10 GCA § 48129: Sewage Disposal Assistance and the NGLA Study Fund.

(a) There is established a non-lapsing fund, hereafter referred to as the “Sewage Disposal Assistance and the NGLA Study Fund” (Fund), which shall be maintained separate and apart from any other funds of the government of Guam, are not subject to the transfer authority of I Maga’hågan Guåhan, and shall be administered by the Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency. The Administrator shall submit to the Guam Environmental Protection Agency Board of Directors a quarterly report which shall include how such funds are being used in the implementation of this Chapter; and independent records and accounts shall be maintained in connection therewith. All fees, reimbursements, assessments, fines, and other funds collected or received pursuant to this Chapter shall be deposited in this Fund. The Administrator shall make every effort to apply for grants to provide financial assistance to increase access to compliant sewage disposal systems or sewer connections. Furthermore, the Administrator shall make every effort to apply for grants to fund a comprehensive study of the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer (NGLA) relative to evaluating nitrate levels in the NGLA, evaluating the levels of other contaminants as determined by GEPA, the impacts of such levels upon the aquifer, and for the purposes of revising minimum lot size for septic system density allowable within the Groundwater Protection Zone (GPZ) pursuant to 10 GCA, Chapter 47, § 47108.1. Monies in the Fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(1) The administration and implementation of this Chapter including, but not limited to, purchase of equipment, payment of personnel costs, public outreach, training, and contracts.

(2) The provision of grants for a sewage disposal system or sewer connection for eligible applicants.

(3) The provision of grants to fund a study of the NGLA relative to evaluating its nitrate levels, the levels of other contaminants as determined by GEPA, the impacts of such levels upon the aquifer, and for the purposes of revising minimum lot size for septic system density allowable within the GPZ pursuant to 10 GCA, Chapter 47, § 47108.1.

(b) All monies in the Sewage Disposal Assistance and the NGLA Study Fund are hereby appropriated, and shall continue to be deemed appropriated, to the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) to be expended in accordance with this Chapter.