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AK Stat § 46.03.715 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.715. Sale and use of TBT-based antifouling paint.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not sell or use TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating in the state, nor may a person sell, rent, or lease in the state, or import into the state, or use in state water, a vessel, fishing gear, or other item intended to be partially or completely submerged in water, if the vessel, gear, or item has been painted or treated with TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating. (b) TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating need not be removed from fishing gear, or from a vessel or other item that was painted or treated before December 1, 1987, but the vessel, gear, or item may not be repainted or retreated with TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating. Fish culture or capture nets treated with TBT-based marine antifouling coating before December 1, 1987, may not be used in state water on or after December 1, 1992. (c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, slow-leaching TBT-based marine antifouling paint may be imported into and sold in the state. A slow-leaching TBT-based marine antifouling paint may be applied in the state only to aluminum vessel hulls and lower outboard drive units. Aluminum vessel hulls and lower outboard drive units to which a slow-leaching TBT-based marine antifouling paint has been applied may be imported into and sold, rented, leased, or used in the state. (d) If a vessel of the United States government, a foreign vessel in state water fewer than 90 consecutive days, or a vessel of 4,000 gross tons or more was painted or treated with a TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating before January 1, 2001, the paint or coating need not be removed, but the vessel may not be repainted or retreated with a TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating. (e) In this section (1) “slow-leaching TBT-based marine antifouling paint” means a TBT-based marine antifouling paint, but not a coating or other treatment, that has a measured release rate equal to or less than the maximum release rate established for qualified antifouling paints containing organotin by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under 33 U.S.C. 2401 - 2410 (the Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988); (2) “TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating” means a paint, coating, or treatment that contains tributyltin, or a triorganotin compound used as a substitute for tributyltin, and that is intended to control fouling organisms in a fresh water or marine environment; (3) “vessel” means watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, including (A) aircraft equipped to land on water; and (B) barges.
AK Stat § 46.03.720 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.720. Public water system plan review requirement.

(a) [Repealed, § 12 ch 136 SLA 2004.]  (b) A person may not construct, extend, install, or operate a public water supply system, or any part of a public water supply system, until plans for it are submitted to the department for review and the department approves them in writing. (c) The department may waive the requirements of this section.
AK Stat § 46.03.730 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.730. Pesticides.

A person may not spray or apply, or cause to be sprayed or applied dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT), dieldrin, or other pesticide or broadcast chemical in a manner that may cause damage to or endanger the health, welfare, or property of another person, or in a manner that is likely to pollute the air, soil, or water of the state without prior authorization of the department.
AK Stat § 46.03.740 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.740. Oil pollution.

A person may not discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit the discharge of petroleum, acid, coal or oil tar, lampblack, aniline, asphalt, bitumen, or a residuary product of petroleum, into, or upon the waters or land of the state except in quantities, and at times and locations or under circumstances and conditions as the department may by regulation permit or where permitted under art. IV of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended.
AK Stat § 46.03.742 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.742. Reckless operation of tank vessel.

(a) A person commits the crime of reckless operation of a tank vessel when, by recklessly operating, navigating, or piloting a tank vessel, the person causes a release of a hazardous substance and the release causes serious physical injury to another person or damage to the property of another. (b) Reckless operation of a tank vessel is a class C felony. (c) In this section, “reckless” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 46.03.743 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.743. Negligent operation of tank vessel.

(a) A person commits the crime of negligent operation of a tank vessel when, by operating, navigating, or piloting a tank vessel with criminal negligence, the person creates an unjustifiable risk of a release of a hazardous substance or an unjustifiable risk of harm to a person or property. (b) Negligent operation of a tank vessel is a class A misdemeanor. (c) In this section, “criminal negligence” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 46.03.744 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.744. Definitions for AS 46.03.742 - 46.03.744.

In AS 46.03.742 - 46.03.744, (1) “hazardous substance” has the meaning given in AS 46.03.826; (2) “tank vessel” means (A) a vessel that is constructed or adapted to carry, or that carries, as a means of transportation by water, a hazardous substance in bulk as cargo or cargo residue; (B) the vessel that propels the tank vessel if the tank vessel is a barge or other vessel that is not self-propelled.
AK Stat § 46.03.745 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.745. Hazardous substance release.

Except for a controlled release, the reporting of which is the subject of an agreement with the commissioner under AS 46.09.010(b), a person may not cause or permit the release of a hazardous substance as defined in AS 46.09.900.
AK Stat § 46.03.750 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.750. Ballast water discharge.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not cause or permit the discharge of ballast water from a cargo tank of a tank vessel into the waters of the state. A tank vessel may not take on petroleum or a petroleum product or by-product as cargo unless it arrives in ports in the state without having discharged ballast from cargo tanks into the waters of the state and the master of the vessel certifies that fact on forms provided by the department. (b) The master of a tank vessel may discharge ballast water from a cargo tank of a tank vessel if it is necessary for the safety of the tank vessel and no alternative action is feasible to ensure the safety of the tank vessel.
AK Stat § 46.03.755 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.755. Discharge reporting.

