Guam § 70107 - Guam Invasive Species Management Plan (GISMP).

§ 70107. Guam Invasive Species Management Plan (GISMP).

(a) The Council shall prepare and issue the Guam Invasive Species

Management Plan, which shall detail and recommend performance-

oriented goals and objectives and specific measures of success for

government of Guam agency efforts concerning invasive species. The

Plan shall recommend specific objectives and measures for carrying out

each of the government of Guam agency duties established in § 70105 of

this Chapter, and shall set forth steps to be taken by the Council to carry

out duties assigned to it under § 70103. The Plan shall be developed

through a public process and in consultation with government of Guam

agencies and stakeholders, and is subject to Legislative approval.

(b) The Plan shall include a review of rapid response protocols,

existing and prospective approaches and authorities for preventing the

introduction and spread of invasive species in Guam, including those for

identifying pathways by which invasive species are introduced and for

minimizing the risk of introduction via those pathways, and shall identify

research needs and recommend measures to minimize the risk that

introductions will occur. Such recommended measures shall provide for

a science-based process to evaluate risks associated with introduction

and spread of invasive species and coordinate a systematic risk-based

process to interdict, identify, and monitor pathways that may be involved

in the introduction of invasive species.

(c) The Council shall update the Plan biennially in accordance

with the Administrative Adjudication Law and shall concurrently

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evaluate and report on the success in achieving the goals and objectives

set forth. The Plan shall identify the personnel, other resources, and

additional levels of cooperation needed to achieve the Plan’s identified

goals and objectives, and the Council shall provide each edition of the

Plan, and each report on it, to the Bureau of Budget and Management

Research (BBMR) and I Liheslatura. Additionally, progress reports shall

be submitted annually to the Office of the Governor and I Liheslatura.

Within eighteen (18) months after measures have been recommended by

the Council in any edition of the Plan, each government of Guam agency

whose action is required to implement such measures shall either take

the action recommended or shall provide the Council with an explanation

as to why the action is not feasible. The Council shall assess the

effectiveness of this Plan no less than once every three (3) years after the

Plan is issued, and shall report to the BBMR and I Liheslatura on

whether the Plan should be revised.

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