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Protecting our environment is an important responsibility to the Guam Power Authority. We are governed by and compy with the following:

CLEAN AIR ACT

1. Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

• Annual Emission Testing
• Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) – including Relative Accuracy Test Audit (RATA Testing) and Cylinder Gas Audit (CGA)
• Annual Emission Inventory / Fees
• New Source Performance Standards (NSPS Reporting)
• CPAICS (Fuel Switching)
  1. Cabras-Piti Area, Intermittent Control Strategy [40 CFR 69.11 and 69.12]
  2. Establishes the rules and procedures governing the regulation of fuel switching at the Cabras Power Plant and Piti Power Plant.
  3. Fuel Switching requirements are implemented.  In compliance with all reporting requirements.
  4. Quarterly Reports are sent to U.S. EPA and must be postmarked/mailed within 30 days of the end of the Quarter

2. Guam EPA Air Permits Compliance

• Title V Air Permit Program

CLEAN WATER ACT

1. Cabras NPDES Permit Compliance

• 316(b) Study Phase I
• 316(b) Study Phase II
• Effluent Discharge Monitoring
• Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR)
• Toxicity Testing
• Best Management Plan (BMP)
• Annual Chemical Usage Report
  

2. Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan (SPCC Plan) Compliance

• Revision of SPCC Plans to comply with changes in regulations
• Emergency Spill Response Program in place – Response to any spill within one hour
  

3. Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation

• Facility Response Plan

RESOURCE  CONSERVATION & RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) “RiCRA”

1. Solid/Hazardous Waste Management Program
2. Used Oil Recycling Act

TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT (TSCA) “TaSCA”

1. PCB Management Program
2. Asbestos Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Plan

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA)

Annual Chemical Inventory/Usage and Reporting Requirements – annual Toxic Release Inventory Report (TRI)

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA and SUPERFUND)

Oil spill emergency response and clean-up for all GPA facilities and islandwide.

CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES

1. Unilateral Administrative Order For Piti Tank Farm - USEPA Docket CWA-9-2001-001 – Life extension and upgrade of Tanks 1934 and 1935 plus Oil/Water Separator.
2. Consent Decree Civil No. 97-00030 (Fuel Switching) - Cabras/Piti Intermittent Control Strategy
3. Tanguisson Pipeline Maintenance - Tanguisson Pipeline inspections, repairs, upgrade of pipeline, pipeline supports, rectifiers, etc.  Repair and upgrade of pipeline is ongoing.