(a) To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers, and subject to the approval of the Department and appropriate business licensing, any person may establish a Redemption Center at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of such beverage containers. Refunds may be based on number or weight of deposit beverage containers.

(b) An application for approval of a Redemption Center shall be filed with the Department. The application shall state the name

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and address of the person responsible for the establishment and operation of the Redemption Center, the kind of beverage containers that will be accepted at the Redemption Center, and the names of the distributor or distributors that will be handling and exporting their recyclables, if different from the name of the operator of the Redemption Center. The application shall contain such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.

(c) The Department shall approve a Redemption Center if it finds that the Redemption Center will provide a convenient service to consumers for the return of empty beverage containers. The order of the Department approving a Redemption Center shall state the kind of empty beverage containers that the Redemption Center will accept pursuant to the application of that Redemption Center. The order may contain such other provisions to insure that the Redemption Center will provide a convenient service to the public as the Administrator may determine. Applicants shall be appropriately licensed to conduct business in Guam by the Department of Revenue and Taxation.

(d) The Department may review the approval of any Redemption Center at any time. After written notice to the person responsible for the establishment and operation of the Redemption Center, the Department may, after hearing, withdraw approval of a Redemption Center if the Department finds there has not been compliance with the Department’s order approving the Redemption Center, or if the Redemption Center no longer provides a convenient service to the public.

(e) All approved Redemption Centers shall meet applicable health standards and shall be maintained in full compliance with applicable laws and with the orders and rules of the Department, including permitting requirements.

(f) Redemption Centers shall:

(1) accept deposit beverage containers for which a deposit has been paid pursuant to § 44105;

(2) pay to the redeemer the full refund value in cash for all deposit beverage containers;

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(3) remain open at least thirty (30) hours per week, of which at least five(5) hours shall be on Saturday or Sunday; and

(4) forward the documentation necessary to support claims for reimbursement as stated in § 44114 of this Chapter.

(g) The Department shall prepare printed material to be posted at dealer locations in conspicuous areas identifying the location of approved Redemption Centers and specifying what type of recyclable materials may be deposited at each Center.

(h) All Redemption Centers shall submit to the Department the following information on forms and on dates prescribed by the Department, which information shall include at a minimum:

(1) the number or weight of deposit beverage containers of each material type accepted at the redemption center for the reporting period; and

(2) the amount of refunds paid out by material type.