Guam Environmental Protection Agency

Guam Environmental Protection Agency, a non-profit government agency based in Barrigada, Guam, acts as a prime recipient of federal environmental management and restoration grants from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense. The agency does not hold federal contracts, serves exclusively as a grant recipient, and operates with no subcontractors in its federal footprint. Guam EPA holds a DOT Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) designation.

Guam EPA's capability portfolio centers on environmental program implementation and technical support across air, water, and land media. The agency holds primary enforcement responsibility for the Safe Drinking Water Program, manages territorial and beach water quality monitoring, operates watershed management and enforcement activities, administers brownfields program development and cleanup, manages pesticide program responsibilities, and provides environmental education and community outreach. The agency also implements delegated Clean Air Title V stationary source permit management, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) enforcement, spill prevention and control programs, and underground and aboveground storage tank management. In its Department of Defense capacity, Guam EPA delivers technical support, environmental review, monitoring, and technical assistance for environmental restoration and cleanup efforts at DoD military installations in Guam under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program.

The Environmental Protection Agency (Region 9) and the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration anchor Guam EPA's customer base, each accounting for eleven awards across the recent footprint. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $23.457 million formula grant (CFDA not specified in source) running from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2028, funding Guam EPA's consolidated environmental management program across all environmental media. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers awarded successive cooperative agreements under the State Memorandum of Agreement Program for Reimbursement of Technical Services (CFDA 12.113): a $281,675 cooperative agreement on July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, and an earlier $281,675 award from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026. All 44 recent awards are prime grants with no sub-recipients; two awards face completion inside the next twenty-four months. Activity is sparse (one award per year from 2020–2026), reflecting Guam EPA's operational role as a territorial environmental agency managing recurring federal support rather than competing for new program work. Performance takes place in Guam.