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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.220 - Emergency appointment of private individuals for disease control activities

Current through May 31, 2024
The commissioner may designate private veterinarians or other
				  persons to assist in disease control activities in an emergency situation when
				  extra personnel resources are needed to manage the situation. Those designees
				  shall
(1) take directions from the
				state veterinarian or the state veterinarian's designee;
(2) be licensed and accredited veterinarians
				if they are involved in an animal health emergency or a disease investigation,
				such as collecting samples or performing diagnostic tests.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.05.013
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.225 - Equine infectious anemia

Current through May 31, 2024
Equine infectious anemia disease control activities in this
				  state will be conducted in accordance with
Equine Infectious Anemia:
				  Uniform Methods and Rules
, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.235 - Brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication; cattle, bison, and yak

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				Brucellosis disease control activities relating to cattle, bison, and yak in
				this state will be conducted in accordance with Brucellosis Eradication:
				Uniform Methods and Rules, adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 36.920.
(b) Tuberculosis disease control activities
				relating to cattle, bison, and yak in this state will be conducted in
				accordance with Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules,
				adopted by reference in 18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
AS
					 03.45.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.240 - Ruminants used for cheese production

Current through May 31, 2024
Goats and other ruminants milked for commercial cheese
				  production must test negative for brucellosis, tuberculosis, and any other
				  disease the stale veterinarian may designate as harmful to public health .
				  Additions to the herd must meet the requirements of this section not earlier
				  than 30 clays before introduction into the herd.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.245 - Scrapie in sheep and goats

Current through May 31, 2024
Scrapie disease control activities relating to sheep and
				  goats in this state will be conducted in accordance with
Scrapie
				  Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules
, adopted by reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.255 - Pseudorabies in swine

Current through May 31, 2024
Pseudorabies disease control activities relating to swine in
				  this state will be conducted in accordance with
Pseudorabies
				  Eradication, State-Federal- Industry Program Standards
, adopted by
				  reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.260 - Brucellosis in swine

Current through May 31, 2024
Brucellosis disease control activities relating to swine in
				  this state will be conducted in accordance with
Swine Brucellosis
				  Control/Eradication, State-Federal-Industry Uniform Methods and Rules
,
				  adopted by reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
AS
					 03.45.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.265 - Johne's disease

Current through May 31, 2024
Johne's disease control activities will be conducted in
				  accordance with
Uniform Program Standards for the Voluntary Bovine
				  Johne's Disease Control Program
, adopted by reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
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Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.275 - Brucellosis in captive cervids

Current through May 31, 2024
Brucellosis disease control activities relating to captive
				  cervids in this state will be conducted in accordance with
Brucellosis
				  in Cervidae: Uniform Methods and Rules
, adopted by reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.05.075
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.280 - Tuberculosis in captive cervids

Current through May 31, 2024
Tuberculosis disease control activities relating to captive
				  cervids in this state will be conducted in accordance with
Bovine
				  Tuberculosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules
, adopted by
				  reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.05.075
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.285 - Chronic wasting disease in captive cervids

Current through May 31, 2024
Chronic wasting disease control activities relating to
				  captive cervids in this state will be conducted in accordance with
Chronic Wasting Disease Program Standards
, adopted by
				  reference in
				  18 AAC 36.920.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.05.075
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.290 - Animal feed recalls

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				may stop the sale or feeding of animal feed that is determined to be a threat
				to animal or public health.
(b) The
				department may confiscate samples of that feed as needed for laboratory testing
				and analysis, without reimbursement to the owner.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 3 - Disease Control › 18 AAC 36.295 - Animal identification systems

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				may develop and maintain a database for tracking intrastate movements of
				animals as needed for animal health purposes.
(b) The department will operate a voluntary
				premises registration program
(1) for
				livestock owners, veterinary clinics, and other places where livestock may
				gather; and
(2) that conforms to  9
				C.F.R. Part 86  (animal disease traceability), adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 36.920.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 4 - Intrastate Movement › 18 AAC 36.310 - Cervids

