to travel on Mariner Avenue, in Tiyan, and take the first left and then the first right. For directions and more information please call GIAA Chief Planner Ray Topasna at 646-0300.