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AK Stat § 46.09.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.050. Compacts authorized.

The governor may enter into supplementary agreements, reciprocal arrangements, and compacts with another state or country for the implementation of this chapter subject to the approval of the Congress of the United States, if required, under the Constitution of the United States.
AK Stat § 46.09.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.060. Municipalities.

(a) If a provision of this chapter or of a regulation adopted by the commissioner under this chapter conflicts with the charter, ordinance, or regulation of a municipality, the provisions of this chapter or of the regulation adopted by the commissioner under this chapter prevails. (b) Authority to contain, clean up, or prevent a release or threatened release of oil or of a hazardous substance, and to exercise other powers necessary to implement this chapter, AS 46.04, and AS 46.08, are granted to municipalities that do not otherwise have that authority. Except as provided in (a) of this section, a municipality may exercise its police power within the area of the municipality.
AK Stat § 46.09.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.070. Regulations.

The commissioner shall periodically review the minimum quantities of hazardous substances established under federal law and may adopt regulations establishing minimum quantities of substances for all or any portion of the substances to which this chapter otherwise applies. The commissioner shall adopt only those regulations that are expressly required to implement the specific purposes of this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.09.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 09. Hazardous Substance Release Control|Sec. 46.09.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of environmental conservation; (2) “containment and cleanup” includes the direct and indirect efforts associated with the prevention, abatement, containment, or removal of a hazardous substance, and the restoration of the environment; when applied to expenses, the term includes the additional costs of providing a reasonable and appropriate function or service incurred in response to the release of the hazardous substance, including administrative expenses for the incremental costs of providing the function or service; (3) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation; (4) “hazardous substance” means (A) an element or compound that, when it enters into or on the surface or subsurface land or water of the state, presents an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare, or to fish, animals, vegetation, or any part of the natural habitat in which fish, animals, or wildlife may be found; or (B) a substance defined as a hazardous substance under 42 U.S.C. 9601 - 9657 (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980); “hazardous substance” does not include uncontaminated crude oil or uncontaminated refined oil; (5) “permitted release” means a release occurring under the authority of a valid permit issued by the department or by the Environmental Protection Agency; (6) “release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment, except that “release” does not include a permitted release or an act of nature; (7) “service” means a function performed or service provided by the state, including functions not previously performed and services not previously provided by the state; (8) “threatened release” means that a release is imminent; a release is imminent if (A) it is impending, or on the point of happening; or (B) though not impending, in the judgment of the commissioner (i) the incident or occurrence may reasonably be expected to culminate in an actual release; and (ii) that actual release may reasonably be expected to cause personal injury, other injury to life, or loss of or damage to property, including the environment.
AK Stat § 46.11.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 11. Conservation of Energy and Materials|Sec. 46.11.020. Training of public building maintenance personnel.

Persons responsible for the maintenance of public buildings designed with energy conservation or production features shall be trained by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in the use and operation of those features.
AK Stat § 46.11.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 11. Conservation of Energy and Materials|Sec. 46.11.040. Applicability of thermal and lighting energy standards to residential buildings.

State financial assistance may not be approved or granted for the construction of or purchase of a loan for a residential building if construction of the building began after December 31, 1991, unless (1) the building is in compliance with thermal and lighting energy standards; (2) the building is in compliance with the building code of a municipality and the standards for thermal and lighting energy of the municipal building code meet or exceed the thermal and lighting energy standards; (3) the building (A) is constructed under an exception to the municipal building code granted because the exception will result in increased energy efficiency; or (B) is located or is to be located in an area where thermal and lighting energy standards are not justified because of the high cost of implementation of the standards, with specific consideration given to the availability of inexpensive home heating energy sources, as determined under regulations adopted by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation; or (4) the applicant agrees, in writing, that the building will be brought into compliance with thermal and lighting energy standards within one year of conveyance.
AK Stat § 46.11.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 11. Conservation of Energy and Materials|Sec. 46.11.050. Financing of energy efficient homes and buildings.

(a) After December 31, 1980, a financial institution shall take into consideration the economic benefits of alternative energy systems, life-cycle energy costs, energy efficient building design, and energy conservation when financing homes and buildings with state financial assistance. (b) After December 31, 1980, a financial institution that makes home mortgage loans with money provided to it by the commissioner of revenue from surplus state general fund investments authorized by AS 37.10.070, or a state agency that makes a direct home mortgage loan to an applicant, shall include estimated heating and lighting costs as determined by an energy audit in standard principal, interest, taxes, and insurance calculation of the cost of buying a housing unit. An applicant for a home mortgage loan shall provide the financial institution or the state agency with a copy of an energy audit.
AK Stat § 46.11.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 11. Conservation of Energy and Materials|Sec. 46.11.060. Recycling of materials by state agencies.