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person who intends to transport a
				cervid intrastate, other than for immediate slaughter or exhibition at a fair,
				must first obtain an intrastate cervid movement permit from the
				department.
(b) An application
				submitted under this section must include
(1)
				the name and contact information of the person who
(A) is transporting the cervid; and
(B) will be responsible for the cervid while
				in transport, if that person is different from the person under (A) of this
				paragraph;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 5 - Importation and Use of Veterinary Biological Products › 18 AAC 36.410 - Manufacture, transport, and import of veterinary biological products

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				may not manufacture, transport, or introduce a veterinary biological product in
				the state without a permit from the department. The permit application must
				include the
(1)  name and contact information
				of the applicant;
(2)  name and use
				of each product;
(3) USDA product
				code; and
(4) copy of the
				applicant's USDA-issued biologic license under 9 C.F.R. Parts 101 -
				124.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 6 - Animal Care Standards › 18 AAC 36.500 - General care standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Determinations
				regarding whether the animal care standards set out in 18 AAC 36.500 -
				18 AAC 36.540 are met must take
				into account the age, breed, type, size, physiologic condition, production
				level, stage of development, daily maintenance requirements necessary for that
				particular animal, and environmental conditions.
(b) Animals with body conditions lower than
				standards may be permitted for a reasonable period of time if stage or level of
				production, physiologic conditions, or other factors result in that appearance,
				during which time the animal's management is being altered to improve the
				condition. For purposes of assessing body condition under this subsection, "a
				reasonable period of time" means the amount of time it would be expected to
				take to restore an animal to an acceptable condition, using diligent efforts to
				do so.
(c) An animal may not be
				deprived of food or water for 24 consecutive hours, except that
(1) an animal being transported may not be
				deprived of food or water for 28 consecutive hours;
(2) day-old poultry may be transported
				without food and water, if
(A) the poultry is
				delivered not later than 72 hours after hatching; and
(B) food and water are provided immediately
				following unloading; and
(3) food may be kept from adult poultry
				during an induced molt for no longer than 14 days; mortality and body weight
				loss must be monitored daily throughout the molt; feed must be returned if the
				average weight loss exceeds 30 percent of pre-molt weight or if mortality
				increases.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 6 - Animal Care Standards › 18 AAC 36.510 - Equines

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each equine must have daily access to
				sufficient and nutritious feed to allow for growth and maintenance or adequate
				body weight or body condition to score at least a level 2.0 on the body
				condition scoring method described in C.L. Carroll and P.J. Huntington's Body
				Condition Scoring and Weight Estimation of Horses, published in the Equine
				Veterinary Journal, 1988, and adopted by reference.
(b) Each equine must have daily access to
				water in sufficient quantity and quality to satisfy the animal's physiologic
				needs as evidenced by the animal's hydration status.
(c) Equines being transported may not be held
				on a transport vehicle for more than 28 consecutive hours.
(d) Transport vehicles must be designed and
				constructed in a manner that protects the health and well-being of the equine,
				with adequate ventilation and no sharp protuberances. The vehicle must be of
				sufficient size to allow the equine to stand with head and neck extended to its
				fullest postural height. The vehicle must be equipped with doors and ramps, if
				needed, of sufficient size and location to provide for safe loading and
				unloading.
(e) Each equine must
				have routine hoof care.
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The publication
Body Condition Scoring and Weight Estimation of Horses
,
				  adopted by reference in 18 AAC 36.5 10, is available from the Department of
				  Environmental Conservation, Office of the State Veterinarian in Anchorage.
				  Copies may also be obtained from the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEV
				  A) bookshop at
http://www.beva.org.uk/home/bookshop/go-to-the-bookshop
,
				  or by requesting a copy from BEVA by mail at Mulberry House, 31 Market Street,
				  Fordham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5LQ; by telephone at 01638 723 555; or by
				  electronic mail at info @beva.org.uk. Photographs and explanatory diagrams
				  derived from the publication can be found at
http://www.horserescueunited.net/info-bodyscore.html
.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.55.100
AS 03.55.110
AS 03.55.120
AS
					 03.55.130
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 6 - Animal Care Standards › 18 AAC 36.530 - Swine

