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(a) Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Administrator finds that a generalized condition of pollution exists, and that it creates an emergency requiring immediate action to protect the intended uses of the water as designated in the Standards of Water Quality for Waters of the Territory of Guam, or to protect human health or safety, the Adminis- trator, with the concurrence of the Governor, shall order persons causing or contributing to the pollution to reduce or discontinue immediately the pollutants, and such order shall fix a place and time, not later than twenty- four (24) hours thereafter, for a hearing to be held before the Agency. Not

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more than Twenty-four (24) hours after the commencement of such hearing, and without adjournment thereof, the Agency shall affirm, modify or set aside the order of the Administrator.

(b) In the absence of a generalized condition of pollution of the type referred to in Subsection (a), but if the Administrator finds that pollutants from the operation of one or more polluting sources is causing imminent danger to the intended uses of the water as designated in the Standards of Water Quality for Waters of the Territory of Guam or is causing imminent danger to human health or safety, he may order the person or persons responsible for the operation or operations in question to reduce or discon- tinue pollutants immediately, without regard to the provision of Subsection (a) of § 47109 of this Act. In such event, the requirements for hearing and affirmance, modification or setting aside of orders set forth in Subsection (a) of § 47110 shall apply.