(a) A state agency shall to the greatest extent practicable recycle reusable materials, including paper, glass, and cans. (b) The department shall encourage, through cooperative means, the adoption of all available and practicable methods throughout federal, state, and local governments that recycle, reuse, and conserve materials.
AK Stat § 46.11.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 11. Conservation of Energy and Materials|Sec. 46.11.070. Waste reduction and recycling awards for schools.

(a) In consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development, the department shall establish a waste reduction and recycling awards program under which the department may annually, subject to available funding, award grants of up to $2,000 each to public schools in recognition of their efforts and the efforts of their students to reduce and recycle waste generated in the administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, cafeterias, and maintenance operations of the schools. (b) The department shall, on request, provide technical assistance to schools concerning their opportunities to reduce and recycle wastes. (c) The department shall adopt regulations to implement the awards program. For purposes of evaluating school waste reduction and recycling programs, the department may group schools according to geographical location, student population, distance to recycling markets, or other criteria considered appropriate by the department. (d) The department may accept and use restricted grants of money or other assistance from private persons or groups to fund the awards made under (a) of this section. (e) The department may not use state money to fund awards made under (a) of this section unless an appropriation is made specifically for the purposes of (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 46.11.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 11. Conservation of Energy and Materials|Sec. 46.11.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “alternative energy system” (A) means a source of thermal, mechanical, or electrical energy that is not dependent on oil or gas for the supply of energy for space heating and cooling, refrigeration and cold storage, electrical power, mechanical power, or the heating of water; (B) includes (i) an alternative energy property as defined by 26 U.S.C. 48(a)(3)(A); and (ii) a method of architectural design and construction that provides for the collection, storage, and use of direct radiation from the sun; (2) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation; (3) “energy audit” means a determination and written summary prepared under 42 U.S.C. 8216(b) of (A) the energy consumption characteristics of a building, including the size, type, and rate of energy consumption of major energy consuming systems of the building and the climate characterizing the region where the building is located; and (B) the energy conservation and cost savings likely to result from appropriate energy-conserving maintenance and operating procedures and modifications, including the purchase and installation of energy-related fixtures; for purposes of this subparagraph when a fossil fuel is the energy source, the energy cost savings shall be determined with reference to the projected price of that fossil fuel over a 10-year period; (4) “financial institution” means a bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union; (5) “life-cycle cost” means the total cost of owning, operating, and maintaining a building over its useful life, including its energy and fuel costs, determined on a basis of a systematic evaluation and comparison of alternative building systems, except that in the case of leased buildings the life-cycle cost shall be calculated over the effective remaining term of the lease; (6) “public building” means a building owned or controlled and held by the state for government or public use; (7) “state financial assistance” means a loan, grant, guarantee, insurance, payment, rebate, subsidy, or other form of state assistance other than aid under AS 05.35.010 - 05.35.070, AS 14.11, and AS 29.60, including the purchase by a state agency of a loan to finance the construction or purchase of a residential building; (8) “thermal and lighting energy standards” means the thermal and lighting energy standards (A) established by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers as revised by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for buildings and structures that are not public facilities; or (B) developed in regulations adopted by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for buildings and structures that are not public facilities.
AK Stat § 46.16.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.010. Mining water use review committee established.

The mining water use review committee is established. The review committee is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations on applications for grants under this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.16.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.020. Membership of the review committee.

(a) The review committee consists of the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of environmental conservation, the dean of the school of mineral industry at the University of Alaska, two individuals appointed by the governor who have placer mining experience, and one public member appointed by the governor. (b) An individual described in (a) of this section who serves ex officio may designate an alternate to serve on the review committee. (c) An individual appointed by the governor serves for a three-year term.
AK Stat § 46.16.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.030. Responsibility of the review committee.

(a) The review committee shall select a presiding officer and establish procedures necessary to implement its responsibilities. (b) The review committee shall review each application for a grant filed under this chapter and make a recommendation to the commissioner of natural resources or to the commissioner of environmental conservation for action on the application. (c) In making its recommendation, the committee shall consider the economic benefits to the placer mining industry, the environmental benefits to the public, and other benefits that each grant may offer.
AK Stat § 46.16.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.040. Responsibility of commissioner of natural resources.

The commissioner of natural resources shall administer the innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program established under AS 46.16.070.
AK Stat § 46.16.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.050. Responsibility of commissioner of environmental conservation.

The commissioner of environmental conservation shall administer the innovative pollution control demonstration grant program established under AS 46.16.080.
AK Stat § 46.16.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.060. Uniform regulations.

The commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of environmental conservation shall adopt uniform regulations and administrative procedures to implement the grant programs established by this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.16.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.070. Innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program.