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Swine must have daily access to
				sufficient and nutritious feed to allow for growth and maintenance of adequate
				body weight or body condition to score at least a level 2.0 on the body
				condition score method described in R.D. Coffey, G.R. PaTker, and K.M.
				Laurent's Assessing Sow Body Condition, Cooperative Extension Service, College
				of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, 1999, adopted by reference.
(b) Each swine must have daily access to
				water in sufficient quantity and quality to satisfy the animal's physiologic
				needs as evidenced by the animal's hydration status.
(c) Swine being transported may not be held
				on a transport vehicle for more than 28 consecutive hours.
(d) Swine transported for any purpose must be
				hand led and transported in a manner that minimizes injury, illness, and death.
				They must be able to stand in normal posture within the vehicle.
(e) Swine shall be grouped according to size
				and behavior when in a vehicle.
(f) Non-ambulatory disabled swine unable to
				move shall be separated from ambulatory animals for transport. Those animals
				may not be dragged while conscious, except if necessary to provide lifesaving
				treatment.
(g) Swine shall be
				handled humanely at all times, even if they are to be slaughtered or
				euthanized, so as not to cause unnecessary pain and injury.
(h) Stalls may be used to feed and monitor
				individual sows and gilts and to minimize injury to piglets. For each stall,
(1) the sow's head must have a place to rest
				that is not
(A) on an adjacent feeder; or
(B) in the water trough;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 6 - Animal Care Standards › 18 AAC 36.540 - Dogs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A dog's environment must provide relief
				from the elements such as excessive wind, excessive temperature, and excessive
				precipitation that results in hyperthermia or hypothermia detrimental Lo the
				dog's health.
(b) Relief from the
				elements may be accomplished with natural environmental elements, including
				trees, land, windbreaks, overhangs, or other natural weather barriers, or with
				constructed shelters. If a constructed shelter is used, it must be of
				sufficient size to allow the dog to stand up, turn around, and stretch out
				inside the sheller.
(c) Dogs kept
				on chains shall be provided alleast a five-foot tangle-free chain
				radius.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.55.100
AS 03.55.110
AS 03.55.120
AS
					 03.55.130
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.900 - Waiver of requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) (a) The
				department will, if the department finds that animal and public health is
				protected and the purpose of the requirement is otherwise satisfied, waive a
				requirement of this chapter.
(b) A
				person seeking a waiver under this section must submit an application to the
				department. The application must be made in writing and must
(1) specify the requirement for which the
				waiver is sought;
(2) state the
				reasons why the requirement cannot be met; and
(3) describe the alternative method proposed
				for meeting the purpose of the requirement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.910 - Mutilation, obliteration, or removal of identification prohibited

Current through May 31, 2024
A person may not obliterate, mutilate, or remove an
				  identification mark, brand, tattoo, or ear tag required under this
				  chapter.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.915 - Fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following fees apply to requests to
				the department for laboratory analysis and testing for
(1) avian influenza: $45;
(2) Newcastle disease virus: $45;
(3) West Nile virus: $45.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.920 - Adoption by reference

