TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 3: THE ENVIRONMENT
§ 3907. Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the term: (a) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality. (b) “Commonwealth” means the government established under the Constitution which became effective on January 9, 1978, including its autonomous and non-autonomous agencies. (c) “Maximum contaminant level” or “MCL” means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water which is delivered to any user of a public water system. (d) “Groundwater” means water derived from the subsurface which is in the zone of saturation. (e) “Water quality criteria” means the numeric pollutant concentrations and/or narrative requirements of adequate stringency to protect designated uses of groundwater. (f) “PFAS” means per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances and pertains to all manmade chemicals that contain at least one fully fluorinated carbon, or CnF2n+1alkyl moiety. Source: PL 22-06, § 3 (Aug. 20, 2021). Commission Comment: PL 22-06 designated “The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Protection from PFAS Act” to be included in Chapter 9, §§ 3901-3908. However, PL 22-19 has already been codified into Chapter 9, §§ 3901-3906. Accordingly, in codifying PL 22-06, the Commission renumbered the sections pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(b).