Title 10, Health and Safety

(a) Within sixty (60) days of the initial promulgation of specific regulations relating to well operating permits pursuant to § 45106, or, in the case of new wells, within ninety (90) days from the date of filing of the completed report prescribed by § 46106, the owner of every w…

(a) Within ninety (90) days after the completion or the termination for any reason of the drilling of any well whether or not any water is found, a report shall be filed by the driller on forms furnished and prescribed by the Administrator, indicating mean sea level (MSL) elevati…

No owner of a well, whether a pumping well or a flowing well, shall discharge from the well or permit the discharge from the well of water that is allowed to run to waste and not put to beneficial use except in connection with pumping tests. All pump tests shall be conducted in a…

The Administrator or his authorized representative shall have the power at reasonable hours to make such inspections of each well and take COL071707 such samples as may be necessary for proper and effective supervision of the construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of we…

(a) Prior to the issuance of an operating permit, an individual water meter, capable of measuring flow rate and total production, shall be installed at the well for the purpose of recording the amount of water drawn from the wells. (b) Water meters shall be maintained in satisfac…

For the purpose of preventing the contamination of fresh water aquifers the owner of a well, upon abandoning a well or encountering highly mineralized water in any existing or new well or test hole, shall immediately notify the Administrator and shall effectively seal such well o…

Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the construction, maintenance, and repair of all new wells constructed after the effective date of this Act and to all maintenance, repair and enlargement work on old wells, which is of such nature or mag…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both. In addition, the Administrator shall, re…

(a) In case of noncompliance with the provisions of this Chapter or with the terms and conditions of any license or permit issued hereunder, the Administrator in addition to or in lieu of proceeding under § 46112 may notify the Attorney General of such noncompliance. The Attorney…

(a) All fees and monetary charges under this Chapter and '12015.3 of Title 12, Guam Code Annotated, shall be deposited in the Water Research and Development Fund. SOURCE: Amended by P.L. 22-47:5.

The Governor of Guam and the Administrator are hereby authorized and directed to enter into agreements with agencies of the United States of America, including, but not limited to, the Departments of the Navy and Air Force of the Department of Defense, the Office of Territorial A…

There is hereby created within the government of Guam a special fund, to be known as the "Water Research and Development Fund" (the "Fund"). The Fund shall be available to fund the conduct of water resource research which will contribute (i) to the effective planning and manageme…