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				federal regulations are adopted by reference:
(1)  9 C.F.R. Part 78  (brucellosis), revised
				as of January 1, 2016;
(2)  9 C.F.R.
				Part 86  (animal disease traceability), revised as of January 1, 2016;
(3)
										9 C.F.R.
				145.1 -
				145.54 (national poultry
				improvement plan for breeding poultry), revised as of January 1, 2016;
(4)
										9 C.F.R.
				147.1 -
				147.48 (auxiliary provisions of
				national poultry improvement plan), revised as of January 1, 2016;
(5)
										9 C.F.R.
				160.1 -
				161.6 (accreditation of
				veterinarians), revised as of January 1, 2016.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.935 - Expedited hearings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the stale
				veterinarian determines that an animal poses an immediate threat to the health
				or safety of an animal or the public, the department may take custody, destroy,
				impose a quarantine, place an embargo, or take other action as to an animal by
				serving written notice on the owner or person responsible for the
				animal.
(b) If the state
				veterinarian determines that the animal does not pose an immediate threat to
				the health or safety of an animal or the public, the department will, through
				written notice, inform the owner or person responsible of the opportunity to
				request an expedited hearing not later than 10 days after receiving the notice
				of action. In this case, the notice of action is not effective until after the
				10-day period or after any expedited hearing under (c) of this section is
				concluded, whichever is later.
(c)
				Upon receiving a timely request for expedited hearing under (b) of this
				section, the commissioner will request that the Office of Administrative
				Hearings (AS 44.64.010) conduct an expedited
				hearing and prepare a recommended decision for the commissioner or the
				commissioner's designee. If the Office of Administrative Hearings declines the
				request, the department will conduct the expedited hearing. The expedited
				hearing will be held under
				AS
				44.62.330 -
				44.62.630 (Administrative
				Procedure Act) not later than 14 days after the department receives the request
				for expedited hearing. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee will
				issue a final decision not later than seven days after receiving a recommended
				decision from the Office of Administrative Hearings or a recommended decision
				under AS
				44.62.500 after the conclusion of the
				expedited hearing.
Authority:
AS
					 03.05.011
AS 03.45.010
AS 03.45.020
AS 03.45.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.940 - Informal reviews and non-expedited hearings

Current through May 31, 2024
If the department denies a permit, rejects a health
				  certificate, or denies any approval, the owner or person responsible for an
				  animal may request an informal review under 18 AAC 15.185 or may request an
				  adjudicatory hearing under AS 44.62.330 - 44.62.630 (Administrative Procedure
				  Act). An adjudicatory hearing is requested by submitting a request for hearing
				  to the commissioner not later than 30 days after the issuance by the department
				  of the denial or rejection. If a timely request for adjudicatory hearing is
				  received, the commissioner will request that the office of administrative
				  hearings (AS 44.64.010) conduct a hearing and prepare a recommended decision
				  for the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. If the office of
				  administrative hearings declines the request, the department will conduct the
				  hearing.
Authority:
AS 03.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 36 - Animal Health › Article 7 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 36.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires
				  otherwise,
(1) "accredited
				veterinarian" means a veterinarian accredited by the USDA under
				9 C.F.R.
				160.1 - 161.6 to practice veterinary
				medicine, surgery, and dentistry;
(2) "animal" has the meaning given in
				AS
				03.05.100;
(3) "APHIS" means the USDA Animal and Plant
				Health Inspection Service;
(4)
				"camelid" means a species of alpaca, llama, camel, or other member of the
				family Camelidae;
(5) "captive
				cervid" means a cervid raised under confinement or agricultural conditions for
				the production of food, for sport, as a pet, or for exhibition;
(6) "cattle" means a cow, bull, steer,
				heifer, or other member of the species Bos taurus;
(7) "cervid" means a species of deer, elk,
				moose, or other member of the family Cervidae;
(8) "clinical signs" means evidence or
				symptoms of a disease exhibited by an animal that a person can observe, touch,
				smell, or hear;
(9) "communicable
				disease" means a disease due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic
				products transmitted from an infected person, animal, or inanimate reservoir to
				a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly, through an intermediate
				plant or animal host, vector, or the environment;
(10) "contagious disease" means a
				communicable disease that is capable of being easily transmitted from one
				animal to another animal or a human;
(11) "department" means the Department of
				Environmental Conservation;
(12)"domestic animal" has the meaning given
				in AS
				03.35.070;
(13) "EPA" means the United States
				Environmental Protection Agency;
(14) "equine" means a horse, mule, ass, pony,
				zebra, or other member of the family Equidae;
(15) "exposed animal" means an animal that
				has been on infected premises or that has associated with another animal known
				Lo be infected with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, as
				determined by the state veterinarian;
(16) "fair" means an event that primarily
				consists of displays, exhibitions, demonstrations, contests, or promotions of
				agricultural concern;
(17) "FDA"
				means the United States Food and Drug Administration;
(18) "flock" means a group of sheep or goats
				that are kept, fed, and herded together under single or multiple
				ownership;
(19) "flock
				identification number" means a unique flock identification number assigned by
				the department to the owner of each flock of sheep or goats participating in
				the scrapie flock certification program under 18 AAC 36.245;
(20) "goat" means a species of the genus
				Capra;
(21) "group" means two or
				more animals that are kept together;
(22) "hatching egg" means an egg derived from
				poultry for purposes of hatching poultry;
(23) "herd"
(A) means a group of animals maintained on
				common ground or a group of animals geographically separated but under common
				ownership or supervision;
(B)
				includes a flock;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.005 - Purpose and applicability of chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				this chapter is to identify, prevent, abate, and control air pollution in a
				manner that meets the purposes of AS 46.03, AS 46.14, and
				42 U.S.C.
				7401 -
				7671 q (Clean Air Act).
(b) The requirements of this chapter apply to
				any person who allows or causes air pollutants to be emitted into the ambient
				air.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.14.010
AS 46.14.030
Sec. 30, ch. 74,
SLA 1993
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.007 - Local government powers or obligations under a local air quality control program

