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EPA passes US lab audit

By Journal on September 12, 2024 Edna L. Buchan, Handel Dribo, Melvin Kilma, Moriana Phillip, MWSC, Nicky Komanta, Paul Paul, Richardo Jarom, RMI EPA, Voneric Boktok News Archive

“Three great wins for the Marshall Islands,” is how RMI EPA General Manager Moriana Phillip described the recertification of a team of water quality laboratory staff. She listed the developments in the past few days: The annual Water Quality Audit conducted by US-based Nimbus Environmental Services representative Edna Buchan resulted in the EPA laboratory and […]

EPA gets dive certified

By Journal on June 24, 2022 Aaron Langinlur, College of the Marshall Islands, David Aiseia, Dive Certified, Jimson Lajkan, Karl Fellenius, Max Sudnovsky, Melvin Kilma, Moriana Phillip, RMI EPA, University of Hawaii Sea Grant program, Voneric Boktok Feature Articles

A team of RMI EPA staff took on the PADI open water dive course and passed with flying colors, according to the organization. In addition to this being a useful skill to have for people living on atolls, the effort raises capacity at RMI EPA for doing more comprehensive environmental assessments and responses to pollution […]