Judge: GovGuam not ready to take over solid waste operations
Solid waste receiver Gershman, Brickner and Bratton will continue to run the government’s solid waste operations until at least June 30, 2018, District Court of Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood stated in an order signed Friday.
Guam's solid waste operations have been under receivership since 2008 after the government of Guam failed to close the Ordot dump and build a new landfill by court-ordered deadlines. The receiver coordinated the dump closure and the construction of a new landfill, fixed billing problems, improved timely pickup of residential waste and implemented a curbside recycling program, among other tasks.
The judge had set the end of the year as the target date to end the solid waste receivership and transition operations back to the government of Guam, but her order states the government needs at least several more months to draft and adopt new rules and regulations for solid waste.
The government rules and regulations that existed before the receivership are no longer applicable to the current solid waste system, the judge stated, and GovGuam has not taken any concrete steps to adopt the rules implemented by the receiver.
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