10 Guam Code Ann. § 33201
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lid Waste Management Facilities (>SWMF=) have byproducts that if exposed repeatedly, or consumed in finite amount, can be detrimental to good health. The community where the SWMF is processing municipal solid waste should be compensated for accepting a facility (incinerator, landfill, WTEF, combustion, plasma, processing) which is essential for the
Islands= health and welfare, but inherently exposes that village with not only
noxious and eyesore surroundings, but perhaps imposes respiratory disease, infection disorders, cancer ailments and other disorders more than the expected distribution for such illnesses. It is therefore imperative that the monitoring of people, since the facilities and the environment are being monitored already by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency
(>GEPA=) and the Department of Public Health and Social Services
(>DPHSS=), be established and also logically that we should compensate
villages.
Islands= health and welfare, but inherently exposes that village with not only
noxious and eyesore surroundings, but perhaps imposes respiratory disease, infection disorders, cancer ailments and other disorders more than the expected distribution for such illnesses. It is therefore imperative that the monitoring of people, since the facilities and the environment are being monitored already by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency
(>GEPA=) and the Department of Public Health and Social Services
(>DPHSS=), be established and also logically that we should compensate
villages.
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10 Guam Code Ann. HEALTH AND SAFETY
CH. 33 SOLID WASTE
Recognizing the critical need to establish a Municipal SWMF, it is the intent of the Guam Legislature to provide for the monitoring and compensation of the environmental impact of the Municipal SWMF on the health and welfare of residents in the neighborhood.