(a) The innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program is established as a direct grant program to give a person engaged in placer mining the opportunity to study and test new methods of gold recovery and water use reduction. (b) The commissioner of natural resources may make a grant under this section to a person that has (1) a proven history of successful placer mining in the state; (2) the capability to produce verifiable results; and (3) the capability to study and test new methods of gold recovery and water use reduction under actual operating conditions. (c) The commissioner of natural resources may not make a grant under this section to a person in excess of $100,000. (d) The commissioner of natural resources shall monitor and evaluate the results of grants made under this section.
AK Stat § 46.16.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.080. Innovative pollution control demonstration grant program.

(a) The innovative pollution control demonstration grant program is established as a direct grant program to give a person engaged in placer mining the opportunity to study and test innovative and economically viable mining techniques for waste disposal and pollution control in placer mining. (b) The commissioner of environmental conservation may make grants under this section to a person that has (1) a proven history of successful placer mining in the state; (2) the capability to produce verifiable results; and (3) the capability to study and test innovative and economically viable techniques for waste disposal and pollution control in placer mining. (c) The commissioner of environmental conservation may not make a grant under this section to a person in excess of $100,000. (d) The commissioner of environmental conservation shall monitor and evaluate the results of grants made under this section.
AK Stat § 46.16.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.090. Access to information.

(a) All information generated as a result of grants made under this chapter is public information. The commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of environmental conservation shall compile, analyze, and distribute the information for the benefit of the placer mining industry and the state and federal governments. (b) The contents of an application for a grant are available to the extent permitted under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120.
AK Stat § 46.16.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining|Sec. 46.16.100. Patents.

A person who applies for a grant under this chapter shall assign to the state the right to patent any patentable process developed as a result of a grant under this chapter. The department making the grant shall seek to patent any patentable process developed as a result of a grant under this chapter. The state shall license without cost to a person engaged in placer mining in the state the right to use in the state a patented process that was developed as a result of a grant under this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.17.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.010. Purpose.

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the regulation, supervision, and periodic inspection by the department of privately owned and state-owned dams, reservoirs, and appurtenant works in order to ensure that the design, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, maintenance, operation, and removal of dams and reservoirs is consistent with the protection of life and property.
AK Stat § 46.17.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.020. Administration and staffing.

The department shall supervise the safety of dams and reservoirs. The department shall employ a licensed and qualified engineer, experienced in the design and construction of dams and reservoirs, and other employees necessary for performing the duties under this chapter. Under AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), the department may contract with engineering consultants to assist in the performance of the department's duties under this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.17.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.030. Regulations and orders.

The department shall adopt regulations and issue orders necessary to carry out this chapter.
AK Stat § 46.17.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.040. Approval required.

(a) Except in the performance of routine maintenance and operations not affecting structural safety, a person may not construct, enlarge, repair, alter, remove, maintain, operate, or abandon a dam or reservoir without the approval of the department. (b) The owner of a dam or reservoir that was constructed before May 31, 1987 shall, under regulations adopted by the department, file an application with the department for the approval of the dam or reservoir. (c) An applicant under this section shall comply with the requirements of other applicable statutes.
AK Stat § 46.17.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.050. Inspections.

At least once every five years the department shall inspect every dam and reservoir that is subject to this chapter. The department may require the owner of a dam or reservoir to perform the required inspection, according to the department's inspection standards, using a qualified engineer approved by the department. To protect public safety, the department may inspect, or may require the owner to inspect, a dam or reservoir more frequently than every five years. The department may require the owner of the dam or reservoir to pay the cost of an inspection under this section.
AK Stat § 46.17.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.060. Entry upon property.

(a) If the department has given two weeks' written notice of intent to inspect a dam or reservoir and the owner refuses to allow the inspection, the department may seek a search warrant to allow the inspection. If the department has been refused inspection of drawings, operational records, or other information concerning a dam or reservoir, the department may seek an administrative subpoena compelling production of the drawings, operational records, or other information. (b) If the department has reason to believe that a dam or reservoir may be unsafe or presents an imminent threat to life or property, the department may enter the dam or reservoir premises without notice.
AK Stat § 46.17.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.070. Determining danger.

In determining whether a dam or reservoir, or proposed dam or reservoir, constitutes or would constitute a danger to life or property, the department shall consider whether the structural integrity of the dam or reservoir might be endangered by overtopping, seepage, settlement, erosion, cracking, earth movement, earthquakes, or the failure of bulkheads, flashboards, gates, or conduits. The department may consider other relevant conditions. If it determines that the dam or reservoir is unsafe, the department shall order the owner to take the action that the department considers necessary to protect life and property.
AK Stat § 46.17.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation|Chapter 17. Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs|Sec. 46.17.080. Injunction and damages.

With the assistance of the attorney general, the department may seek an injunction and damages in the enforcement of this chapter, a department order issued under this chapter, or a regulation adopted under AS 46.17.030.