Title 10, Health and Safety

(a) The Guam Environmental Protection Agency shall be responsible for the implementation of (1) the Guam Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 10 GCA Chapter 40; (2) the Toxic Substances Exposure Compensation Act, 10 GCA Chapter 41; (3) the Guam Beverage Container Recycling Act of 2010, 1…

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5 GCA Chapter 9, rule-making procedures under the Administrative Adjudication Act, the Agency is hereby authorized and directed to adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations implementing and consistent with the powers and duties vested in the …

The Water Pollution and Control Commission and the Air Pollution Commission, established pursuant to Chapter XI and Chapter XII of Title X of the Government Code of Guam are hereby abolished. SOURCE: GC § 57006.

Office space and housekeeping functions shall be provided by the Department of Public Health and Social Services and other logistic support shall be provided by the Department of Administration. The services and facilities of departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the gov…

All officers and employees of the Water Pollution Control Commission, the Air Pollution Control Commission, Department of Public Health and Social Services, the Guam Waterworks Authority and the Department of Agriculture who have performed exclusively the functions transferred by…

The balance of all unexpended appropriations and all assets, property and records of the Guam Water Pollution Control Commission, the Air Pollution Control Commission, the Department of Public Health and Social Services, the Guam Waterworks Authority or the Department of Agricult…

Except as provided in or where otherwise clearly indicated by the content, the following definitions shall apply throughout this Part: (a) “Agency” means the Guam Environmental Protection Agency; and (b) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Guam Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to use its federal funds to hire an attorney for its exclusive use. The attorney shall be hired as a classified employee pursuant to the provisions of § 4103(g) and § 4103(h) of Cha…

(a) There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund known as the Guam Environmental Trust Fund (Fund). The Fund shall not be commingled with the General Fund and shall be kept in a separate bank account, subject to legislative approp…

Up to Twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds in the Guam Environmental Trust Fund may be utilized by the Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency for programs relative to the prevention of environmental problems, and the promotion of keeping a safe and healthy en…

Notwithstanding § 45200(a) of this Chapter, the Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency is hereby authorized to spend no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the purposes of assessment, cleaning up hazardous materials and restoring and repairing damag…

The Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to I Liheslaturan Guåhan and I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan a detailed report of the expenditures of the Guam Environmental Trust Fund on a quarterly basis. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 26-154:5 (Dec. 3, 2002).

The Attorney General of Guam shall take all necessary action to recover damages from the parties responsible for environmental damages to government and private property. Any damages collected as a result shall, after deducting legal costs, be deposited into the Fund. SOURCE: Add…