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AK Stat § 46.03.024 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.024. Consideration in adopting pollution regulations.

Notwithstanding another provision of law to the contrary, when adopting a regulation relating to the control, prevention, and abatement of air, water, or land or subsurface land pollution, the department shall give special attention to public comments concerning the cost of compliance with the regulation and to alternate practical methods of complying with the statute being interpreted or implemented by the regulation.
AK Stat § 46.03.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.030. Water quality enhancement, water supply, sewage, and solid waste facilities grants.

(a) [Repealed, § 19 ch 220 SLA 1976.] (b) The department may grant to a municipality, as funds are available, a grant for any of the following: (1) a water quality enhancement project; (2) a public water supply, treatment, or distribution system; (3) a wastewater collection, treatment, or discharge system; (4) a solid waste processing, disposal, or resource recovery system. (c) There is a water quality enhancement and water supply, wastewater, and solid waste systems program created in the department to carry out the purposes of this section. (d) The department shall, by regulation, identify those costs that are eligible costs for the purposes of this section. Eligible costs do not include interest and financing and right-of-way acquisition, or costs that are related to the operation, maintenance, or repair of a system. (e) A grant under this section to a municipality for a project funded by an appropriation made by the legislature (1) before July 1, 1994, may not exceed 50 percent of the eligible costs of the project; (2) after July 1, 1994, may not exceed (A) 85 percent of the eligible costs for a municipality with a population of 1,000 persons or less; (B) 70 percent of the eligible costs for a municipality with a population of 1,001 to 10,000 persons; and (C) 60 percent of the eligible costs for a municipality with a population greater than 10,000 persons. (f) [Repealed, § 14 ch 106 SLA 1994.]  (g) The match required for grants made under this section may include (1) federal funds; or (2) state funds, other than those funds received under this section or AS 37.06. (h) Construction of a project for which a grant is made under this section may commence only after the department has approved in writing the plans and specifications for the project.
AK Stat § 46.03.034 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.034. Alaska clean water administrative fund.

(a) The Alaska clean water administrative fund is established as a separate fund that is distinct from other money or funds in the treasury. The fund is composed of two accounts, the (1) Alaska clean water administrative operating account; and (2) Alaska clean water administrative income account. (b) The legislature may appropriate to the Alaska clean water administrative operating account the annual balance of the Alaska clean water administrative income account. (c) The department shall administer the Alaska clean water administrative fund. (d) The Alaska clean water administrative operating account may be used to pay for the department's operational and administrative costs necessary to manage the Alaska clean water fund and the Alaska clean water administrative fund and for such other purposes permitted by federal law. (e) Money received in payment of fees charged by the department under the authority of AS 46.03.035 and earnings on the Alaska clean water administrative fund shall be deposited in the Alaska clean water administrative income account.
AK Stat § 46.03.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.035. Fees charged for loans made from the Alaska clean water fund.

The department may charge and collect reasonable fees in connection with making and servicing loans made by the department under the authority of AS 46.03.032. The department shall by regulation specify the rates and amounts of the fees.
AK Stat § 46.03.038 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.038. Alaska drinking water administrative fund.

(a) The Alaska drinking water administrative fund is established as a separate fund that is distinct from other money or funds in the state treasury. The fund is composed of two accounts, the (1) Alaska drinking water administrative operating account; and (2) Alaska drinking water administrative income account. (b) The legislature may appropriate to the Alaska drinking water administrative operating account the annual balance of the Alaska drinking water administrative income account. (c) The department shall administer the Alaska drinking water administrative fund. (d) The Alaska drinking water administrative operating account may be used to pay for the department's operational and administrative costs necessary to manage the Alaska drinking water fund and the Alaska drinking water administrative fund and for such other purposes permitted by federal law. (e) Money received in payment of fees charged by the department under the authority of AS 46.03.039 and earnings on the Alaska drinking water administrative fund shall be deposited in the Alaska drinking water administrative income account.
AK Stat § 46.03.039 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.039. Fees charged for loans made from the Alaska drinking water fund.

The department may charge and collect reasonable fees in connection with making and servicing loans made by the department under the authority of AS 46.03.036. The department shall by regulation specify the rates and amounts of such fees.
AK Stat § 46.03.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.040. Alaska environmental plan.

(a) The department shall formulate and annually review and revise a statewide environmental plan for the management and protection of the quality of the environment and the natural resources of the state, in furtherance of the legislative policy and purposes expressed in this chapter. (b) The department shall submit the first plan to the governor on or before January 1, 1972, and thereafter submit periodic revisions of the plan to the governor. The plan is effective upon approval by the governor and shall serve thereafter as a guide to the public, the state government and the political subdivisions of the state in the development of the environment and natural resources of the state. (c) In formulating the plan and any revisions, the department may consult with persons, organizations, and groups, public or private, interested in or concerned with the environment of the state, and with a department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the state, with a political subdivision, or with any public authority as may be necessary to enable the department to carry out its responsibilities under this section.
AK Stat § 46.03.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 2. Department of Environmental Conservation.|Sec. 46.03.045. Public recognition of pollution prevention efforts.