(a) A person in charge of a facility, operation, or vessel, as soon as the person has knowledge of any discharge from the facility, operation, or vessel in violation of AS 46.03.740 or 46.03.750, shall immediately notify the department of the discharge. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the department may enter into a written agreement with a person for the periodic reporting of minor discharges other than into the waters of the state.
AK Stat § 46.03.763 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.763. Attorney fees and costs.

In an action to impose civil penalties under AS 46.03.758, 46.03.759, or 46.03.760 for a discharge of oil, the state may recover full reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the state in maintaining the action.
AK Stat § 46.03.765 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.765. Injunctions.

The superior court has jurisdiction to enjoin a violation of this chapter, AS 46.04, AS 46.09, AS 46.14, or of a regulation, a lawful order of the department, or permit, approval, or acceptance, or term or condition of a permit, approval, or acceptance issued under this chapter, AS 46.04, AS 46.09, or AS 46.14. In actions brought under this section, temporary or preliminary relief may be obtained upon a showing of an imminent threat of continued violation, and probable success on the merits, without the necessity of demonstrating physical irreparable harm. The balance of equities in actions under this section may affect the timing of compliance, but not the necessity of compliance within a reasonable period of time.
AK Stat § 46.03.770 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.770. Detention of vessel without warrant as security for damages.

A vessel that is used in or in aid of a violation of AS 46.03.740 - 46.03.750 may be detained after a valid search by the department, an agent of the department, a peace officer of the state, or an authorized protection officer of the Department of Fish and Game. Upon judgment of the court having jurisdiction that the vessel was used in, or was the cause of, a violation of AS 46.03.740 - 46.03.750 with knowledge of its owner or under circumstances indicating that the owner should reasonably have had this knowledge, the vessel may be held as security for payment to the state of the amount of damages assessed by the court under AS 46.03.758, 46.03.759, 46.03.760, 46.03.822, and AS 46.04.030(g). If the damages assessed are not paid within 30 days after judgment or final determination of an appeal, the vessel shall be sold at public auction, or as otherwise directed by the court, and the damages paid from the proceeds. The balance, if any, shall be paid by the court to the owner of the vessel. The court shall permit the release of the vessel upon posting of a bond set by the court in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of damages available under AS 46.03.758, 46.03.759, 46.03.760, 46.03.822, and AS 46.04.030(g). The damages received under this section shall be transmitted to the proper state officer for deposit in the general fund. A vessel seized under this section shall be returned or the bond exonerated if no damages are assessed under AS 46.03.758, 46.03.759, 46.03.760, 46.03.822, or AS 46.04.030(g).
AK Stat § 46.03.780 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.780. Liability for restoration.

(a) A person who violates a provision of this chapter, AS 46.04, AS 46.09, or AS 46.14, or who fails to perform a duty imposed by this chapter, AS 46.04, AS 46.09, or AS 46.14, or violates or disregards an order, permit, or other determination of the department made under the provisions of this chapter, AS 46.04, AS 46.09, or AS 46.14, respectively, and thereby causes the death of fish, animals, or vegetation or otherwise injures or degrades the environment of the state is liable to the state for damages. (b) Liability for damages under (a) of this section includes an amount equal to the sum of money required to restock injured land or waters, to replenish a damaged or degraded resource, or to otherwise restore the environment of the state to its condition before the injury. (c) Damages under (a) of this section shall be recovered by the attorney general on behalf of the state.
AK Stat § 46.03.800 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.800. Water nuisances.

(a) A person is guilty of creating or maintaining a nuisance if the person puts a dead animal carcass, or part of one, excrement, or a putrid, nauseous, noisome, decaying, deleterious, or offensive substance into, or in any other manner befouls, pollutes, or impairs the quality of, a spring, brook, creek, branch, well, or pond of water that is or may be used for domestic purposes. (b) A person who neglects or refuses to abate the nuisance upon order of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in AS 46.03.790. In addition to this punishment, the court shall assess damages against the defendant for the expenses of abating the nuisance.
AK Stat § 46.03.810 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.810. Air and land nuisances.

(a) A person is guilty of creating or maintaining a nuisance if the person (1) places or deposits upon a lot, street, beach, or premises, or upon or anywhere within 200 feet of a public highway, any garbage, offal, dead animals, or any other matter or thing that would be obnoxious or cause the spread of disease or in any way endanger the health of the community; (2) allows to be placed or deposited upon any premises owned by the person or under the person's control garbage, offal, dead animals, or any other matter or thing that would be obnoxious or offensive to the public or that would produce, aggravate, or cause the spread of disease or in any way endanger the health of the community. (b) A person who neglects or refuses to abate the nuisance upon order of an officer of the Department of Environmental Conservation is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in AS 46.03.790. In addition to this punishment, the court shall assess damages against the defendant for the expenses of abating the nuisance.
AK Stat § 46.03.820 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.820. Emergency powers.