Current through May 31, 2024
Nothing in
				  18 AAC 50.010 -
				  18 AAC 50.110 alters a local
				  government's powers or obligations under a local air quality control program
				  established under
				  AS
				  46.14.400 and other local laws, as
				  applicable.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.14.010
AS 46.14.030
Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA
					 1993
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.010 - Ambient air quality standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The standards for concentrations of air pollutants in the
				  ambient air, measured, determined, or predicted by an analytical method
				  described in
				  18 AAC 50.035 or
				  18 AAC 50.215, are established as
				  follows:
(1) for particulate matter,
				as follows:
(A) for PM-10: a 24-hour average
				of L50 micrograms per cubic meter, with this standard being attained when the
				expected number of days in a calendar year with a 24-hour average concentration
				above 150 micrograms per cubic meter, as determined in accordance with   40
				C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix K, adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 50.035(b),
				is less than or equal to one;
(B)
				for PM-2.5:
(i) an annual arithmetic mean
				concentration of 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter, with this standard being
				attained when the three-year average of the annual arithmetic mean
				concentration is less than or equal to 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter; for
				purposes of this sub-subparagraph, a figure must be rounded to the nearest.1
				microgram per cubic meter, as required in     40 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix N, sec.
				4.3(a), adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 50.035(b);
(ii) a 24-hour average concentration of 35
				micrograms per cubic meter, with this standard being attained when the
				three-year average of the annual 98th percentile 24-hour concentration is less
				than or equal to 35 micrograms per cubic meter; for purposes of this
				sub-subparagraph, a figure must be rounded to the nearest one microgram per
				cubic meter, as required in 40 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix N, sec. 4.3(b), adopted
				by reference in
				18 AAC 50.035(b);
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.015 - Air quality designations, classifications, and control regions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To identify an area by its air quality,
				all geographic areas in the state are designated by the federal administrator
				as "attainment," "nonattainment," or "unclassifiable." An area is designated
				"attainment" for a particular air pollutant if its air quality meets the
				ambient air quality standard for that air pollutant. If air quality does not
				meet the ambient standard for a particular air pollutant, that area is
				designated "nonattainment" for that air pollutant. If there is insufficient
				information to classify an area as attainment or nonattainment for a particular
				air pollutant, the area is designated "unclassifiable" for that air
				pollutant.
(b) The following areas
				have been designated by the federal administrator in  40 C.F.R. 81  as
				"nonattainment" for the specified air pollutants:
(1) for carbon monoxide:
(A) repealed 2/20/2004;
(B) repealed 6/24/2004;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.025 - Visibility and other special protection areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				Visibility special protection areas are established to prevent impairment of
				visibility. The following areas are designated visibility special protection
				areas:
(1) Denali and the Alaska Range East,
				as viewed from approximately the Savage River Campground area;
(2) Denali, Alaska Range, and the Interior
				Lowlands, as viewed from the vicinity of Wonder Lake;
(3) geographic areas classified as Class I
				areas under 18 AAC 50.015(c);and.
(4) the Regional Haze Visibility Protection
				Area, which is the area identified in Volume II Section IILK.13.H. of the State
				Air Quality Control Plan, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.030.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.030 - State air quality control plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Volumes II and
				III of the
State Air Quality Control Plan
for implementing and
				enforcing the provisions of AS 46.14 and this chapter, revised as of July 29,
				2022, are adopted by reference. The plan includes the following documents which
				are also adopted by reference:
(1) the
				department's
Alaska Air Quality Small Business Assistance
				Program
, April 1994;
(2)
				the Code of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, Chapter 36.40, amended by
				the provisions of Ordinance of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, Serial
				No. 2008- 28, sec. 2;
(3) except as
				provided in
				18 AAC 50.090(b), the department's
Air Quality Compliance Certification Procedures for Volatile Liquid
				Storage Tanks, Delivery Tanks, and Loading Racks
, as amended through
				December 10, 1992;
(4) the
				department's
Quality Assurance Project Plan for the State of Alaska Air
				Monitoring & Quality Assurance Program
, as amended through April
				20, 2018;
(5)
Protocol for
				Determining the Best Performing Model
, EPA-454/R-92-025, December
				1992;
(6)
Source Test
				Report Outline
, as amended through November 1984;
(7) the department's
Performance
				Audits for COMS
, revised as of August 20, 2008
(8) the department's
Minor Permit
				Application Forms
, dated August 30, 2004.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.035 - Documents, procedures, and methods adopted by reference

