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FSMC, TITLE 25. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subtitle I: Trust Territory
Environmental Quality Protection Act
This title may be cited as the “Trust Territory Environmental Quality Protection Act.”
Source: COM PL 4C-78 § 1; TT Code 1980, 63 TTC 501.
Cross-reference: The statutory provisions of the FSM Environmental Protection Act are found in chapters 5 to 7 of this title.
Editor’s note: Chapters 1 through 4 of this title were designated subtitle I at the time of the first cumulative supplement in order to distinguish the Trust Territory provisions they encompass from the Federated States of Micronesia Environmental Protection Act, which is codified in chapters 5 through 7. For provisions on transition from subtitle I to subtitle II, see section 708 of this title. Wherever this title is used in chapters 1 through 4 it should be read “this subtitle.”
The people, plants, and animals of the Trust Territory are dependent upon the air, land, and water resources of the islands for public and private drinking water systems, for agricultural, industrial, and recreational uses, and as a basis for tourism. Therefore, it is declared to be the public policy of the Trust Territory, and the purpose of this title, to achieve, maintain, and restore such levels of air, land, and water quality as will protect human health, welfare, and safety and to the greatest degree practicable prevent injury to plant and animal life and property, and as will foster the comfort and convenience of its people and their enjoyment of the environment, health, life, and property, and as will promote the economic and social development of the Trust Territory and facilitate enjoyment of its attractions.
Source: COM PL 4C-78 § 2; COM PL 7-19 § 1; COM PL 7-64 § 1; COM PL 7-90 § 1; TT Code 1980, 63 TTC 502.
(1) “Administrator” shall mean the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) “Board” shall mean the Trust Territory Environmental Protection Board.
(3) “Director of health services” or “director” shall mean the director personally or his duly authorized representative.
(4) “Federal acts” or “Federal act” shall means the Safe Drinking Water Act U.S. Public Law No. 93-523; the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972, U.S. Public Law No. 92-516; and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, U.S. Public Law No. 92-500.
(5) “Person” shall mean the Trust Territory, a district, municipality, political subdivision, a public or private institution, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, firm, or company organized or existing under the laws of the Trust Territory or any State or country, lessee or other occupant of property, or individual, acting singly or as a group.
(6) “Primary drinking water regulation” shall mean a regulation which:
(7) “Public water system” shall mean a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals. Such term includes:
(8) The term “secondary regulation” shall mean a regulation which applies to public water systems and which specifies the maximum contaminant levels which in the judgment of the director are requisite to protect the public welfare. Such regulations may apply to any contaminant in drinking water
(9) “State plan” shall mean an individual plan for:
Source: COM PL 4C-78 § 3; COM PL 7-19 § 2; COM PL 7-64 § 2, TT Code 1980, 63 TTC 503.
Source: COM PL 4C-78 § 10 (uncodified in TTC).