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10 GCA § 51111

Prohibited Hazardous Waste Activities

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 10 — Health and Safety
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(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(1)Violate any provision of this Chapter or any rule, regulation, standard, or order issued pursuant to this Chapter;

(2)Own, operate or use a dump for the disposal of hazardous waste;

(3)Place, or allow to be placed, any hazardous waste upon the highways, public or private property contrary to the provisions of this Chapter;

(4)Manage hazardous waste facilities without a permit issued pursuant to this Chapter; CH. 51 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND LITTER CONTROL

(5)Store, collect, transport, process or dispose of hazardous waste in such a manner as to degrade the environment, create a public nuisance, create a health or safety hazard as determined by the Director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services or the Administrator or violate any provision of this Chapter;

(6)Knowingly make any false statement or representation in any hazardous waste application, label, manifest, record, report, permit or other document filed, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with the provisions of this Chapter.

(7)Improperly manage or operate a hazardous waste management facility.

(8)open burn hazardous waste.

(b)Each day of continued violation of this section or the provisions of this Chapter or rules and regulations authorized herein shall be deemed a separate offense or violation.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 24-139 § 8 — introduced as Bill 495-24 · introduced by Anthony C. Blaz + 2 cosponsors
  2. Enacted by P.L. 36-139 § 2 — introduced as Bill 360-36 · introduced by Sabina Flores Perez
  3. Repealed by P.L. 37-1 § 1 — introduced as Bill 52-37 · introduced by Christopher M. Duenas + 3 cosponsors

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2000 Guam 11Vicente C. Pangelinan, Senator, and Joseph C. Wesley, Mayor, on behalf of themselves and> all those similarly situated, (2000) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J.
  • 2004 Guam 16Vicente C. Pangelinan and Joseph C. Wesley, Plaintiffs-Appellants,vs. Carl T.C. Gutierrez, Governor, John F. Tarantino, (2004) · per Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, J.
  • 2008 Guam 3Rossana San Miguel, Jose S.N. Chargualaf, Angelo M. Gombar, Anthony Duenas Leon Guerrero, Lawrence C. Portela, Tony A. Q (2008) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.