Subscription for, and Mandatory Provision of, Garbage Collection Services

All owners of residential buildings shall subscribe to and obtain public or private garbage collection services, except as provided in § 51A1104 of this Article, under the following conditions:

(a)Applicants for new service and existing customers of the Guam Waterworks Authority

(GWA)shall be enrolled in garbage collection services with the Guam Solid Waste Authority

(GSWA)or a private hauler. GWA shall provide any GSWA forms or applications to implement this Section, and provide the applicant’s enrollment forms to GSWA. The applicant shall be solely responsible for establishing solid waste collection services.

(b)The subscribed owner shall pay for garbage collection services rendered to their occupied residential building. Nothing in this Section is intended to prevent an arrangement, or the continuance of an existing arrangement, under which payments for garbage collection services are made by a lessee, or lessee’s agent, on behalf of the owner; however, any such arrangement shall not affect the owner’s obligation to ensure subscription for garbage collection services and the associated payment for such services, or for any customer assistance or lifeline rate program created and operated by or managed by the Authority.