Guam Environmental Protection Agency

Guam Environmental Protection Agency

Guam EPA Ahensian Pruteksion Lina'La Guahan
Official seal of the Environmental Protection Agency
Official logo of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency
Agency overview
Formed	December 7, 1972
Employees	52 (http://staffing.guam.gov:9995/gateway/retrievegovguamstaffpattern.do?deptcode=22)
Website	www.EPA.Guam.gov

The Guam Environmental Protection Agency (Guam EPA, Chamorro: Ahensian Pruteksion Lina'La Guahan) is a government agency of the United States territory of Guam.

Acting Gov. Kurt S. Moylan Signed Public Law 11-191 on Dec. 7, 1972 that enabled the creation of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency. The Public Law gave responsibilities once given to different agencies and commissions to the newly formed Guam EPA. On March 3, the following year, Guam EPA officially started work and took up residence at the Harmon Plaza. In 1995 the Agency moved from the Harmon Industrial Park to Tiyan Barrigada. The building was available after the Department of Defense returned properties that were part of the former Naval Air Station (NAS) Guam to the Government of Guam.

The public law creating Guam EPA states, "It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this Territory of Guam that a high quality environment be maintained at all times to guarantee an enjoyable life for all people at present and in the future, and that environmental degreadtion of the quality of land, water and air by any pollutants, including all physical, chemical and biological agents, should not be allowed. To these ends, it is the purpose of this Act to provide a united, integrated and comprehensive territory-wide program of environmental protection and to provide a framework to fulfill that task."

After the Agency was created, the 12th Guam Legislature continued the work to restructure some of the Government Code of Guam and place environmental laws in an organized manner in Title X.

Guam EPA's Administration Office and Operations Building are located on Mariner Ave. in Tiyan, Barrigada.

Guam EPA has four divisions and a management section. Each division has at least two programs within.

The four divisions and their programs include:

Guam EPA has legal authority is found primarily in volume 10 of the Guam Code Annotated.