Title 10 — Health and Safety
112 chapters · 2,597 sections in this title.
10 GCA § 44101 Short Title
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This Act shall be known as “The Guam Beverage Container Recycling Act of 2010.”
10 GCA § 44102 Statement of Policy
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Communities throughout the world, including our island neighbors of Kiribati and Kosrae, in the mainland United States, Canada, Australia and much of Europe have found that recycling has been effective in reducing threats to our environment and in reducing the enormous volume of …
10 GCA § 44103 Definitions
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As used in this Chapter: (a) Administrator means the Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency. (b) Auditor means the Office of Public Accountability. (c) Beverage means all beverages for human consumption. For purposes of this Chapter the term beverage shall not …
10 GCA § 44104 Goals for Waste Stream Reduction
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The goal of this Act is to reduce the amount of material in our waste stream by a minimum of five percent (5%) each year from the date of implementation of the recycling deposit fee, until a thirty- five percent (35%) reduction of material in our waste stream has been achieved th…
10 GCA § 44105 Deposit Beverage Container Fee
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(a) Every deposit beverage distributor shall pay to the Department a deposit beverage container fee on each individual beverage container manufactured in or imported into Guam that has been identified by the Department on the list of approved containers. The fee shall be imposed …
10 GCA § 44106 Deposit of Beverage Container Recycling Deposit
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Fees. (a) Deposit Beverage Distributors of beverage containers that meet the conditions described in Subsection (b) of this § 44106 shall, on a monthly basis, remit an amount equal to the deposit fee described in § 44105 of this Chapter 44 multiplied by the number of containers t…
10 GCA § 44107 Deposit Beverage Distributors; Registration,
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Recordkeeping Requirements. COL9262018 (a) Six (6) months (180 calendar days) after the effective date of the voluntary agreement described in Title 10 GCA Chapter 44 § 44119, Deposit Beverage Distributors operating in Guam shall register with the Department, using forms prescrib…
10 GCA § 44108 Beverage Container Recycling Deposit Fund
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(a) There is within the government of Guam, and under the control of the Department, a Beverage Container Recycling Deposit Fund, which is hereby created, into which the proceeds from recycling deposit fees as provided in § 44105 of this Act are deposited, and in which all intere…
10 GCA § 44109 Beverage Container Recycling Deposit Payout
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[Repealed.] SOURCE: Added by P.L. 30-221:3 (Dec. 30, 2010). Repealed by P.L. 32- 100:5 (Nov. 28, 2013).
10 GCA § 44110 Audits
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The Office of Public Accountability shall conduct a management and financial audit of the program beginning in Fiscal Year 2012, and for each fiscal year thereafter ending in an even number. The costs incurred by the Public Auditor for the audit shall be reimbursed by the Beverag…
10 GCA § 44111 Redemption Centers
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(a) To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers, and subject to the approval of the Department and appropriate business licensing, any person may establish a Redemption Center at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund valu…
10 GCA § 44112 Acceptance of Containers
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A Redemption Center shall not refuse to accept from a consumer any empty beverage container described in § 44103 (d), or refuse to pay to the consumer the refund value of a beverage container as provided in § 44109, except for the following reasons: (a) the deposit beverage conta…
10 GCA § 44113 Deposit Beverage Distributor to Collect and Remit
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Container Deposits. Deposit Beverage Distributors licensed in Guam that meet the conditions described in Subsections (a) through (c) below shall, on a COL9262018 monthly basis, remit an amount for deposits for such beverage containers as described pursuant to this Chapter equal t…
10 GCA § 44114 Redemption Centers’ Claims for Reimbursement and
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Reporting Requirements. (a) Claims for reimbursements of refund amounts paid out by Redemption Centers shall be made by Redemption Centers in the manner, on the forms, and in the frequency specified by the Department. (b) The Department shall pay certified redemption centers refu…
10 GCA § 44115 Deposit Beverage Container Requirements
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(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this § 44115, effective immediately after the date this Act takes effect, every deposit beverage container sold in Guam shall clearly indicate the Guam Redemption Value by the letters “GU RV. (b) Subsection (a) of this § 44115 shall not ap…
10 GCA § 44116 Responsibility of Dealers
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Dealers who are not Redemption Centers shall post a clear and conspicuous sign at the primary public entrance of the dealer’s place of business that specifies the name, address, and hours of operation of the closest Recycling Redemption Center location(s). Businesses that sell de…
10 GCA § 44117 Reverse Vending Machine Requirements
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COL9262018 Reverse vending machines may be used by Recycling Redemption Centers to satisfy the requirements of this Chapter, provided that the reverse vending machine shall accept one (1) or more types of empty deposit beverage containers and shall pay out appropriate refunds as …
10 GCA § 44118 Rules to be Adopted
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(a) The Board shall convene an advisory committee to assist in the development of all rules needed to implement this Chapter. Members of the committee shall assess the impact on consumers, recyclers, the military, and the beverage industry. Members of the committee shall be appoi…
10 GCA § 44119 Military Cooperation
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The provisions of this Chapter relative to beverage container recycling deposit fees shall not be implemented, and deposits as defined in this Chapter, shall not be assessed or collected on beverage containers, until the Government of Guam and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force com…