Title and Purpose

This Chapter may be cited as the “Guam Pesticides Act of 2007” and has the following purposes:

(a)To regulate the importation, production, sale, distribution, use and application of pesticides in the interest of public safety and to ensure that all pesticides sold, stored, distributed and used on Guam are registered with USEPA;

(b)To implement and enforce a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement program in the public interest, COL 6/21/2023 CH. 50 GUAM PESTICIDES ACT for the proper, safe, and efficient use of pesticides and for the protection of human health and the environment, and to provide effective implementation and enforcement of such comprehensive programs;

(c)To protect the consumer by requiring that pesticides sold in Guam be correctly labeled with appropriate warnings and adequate directions for use;

(d)To control, restrict, suspend or ban the importation, receipt, sale and the use of any pesticide or pesticide devices;

(e)To protect, maintain, and improve the quality of Guam’s environment and public health;

(f)To protect people and the environment from adverse effects of pesticides;

(g)To prevent pesticide pollution of the ground waters and surface waters of Guam; and

(h)To assure safe conditions for people in places where pesticides are present.