Illegal dumping is one of the Solid Waste Program's main concerns.

Tire fire at the Ordot Dump, December 1998. Closing Ordot is a priority of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan.

In December 1998, Public Law 24-304 created the Solid Waste Management Program. The Program is responsible for permitting solid waste collection and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. In addition, the Program is responsible in inspection, compliance monitoring, enforcement, and corrective action on all solid waste-related activities. Other activities include beverage container inspections, public education, and pollution prevention incentives.

In 1996, the Solid Waste Management and Litter Control Act was revised giving Guam EPA authority to impose administrative penalties for solid and hazardous waste management violations and defined civil versus criminal penalties. The revised Act provided provisions for citizen suits, established permit fees for certain solid waste activities, and created a Solid Waste Management Fund to support activities to effectuate the Act, which includes paying for full-time employees and related expenses. Aside from the Fund, the Program's activities are supported by the Litter Revolving Fund which was created to be used primarily for anti-littering campaigns.


2006 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan

At its meeting on September 27, 2006, the Guam EPA Board of Directors approved the Guam 2006 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, which was previously made available for public comment. The final, approved version of the Plan and other documents are available here:

• Guam 2006 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) (PDF, 3.7MB).
  
• Fact Sheet for the Guam 2006 ISWMP (PDF, 48KB)
  
• Board of Directors September 26, 2006 meeting minutes (PDF, 1.9MB)
  
• 2006 ISWMP economic impact statement (PDF, 32KB)

U.S EPA has released a fact sheet on the second five-year review for the Ordot Dump Superfund site. The fact sheet covers the history and current status of the site. It is available in 3 languages:
English (148K PDF),
Chamorro (164K PDF), and
Tagalog (158K PDF).
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Program-Related Regulations

The following regulations are administered by the Solid Waste Management Program. For more information on the program's statutory authority, please consult 10 Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 51 (Solid Waste Management and Litter Control Act) in the Regulations section of this site.

• Guam EPA Solid Waste Disposal Regulations (PDF, 2.5MB)