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Guam EPA updates risk-assessment guidance; public comment period open through Dec. 17

Guam Environmental Protection Agency Board of Directors · December 4, 2025
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Summary

Guam EPA staff updated a drinking-water risk-assessment document to allow earlier lifting of 'do not drink without treatment' orders and aligned notification language with U.S. EPA guidance; the draft is open for public comment through Dec. 17 with a hearing that day at 1500 hours.

Agency staff reported that the Guam EPA risk-assessment document has been revised to clarify monitoring and notification procedures for treated water systems and to align some language with U.S. EPA pesticide guidance. The update specifically amends sections 5 and 6 to provide more flexible criteria for lifting a "do not drink without treatment" order that previously required a running annual average, which could have delayed…

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