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AK Stat § 46.06.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.090. Prohibited beverage containers; packaging requirements.

(a) A person may not sell or offer to sell a nonglass beverage container that is designed and constructed so that the container is opened by detaching a metal ring or tab. This section does not apply to a beverage container that is opened by a detachable piece of tape, foil, or other soft material. (b) A person may not sell or offer to sell in this state beverage containers that are held together by plastic rings or similar plastic devices unless the rings or devices are degradable and bear a distinguishing mark furnished to the department by the manufacturer. The department may require test data that shows that the plastic rings or plastic devices meet or exceed the department's standards of degradability. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a violation. Each sale or offer to sell is a separate offense.
AK Stat § 46.06.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.095. Coding required.

(a) A person may not manufacture, sell, or offer to sell a plastic bottle or a rigid plastic container unless a code that identifies the type of resin used to produce the bottle or container and that complies with (b) of this section is molded into or imprinted on or near the bottom of the bottle or container. (b) The department shall establish by regulation the content and design for the code required under (a) of this section. The regulations and further amendments to those regulations shall be consistent with applicable federal requirements concerning plastic product labeling. Prior to the establishment of any applicable federal requirements concerning plastic product labeling, the department shall use the codification system designed by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., including the following features: (1) a code number placed within an equilateral triangle of arrows, and code letters placed below the triangle of arrows, in which (A) the triangle is formed by three arrows with the apex of the point of each triangle at the midpoint of each arrow, rounded with a short radius; (B) the arrowhead of each arrow is at the midpoint of each side of the triangle with a short gap separating the arrowhead from the base of the adjacent arrow; and (C) the triangle formed by the arrows depicts a clockwise path around the number; (2) the following code numbers and letters to be used in (1) of this subsection to identify types of resin: (A) 1 and PETE, representing polyethylene terephthalate; (B) 2 and HDPE, representing high density polyethylene; (C) 3 and V, representing vinyl; (D) 4 and LDPE, representing low density polyethylene; (E) 5 and PP, representing polypropylene; (F) 6 and PS, representing polystyrene; and (G) 7 and OTHER, representing all other plastic resins. (c) The department shall maintain a list of the codes established under (b) of this section and provide a copy of the list upon request. (d) A person who violates (a) of this section is subject to a civil penalty of $50 for each violation. Penalties imposed under this subsection for a series of related violations by the same person may not exceed $500. The superior court may enjoin a person from violating (a) of this section. (e) In this section, (1) “plastic” means a material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow; (2) “plastic bottle” means a plastic container that is intended for single use and that (A) has a neck smaller than the body of the container; (B) accepts a screw-top, snap-cap, or other closure; and (C) has a capacity of not less than 16 fluid ounces or more than five gallons; (3) “rigid plastic container” means a formed or molded container that is intended for single use, that is composed predominately of plastic resin, and that has a relatively inflexible finite shape or form having a capacity of not less than eight ounces or more than five gallons; “rigid plastic container” does not include a plastic bottle.
AK Stat § 46.06.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.100. Notice to public.

The penalties imposed for littering shall be posted along the public highways of the state, at visitor centers, at entrances to state parks and recreational areas, at public beaches, and other publicly owned public places the commissioner determines necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The state agency or municipality responsible for litter removal from a public place shall post the notice required by this section.
AK Stat § 46.06.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.110. Enforcement authority.

(a) The following persons are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter: (1) a state employee authorized by the commissioner; and (2) a peace officer. (b) The department shall prescribe a citation form, which shall be used by all peace officers and persons in the state who are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The citation form must meet the requirements of AS 12.25.175 - 12.25.230.
AK Stat § 46.06.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.120. Grants.

The department may make grants to state agencies, to municipalities, and to private organizations including nonprofit organizations for the establishment and operation of programs authorized under this chapter. A grant under this section may not exceed 18 months. A program qualifying for a grant under this section may include (1) courses of instruction at, or the distribution of informative materials to, elementary and secondary schools; (2) purchase and erection of roadside signs; (3) organization and operation of litter removal activities conducted by municipalities, private organizations or service groups using volunteer help; (4) a public information program to inform the public concerning the reduction of litter using the media including use of the electronic media; (5) expansion of existing, and planning, design, and construction of new, facilities for the recovery of materials and energy from litter; (6) research and evaluation of markets for the materials and energy recovered from litter; (7) advice and assistance, including information and consultation on available technology, operating procedures, organizational arrangements, markets for materials or energy obtained from litter, transportation alternatives, and publicity techniques; (8) surveys by public agencies or recognized research organizations to assess the amount and composition of litter, and rates of littering; (9) the purchase of litter receptacles; (10) the creation or expansion of litter law enforcement programs; (11) the initial purchase or lease of recycling equipment, the cost of operating that equipment, and the cost of storing and transporting materials before and after those materials are recycled.
AK Stat § 46.06.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.130. Conditions for grants.

