Prohibited Activities

(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or negligently deposit, throw, leave, or abandon any litter upon any public highway, street, alley or road, upon public parks or recreation areas, or upon any other public property, except as designated for such use, or upon property owned by another person without written permission of the owner and a permit issued by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, or into any bay, channel, harbor, river, creek, stream, reservoir, coastal waters, or other waters of Guam.

(b)It shall be unlawful for any person to dump litter in substantial quantities upon any public highway, street, alley, or road, upon public parks or recreation areas, or upon any other public property, except as designated for such use, or upon property owned by another person without written permission of the owner and a permit issued by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, or into any bay, channel, harbor, river, creek, stream, reservoir, coastal waters, or other waters of Guam.

(c)Apprehension for Violation. Apprehension for violation of prohibitions may be initiated by an apprehending officer who witnessed an offense or discovered an article bearing a person’s name on the property of another, or on any public property, except as designated for such use, or by any private citizen who witnessed an offense or discovered incriminating evidence, and who is willing to make the initial charge and testify for the government.

(d)Any person who shall witness the throwing, dumping, or depositing of litter from a vehicle or watercraft which is in violation of prohibitions may report the date, time of day, and location of the littering and the license registration number to apprehending officers. The registration number as recorded shall constitute prima facie evidence that the littering was done by the person to whom such vehicle or watercraft is registered. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to modify or change the burden of the government to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. CH. 51 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND LITTER CONTROL

(e)Any person who violates this Section while occupying a motor vehicle which is moving or located on public property or a public right of way shall be deemed to have committed a violation not only of this Section, but of 16 GCA, Chapter 3, Article 3 (Rules of the Road) and shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.