In addition to the school awards program under AS 46.11.070, the department may identify, document, and publicly acknowledge exemplary pollution prevention achievements by individuals, businesses, or government agencies in the state.
AK Stat § 46.03.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 3. Water Pollution Control and Waste Disposal.|Sec. 46.03.050. Authority.

The department has jurisdiction to prevent and abate the pollution of the waters of the state.
AK Stat § 46.03.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 3. Water Pollution Control and Waste Disposal.|Sec. 46.03.060. Water pollution control plan.

The department shall develop comprehensive plans for water pollution control in the state and conduct investigations it considers advisable and necessary for the discharge of its duties.
AK Stat § 46.03.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 3. Water Pollution Control and Waste Disposal.|Sec. 46.03.070. Pollution standards.

After public hearing, the department may adopt standards and make them public and determine what qualities and properties of water indicate a polluted condition actually or potentially deleterious, harmful, detrimental, or injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, to terrestrial and aquatic life or their growth and propagation, or to the use of waters for domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other reasonable purposes.
AK Stat § 46.03.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 3. Water Pollution Control and Waste Disposal.|Sec. 46.03.080. Quality and purity standards.

After study and public hearings held upon due notice, the department may establish standards of quality and purity or group the designated waters of the state into classes as to minimum quality and purity, or both. The department shall classify waters in accordance with considerations of best usage in the interest of the public. The department may alter and modify classifications after hearing.
AK Stat § 46.03.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 3. Water Pollution Control and Waste Disposal.|Sec. 46.03.120. Termination or modification of waste management and disposal authorization.

(a) The department may terminate a permit or other authorization issued under AS 46.03.100 or may rescind a person's authority to dispose of waste in accordance with regulations adopted under AS 46.03.100(b)(3) upon 30 days' written notice if the department finds (1) that the permit or other authorization was procured by misrepresentation of material fact or by failure of the applicant to disclose fully the facts relating to its issuance; (2) that there has been a violation of the conditions of the permit or other authorization; (3) that there has been a material change in the quantity or type of waste disposed of; or (4) for a permit issued under a federally approved program under 33 U.S.C. 1342 (sec. 402, Clean Water Act), that (A) a change in any condition of the receiving environment or the quality of discharge requires either a temporary or permanent reduction of the authorization or elimination of the authorized discharge; or (B) the permittee had made a material misrepresentation of fact to the department relevant to the authorized activity at any time. (b) The department may modify a permit or other authorization issued under AS 46.03.100, or may rescind a person's authority to dispose of waste in accordance with regulations adopted under AS 46.03.100(b)(3), (1) for any of the causes for termination listed in (a) of this section; (2) if the department finds that a material change in the quality or classification of the waters of the state has occurred; or (3) in the case of a permit issued under a federally approved program under 33 U.S.C. 1342 (sec. 402, Clean Water Act), as provided in regulations adopted under AS 46.03.020(12). (c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of the department to terminate or modify a permit or plan approval under other circumstances if requested to do so by the permittee or plan holder.
AK Stat § 46.03.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.250. Authority.

The department shall adopt regulations (1) establishing standards governing the discharge of low level radioactive materials to the air, water, land, and subsurface land of the state; (2) establishing safeguards for radioactive waste materials that do not constitute a threat to public health or safety and that may be stored or disposed of in the state; and (3) establishing procedures for the storage and disposal of radioactive materials used in medicine, education, instruments, industrial testing, or scientific research.
AK Stat § 46.03.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.260. Use of radioactive materials.

A person who conducts an operation that results in the discharge of low level radioactive materials to the air, water, land, or subsurface land of the state shall obtain a permit from the department before commencing the discharge.
AK Stat § 46.03.296 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.296. Disposal of hazardous wastes.

(a) It is unlawful to dispose of hazardous wastes in the state unless (1) the waste has been treated and disposed of in a manner that uses the maximum degree of reduction of the harmful qualities of a hazardous waste that is subject to this chapter and that the department, on a case-by-case basis, determines is achievable for the hazardous waste by application of production processes and available methods, systems, and techniques, taking into account energy, environmental, and economic impacts and other costs; and (2) the waste is disposed of in a manner that will ensure the protection of human health, livestock, wildlife, property, and the environment. (b) The department shall adopt regulations in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) for the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes to ensure the protection of human health, livestock, wildlife, property, and the environment.
AK Stat § 46.03.299 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.299. Hazardous waste regulations.