(a) The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that establish (1) eligibility requirements for applicants for a grant under AS 46.06.120; (2) standards for the evaluation of proposals submitted by applicants for grants under AS 46.06.120; and (3) other conditions for the receipt of a grant under AS 46.06.120 that are necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter. (b) The regulations adopted by the department under (a) of this section must meet the following criteria: (1) if there is not enough money for grants to all eligible applicants, the following shall receive priority: (A) a proposed program or project that most efficiently recovers materials or energy from litter; (B) the proposed program or project that creates the greatest number of new jobs; (2) the maximum amount for a single grant shall be established so that available money is distributed to a variety of programs; (3) a grant may be made for new programs or for improvements to or additions to existing programs that were not previously financed by other existing resources of financing.
AK Stat § 46.06.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.140. Federal requirements.

If a federal department or agency issues a formal ruling that a section of this chapter will prevent the state from receiving federal financial participation in a program or activity established under this chapter, the section does not apply to the extent that it causes the program or activity to lose federal funding.
AK Stat § 46.06.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 06. Recycling and Reduction of Litter|Sec. 46.06.150. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “beverage container” means the individual, separate, sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar or carton containing beer or other malt beverages or carbonated soft drinks, in liquid form; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of environmental conservation; (3) “degradable” means a characteristic of a material that allows the material to be broken down by biological, chemical, photochemical, or other physical processes (A) within two years upon exposure to natural elements; and (B) to a particle size and chemical composition that may be assimilated harmlessly and aesthetically into the environment without producing a residue or by-product determined by the department to be hazardous; (4) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation; (5) “litter” means all waste material including disposable packages or containers disposed of in a manner prohibited by AS 46.06.080, but does not include the wastes of the primary processes of mining or other extraction process, logging, sawmilling, farming, or manufacturing; (6) “litter bag” means a bag, sack, or other container made of any material which is large enough and suitable to serve as a receptacle for litter inside a vehicle or vessel; (7) “public place” means public or private property that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests, including but not limited to highways or other roads upon which vehicles are moved, parks, campgrounds, trailer parks, drive-in and fast food restaurants, gasoline service stations, marinas, boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling stations, public and private piers, beaches, bathing areas, school grounds, sporting event sites with seating capacity for more than 200 spectators, business district sidewalks, parking lots for taverns, shopping centers and grocery stores, and other parking lots if they have a capacity for more than 50 vehicles; (8) “vehicle” means a mechanically driven device of any kind that is used for the transportation of a person or property on a public highway, trail, or path; (9) “vessel” means all descriptions of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water.
AK Stat § 46.07.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.010. Statement of purpose.

It is the purpose of this chapter to establish a program designed to provide safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities in villages in the state.
AK Stat § 46.07.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.020. Provision of facilities.

The commissioner shall institute and carry out a program to provide for the installation of safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facilities in villages in the state that are necessary to assure that there will be at least one facility for safe water and hygienic sewage disposal in each village.
AK Stat § 46.07.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.030. Nature and location of facilities.

(a) A facility constructed under authority of this chapter shall be available for use by the public and shall be designed to assure year-round use. The facility shall include, at a minimum, a source of clean water, such as a well with pumping facilities or utilization of surface water treated so it is safe and healthful for use, shower bath facilities, an adequate means of hygienic sewage disposal, and facilities for the washing of clothes. The building housing the facility shall also contain, if the commissioner determines it to be feasible and appropriate, suitable quarters to be used as a community health service office. (b) The location of a facility constructed under this chapter shall be determined by the commissioner after consultation with the governing body of the village in which the facility is located, as well as with appropriate public agencies. The aim of the consultation is to achieve maximum coordination in public development plans and activities affecting the community in which the facility is to serve.
AK Stat § 46.07.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.040. Construction of facilities.

(a) The commissioner shall provide for the construction of facilities under this chapter, and is authorized to provide for the construction by contract or through grants to public agencies or private nonprofit organizations, or otherwise. A contribution toward the cost of the construction of a facility may not be required from its users. Construction under this section by contract is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). (b) In the construction of a facility under this chapter, workers from the village in which the facility is being constructed shall be utilized to the maximum extent feasible. (c) In (a) of this section, “cost of the construction of a facility” includes, in addition to costs directly related to the project, the sum total of all costs of financing and carrying out the project. These include, but are not limited to, the costs of all necessary studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, or other special services, acquisition of real property, site preparation and development, purchase, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of real property, and the acquisition of machinery and equipment as may be necessary in connection with the project; an allocable portion of the administrative and operating expenses of the grantee; the cost of financing the project, including interest on bonds issued to finance the project; and the cost of other items, including any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositaries, financial advisors, and paying agents for the bonds issued as the issuer considers necessary.
AK Stat § 46.07.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.050. Operation of facilities.

