Service Rates

(a)Rates and charges for the collection, transportation, disposal, storage, recycling and processing of solid waste in effect at the time of enactment of this Act shall remain in effect and be adopted by the Authority until the Public Utilities Commission

(PUC)has approved a petition for adjustment of rates.

(b)The Authority shall not submit any proposed rate change to the PUC until the following actions have occurred:

(1)the Authority shall publish notice of any proposed rate change in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in 5 GCA § 8104, at least sixty

(60)days prior to submitting the proposed rate change to the PUC. The notice required herein shall include the Authority’s intention to submit its proposed rate change to the PUC, its current rate, the proposed rate, the difference in the current and proposed rates stated in percentage form, a justification for the change, and an electronic mail address and physical location where comments on the proposed rate change may be submitted; and CH. 51A GUAM SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY

(2)the Authority shall publish notice of any proposed rate change on its website at least sixty

(60)days prior to submitting the proposed rate change to the PUC. The notice required herein shall include the Authority’s intention to submit its proposed rate change to the Commission, its current rate, the proposed rate, the difference in the current and proposed rates stated in percentage form, a justification for the change, and an electronic mail address and physical location where comments on the proposed rate change may be submitted.