Definitions

For the purpose of this Article, the following words shall have the meaning given herein unless their use in the text clearly demonstrates a different meaning:

(a)Apprehending Officers shall mean any designated individual with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Agriculture, the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Public Health and Social Services, the Department of Public Works, all village mayors and vice mayors, any peace officer in the Guam Police Department, including the C.A.P.E. volunteers, and Civilian Volunteer Police Reserve volunteers, the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority Police, the Port Authority of Guam Police, and the Guam Fire Department’s uniformed personnel.

(b)Dumping shall mean the deposit of litter in a substantial quantity.

(c)Litter shall mean discarded, used or leftover solid materials, including, but not limited to, garbage, trash, rubbish, refuse, paper, containers, bulky metallic waste, packing or construction materials, carcasses of dead animals, or junk vehicles as defined in § 51301(p) of Article 3 of this Chapter.

(d)Littering shall mean willful or negligent throwing, dropping, placing, depositing, or sweeping, allowing, or causing such acts, of any litter on land or water, in other than appropriate storage containers or areas designated for such purpose.

(e)Substantial quantity shall mean a gross, uncompressed volume of litter equal to or greater than four

(4)cubic feet or a gross weight equal to or greater than fifteen

(15)pounds.

(f)Vehicle shall mean a device in, upon, or by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human or animal power.

(g)Watercraft shall mean any boat, ship, vessel, barge or other floating craft.