(a) It is the responsibility of the village governing body to maintain and operate the safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facility, and upon completion of the facility the commissioner shall execute the necessary transfers of title to vest complete ownership of the facility in the governing body. The commissioner may not construct a facility without first receiving satisfactory assurances from the village governing body that it will, upon completion of a facility, accept ownership and responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the facility. (b) Whenever the commissioner determines that the village governing body does not have sufficient financial resources to operate and maintain the facility, the commissioner may make grants to the governing body in amounts which, when combined with other financial assistance available to it, will enable the governing body to operate and maintain the facility. (c) When necessary, the commissioner may require the creation of a nonprofit corporation in the village and shall contract with this corporation in order to carry out the purpose of this chapter. The contract must provide that when an unincorporated community, which for purposes of this chapter is under contract to the state, subsequently is incorporated, then the contract terminates at the time of incorporation and the governing body of the newly incorporated city assumes the powers and duties set out in this chapter for the governing bodies of other incorporated cities.
AK Stat § 46.07.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.060. Educational and informational program.

The commissioner shall conduct, in each village where there is located a safe water and hygienic sewage disposal facility, an appropriate educational and informational program designed to familiarize the residents of the village as to the health advantages to be achieved by the utilization of the facility.
AK Stat § 46.07.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.070. Economy of administration.

In order to prevent duplication of effort and to promote economy of administration, the commissioner shall, to the maximum extent feasible, utilize the facilities of appropriate public agencies in the administration of the provisions of this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.07.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 07. Village Safe Water Act|Sec. 46.07.080. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of environmental conservation; (2) “village” means (A) a second class city; (B) a first class city with a population of less than 1,000; (C) a home rule municipality with a population of less than 1,000; (D) the Annette Island Reserve established by 25 U.S.C. 495 for the Metlakatla Indian Community; (E) a community with a population between 25 and 1,000 that is represented by (i) a council organized under 25 U.S.C. 476 (sec. 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act); (ii) a traditional village council recognized by the United States as eligible for federal aid to Indians; or (iii) an incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council that the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, with advice from the Department of Law, has determined is eligible to receive and spend a community assistance payment under AS 29.60.865, if the incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council agrees to act as a village governing body for the purposes of this chapter and provides for the ongoing maintenance of a project funded under this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.09.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.010. Report of hazardous substance releases.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person in charge of a vehicle, vessel, or container from which, or a place at which, a hazardous substance is released shall report the release to the department and appropriate public safety agencies promptly after learning of the release. (b) The commissioner may enter into an agreement with a person for the periodic reporting of a controlled release of a hazardous substance if the release is not into water.
AK Stat § 46.09.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.020. Containment and cleanup of a released hazardous substance.

(a) A person who causes a release of a hazardous substance shall make reasonable efforts to contain and clean up the hazardous substance promptly after learning of the release, unless the commissioner determines (1) after consulting the Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate public safety agencies, that containment or cleanup is technically infeasible; (2) that containment or cleanup would cause greater environmental damage than if the release were not contained or cleaned up; or (3) that containment or cleanup would pose a greater threat to human life or health than if the release were not contained or cleaned up. (b) The commissioner shall develop guidelines prescribing general procedures and methods to be used in the containment and cleanup of a hazardous substance. The guidelines shall be consistent with the national contingency plan revised and republished under 42 U.S.C. 9605. (c) If the commissioner determines that the containment or cleanup of a hazardous substance undertaken is inadequate, the commissioner may direct the person undertaking the containment or cleanup to cease and may undertake the containment or cleanup directly or by contract. (d) If it appears to the commissioner that the cause or responsibility for the release of a hazardous substance is unclear or unexplained, the commissioner may immediately undertake the containment and cleanup of the release unless the commissioner determines (1) after consulting the Environmental Protection Agency or appropriate public safety agencies, that containment or cleanup is technically infeasible; (2) that containment or cleanup would cause greater environmental damage than if the release were not contained or cleaned up; or (3) that containment or cleanup would pose a greater threat to human life or health than if the release were not contained or cleaned up. (e) The commissioner shall enter into agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, and may enter into agreements with other persons and municipalities, in order to (1) facilitate a coordinated and effective hazardous substance release response in the state; (2) provide for cooperative hazardous substance release notification procedures; or (3) provide for cooperative review of hazardous substance release response contingency plans submitted to the department.
AK Stat § 46.09.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.030. Disaster emergencies.

The commissioner of environmental conservation or the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may request the governor to determine that an actual or imminent release of a hazardous substance constitutes a disaster emergency under AS 26.23. The commissioner of environmental conservation and the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall respond appropriately in the relief of the actual or imminent release under the relevant provisions of the applicable incident command system.
AK Stat § 46.09.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.040. Hazardous substances containment and cleanup.

The department may contract with a person or a municipality for personnel, equipment, or services that may be useful to carry out the requirements of this chapter. If the department determines that it is infeasible to contract with a person or a municipality, the department may establish and maintain containment and cleanup personnel, equipment, and supplies necessary to carry out the requirements of this chapter. When exercising its authority under this section, the department shall coordinate with the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to avoid duplication of efforts.