I, Arnold I. Palacios, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by Section 10 of Article III of the CNMI Constitution, and in consultation with CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management, hereby declare a State of Emergency for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and I am ordering the activation of the State Emergency Operations Plan throughout the Commonwealth.

On May 22, 2023, a Declaration of Significant Emergency and State of Major Disaster was declared for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. On this basis and pursuant to the Consumer Disaster Price Freeze Act, a price freeze is hereby declared.

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