The Guam Environmental Protection Agency (Guam EPA) today announced the Air Pollution Control Amnesty Program has been extended until June 30, 2008.
The Amnesty Program is meant to help private, government entities and some homeowners come into compliance with the permitting requirements of Guam s Air Pollution Control Standards and Regulations. The Program allows those who need permits for regulated emission sources to submit their permit application by June 30, 2008 and have all late penalties waived.
The Program began on January 2, 2007, and will now close at the end of business on June 30, 2008. Since the beginning of the program, Guam EPA has issued almost 200 permits for air emission sources.
The permit is required by regulations that were enacted on December 29, 1998, and effective in calendar year 1999. The regulations apply to local and federal government, commercial and residential entities with air pollution sources that exceed the threshold defined in Section 1104.2 of the Guam EPA Air Pollution Control Standards and Regulations. The regulations can be found here.
Anyone with questions regarding these regulations and if it applies to their generator is encouraged to call Guam EPA's main office at 475-1658/59 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m..
For more information about the Air Program visit the program's site. For more information about the Air Program Permits click here.
