(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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