(a) The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) for the identification and management of hazardous waste as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency and hazardous waste that exhibits the characteristic of toxicity, persistence, or carcinogenicity. (b) Regulations adopted under (a) of this section must exempt from their coverage mining waste and waste associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy until studies required under 42 U.S.C. 6982(f) and (m) are completed. The department, after considering the findings in the reports of these studies, may terminate or amend the exemptions. (c) The department shall take all actions necessary to receive authorization from the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to administer and enforce a hazardous waste program in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 6901 - 6987 (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976). (d) Regulations adopted under (a) of this section shall cover (1) hazardous waste, not otherwise exempted by law, that is generated in any month by a single generator in an amount of 220 pounds or more, and (2) acute hazardous wastes identified in 40 C.F.R. 261.33(e), not otherwise exempted by law, that are generated in any month by a single generator in an amount of 2.2 pounds or more. The department shall extend the regulations to manage smaller quantities of hazardous waste if the quantities specified in this subsection exceed the quantities regulated under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 6921 - 6934, as amended. The department may at any time extend coverage of regulations adopted under (a) of this section to small quantities of hazardous waste and acute hazardous waste. (e) [Repealed, § 61 ch 50 SLA 1989.]  (f) [Repealed, § 4 ch 88 SLA 1990.]
AK Stat § 46.03.302 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.302. Hazardous waste permit.

(a) A person may not treat, transport, store, or dispose of a hazardous waste as defined by the department by regulation unless that person first secures a permit from the department and submits to the department any reports or manifests that the department may require for handling the hazardous wastes. (b) A person who generates hazardous waste is not required to obtain a permit under (a) of this section unless the person also treats, transports, stores, or disposes of the hazardous waste.
AK Stat § 46.03.305 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.305. Hazardous waste reports and manifests.

A person who generates hazardous wastes shall submit to the department reports or manifests that the department may require for handling the hazardous wastes.
AK Stat § 46.03.308 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.308. Transportation of hazardous waste.

(a) Hazardous waste may not be transported in the state unless the waste is accompanied by the uniform hazardous waste manifest required under 42 U.S.C. 6922 - 6923 or other applicable federal law. (b) [Repealed, § 15 ch 71 SLA 1997.]
AK Stat § 46.03.309 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.309. Temporary collection of hazardous waste.

The department shall provide for the temporary collection of hazardous waste to be prepared for shipment to a federally approved hazardous waste disposal site. The department shall establish four periods in each calendar year during which it shall collect hazardous waste. A collection point may accept hazardous waste only from small quantity generators and household generators as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency.
AK Stat § 46.03.311 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.311. Public records.

(a) Permits, permit applications, records, reports, and information and documentation obtained under AS 46.03.302 - 46.03.308 are available to the public for inspection and copying. However, upon a showing satisfactory to the commissioner that a record, report, permit, application, or information would, if made public, divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets, the commissioner shall treat the record, report, permit, application, or information as confidential. (b) Information that is confidential may be transmitted under a continuing restriction of confidentiality to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the state or of the United States if (1) the person responsible for furnishing the record, report, permit, application, or information to which the information pertains is informed at least two weeks before the transmittal; and (2) the information has been acquired by the department under the provisions of AS 46.03.296 - 46.03.311. (c) This section does not limit the department's authority to release confidential information during emergency situations.
AK Stat § 46.03.313 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 4. Radiation and Hazardous Waste Protection.|Sec. 46.03.313. Hazardous waste management facilities and sites.

(a) The department shall evaluate and select potential sites for hazardous waste management facilities in the state. In evaluating and selecting sites for management facilities, the department shall consider at least the following factors: (1) economic feasibility, including proximity to concentrations of generators of the types of hazardous waste likely to be proposed and permitted for management; (2) intrinsic suitability of the sites; (3) federal and state pollution control and environmental protection regulations; (4) the risk and effect for local residents, units of government, and the local public health, safety, and welfare, including such dangers as an accidental release of waste during transportation to a facility or at a facility, water, air, and land pollution, and fire or explosion; (5) the consistency of a facility with, and its effect on, existing and planned local land use and development; local laws, ordinances, and permits; and local public facilities and services; and (6) the adverse effects of a facility at the site on agriculture and natural resources and opportunities to mitigate or eliminate the adverse effects by stipulations, conditions, and requirements relating to the design and operation of a management facility at the proposed site. (b) The department shall adopt regulations that (1) interpret and clarify the factors listed in (a) of this section; and (2) establish procedures for processing, reviewing, and approving or disapproving applications for the siting and operation of privately owned hazardous waste management facilities. (c) The department may authorize the siting and operation of privately owned hazardous waste management facilities in accordance with factors and requirements established under this section. (d) The department shall hold public hearings in each house district in which a hazardous waste management facility site is proposed to be located. The department shall give reasonable public notice of the time, date, and place of each public hearing at least 30 days before the hearing. The public shall be afforded an opportunity at each hearing to submit written and oral testimony concerning a potential site. (e) In this section, “intrinsic suitability” of a site means that, based on existing data on the inherent and natural attributes, physical features, and location of the site, there is no known reason why a waste management facility that may be located in the site could not reasonably be expected to qualify for a permit under AS 46.03.302.