This Chapter lays down standards for water quality, classifies waters according to water uses, declares the policy of the Environmental Quality Commission regarding degradation of water quality and prescribes measures to be taken to prevent water pollution. The policy of the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) aims at maintaining existing water uses and the level of water quality necessary to protect existing uses. Any water quality degradation, which would interfere with or become injurious to these existing uses, is prohibited. Existing uses are the uses identified in the standards laid down in this Chapter. The standards laid down in this Chapter are adopted under the provisions of the Territorial Environmental Quality Act. The EQC may revise these standards at any time. The Chapter defines prohibited uses and activities applicable to all waters and prohibited uses and activities applicable to a specific class of water including freshwater, groundwater and marine water. The Chapter defines commercial, subsistence, and recreational fishing as protected uses for specified marine waters.
Американское Самоа (США) · 2013-01-01