Puipui ma fa'asao le si'osi'omaga • Preserve and protect the environment
MARINE MONITORING DIVISION
The Marine Monitoring Division (MMD) is a newly established division in AS-EPA. The primary goal of this division is to provide marine support for environmental program activities. The MMD supports water quality assessments, compliance monitoring, and environmental protection initiatives, particularly activities related to the National Pollutant Discharge Eliminating System (NPDES) permits, ocean disposal permits, and enforce against illegal dumping discharges in territorial waters.
In American Samoa, monitoring of marine waters is essential to support proposed changes in land use practices to minimize or eliminate chronic waste inputs to nearshore waters. MMD supports our Water Quality Branch (Water Division) with the Marine Water Quality Monitoring Plan.