(a) When the department finds, after investigation, that a person is causing, engaging in, or maintaining a condition or activity that, in the judgment of its commissioner presents an imminent or present danger to the health or welfare of the people of the state or would result in or be likely to result in irreversible or irreparable damage to the natural resources or environment, and it appears to be prejudicial to the interests of the people of the state to delay action until an opportunity for a hearing can be provided, the department may, without prior hearing, order that person by notice to discontinue, abate, or alleviate the condition or activity. The proscribed condition or activity shall be immediately discontinued, abated, or alleviated. (b) Upon receipt of an order of the department made under (a) of this section, the person affected has the right to be heard and to present proof to the department that the condition or activity does not constitute an actual or potential source of irreversible or irreparable damage to the natural resources or environment of the state, or that the order may constitute a substantial private hardship. (c) In the commissioner's discretion or upon application made by the recipient of an order within 15 days of receipt of the order, the department shall schedule a hearing at the earliest possible time. The hearing shall be scheduled within five days of the receipt of the application. The submission of an application or the scheduling of a hearing does not stay the operation of the department's order issued under (a) of this section. (d) After a hearing the department may affirm, modify, or set aside the order. An order affirmed, modified, or set aside after hearing is subject to judicial review as provided in AS 44.62.560. The order is not stayed pending judicial review unless the commissioner so directs. If an order is not immediately complied with, the attorney general, upon request of the commissioner, shall seek enforcement of the order. (e) The department may adopt additional regulations prescribing the procedure to be followed in the issuance of emergency orders.
AK Stat § 46.03.823 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.823. Hazardous substance response action contractors.

(a) A person who is a response action contractor with respect to a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance other than oil whose acts or omissions are not contrary to a response plan or order by a state or federal agency having jurisdiction over the release or threatened release is not civilly liable for injuries, costs, damages, expenses, or other liability that results from the release or threatened release unless the release or threatened release is caused by an act or omission of the response action contractor that is negligent or grossly negligent or constitutes intentional misconduct. To show negligence by a response action contractor, a claimant must show that the acts or omissions of the contractor under the response action contract were not in accordance with generally accepted professional standards and practices at the time the response action services were performed. (b) The liability limitation under (a) of this section (1) does not apply to a response action contractor who would otherwise be liable for the release or threatened release under state or federal law even if that person had not carried out a response action with respect to the release or threatened release; and (2) does apply only to releases for which notification to the department was provided and received in the manner prescribed under state law. (c) The defense provided in AS 46.03.822(b)(1)(B) is not available to a potentially liable person with respect to costs or damages caused by an act or omission of a response action contractor. (d) Except as provided in (c) of this section, this section does not affect the liability under this chapter or under any other state law of a person other than a response action contractor. (e) This section does not affect the liability of a response action contractor that may arise from the response action contractor's failure to comply with the terms or conditions of a (1) response action contract or a remedial action plan if one has been approved by the department; or (2) contingency plan approved by the department where the response action contractor is the plan holder. (f) This section does not affect the liability of an employer who is a response action contractor with respect to an employee of the employer under any provision of law, including a law related to workers' compensation. (g) In this section, “response action” means an action taken in connection with the mitigation or cleanup of a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance other than oil, including investigation, evaluation, plan development, mapping and surveying, engineering, design and construction, removal, and equipment provision.
AK Stat § 46.03.824 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.824. Damages.

Damages include but are not limited to injury to or loss of persons or property, real or personal, loss of income, loss of the means of producing income, or the loss of an economic benefit.
AK Stat § 46.03.828 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.828. Other rights of action not affected.

The provisions of AS 46.03.822 - 46.03.828 do not abridge or alter a right of action or remedy under another statute, in equity, or at common law. However, an award of damages to a person or the state on a cause of action for an injury under AS 46.03.822 bars recovery in an action by another person or the state on the same cause of action for the same injury.
AK Stat § 46.03.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.830. Proof of financial responsibility required for petrochemical facility or hazardous waste disposal site operation.

(a) A person may not operate a petrochemical facility or a hazardous waste disposal site unless the person has furnished proof to the commissioner of financial ability to control a hazardous waste that will be used in, produced by, or disposed of at the facility or the site. Proof of financial responsibility shall include responsibility for the hazardous waste after the facility or site is closed, and may be demonstrated by self-insurance, insurance, surety, or guarantee, under regulations adopted by the department. (b) Acceptance of proof of financial responsibility under this section expires (1) one year from its issuance for self-insurance; (2) on the effective date of a change in the surety bond, guarantee, or insurance agreement; or (3) on the expiration or cancellation of the surety bond, guarantee, or insurance agreement.
AK Stat § 46.03.833 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 03. Environmental Conservation|Article 9. Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Damages.|Sec. 46.03.833. Compliance with financial responsibility requirements.

(a) A person whose proof of financial responsibility is accepted by the department under AS 46.03.830 or 46.03.100(f) shall notify the department at least 90 days before the effective date of a change in, or expiration or cancellation of, the proof of financial responsibility. Application for renewal of acceptance of proof of financial responsibility under AS 46.03.830 or 46.03.100(f) must be filed at least 90 days before the date of expiration. (b) The department, after notice and hearing, may revoke acceptance of proof of financial responsibility if it determines that (1) acceptance was procured by fraud or misrepresentation; or (2) a change of circumstance has occurred that warrants revocation under regulations adopted by the department.