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				documents are adopted by reference:
(1) the
				department's
In Situ Burning Guidelines for Alaska, Revision
				1
, revised August 2008;
(2) Workbook for
Plume Visual Impact
				Screening and Analysis (revised),
EPA 454/R-92-023, October
				1992;
(3) the United States
				Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) publication AP-42,
Compilation
				of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume: Stationary Point and Area Sources,
Fifth Edition with Supplements A - F and annual updates, as updated
				through February 2018;
(4)
Meteorological Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory Modeling
				Applications,
EPA 454/R-99-005, February 2000;
(5)
Ambient Monitoring Guidelines for
				Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD),
EPA 450/4-87-007, May
				1987;
(6) the department's
Title V Standard Application and Forms,
revised as of March
				2012;
(7) repealed
				9/15/2018;
(8)
Quality
				Assurance Handbook for Air Pollutant Measurement Systems; Volume IV:
				Meteorological Measurements Version 2.0
(EPA-454/B-08-002).
(9) the department's letter,
Inclusion of Emissions from Worker Housing Units in Air Quality
				Permits
, dated January 30, 2017.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.045 - Prohibitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may not dilute emissions with
				air to comply with this chapter, except that dilution air may be used at a
				sulfur recovery plant with a maximum production rate of 20 long tons per day or
				less to comply with the 500 ppm sulfur dioxide requirement of
				18 AAC 50.055(c).
(b) A person who owns or operates a
				stationary source that emits an air pollutant subject to this chapter shall
				ensure that the stationary source complies with this chapter and any other
				applicable local, state, or federal law.
(c) A person may not construct, operate, or
				modify a stationary source that will result in a violation of the applicable
				emission standards or that will interfere with the attainment or maintenance of
				ambient air quality standards.
(d)
				A person who causes or permits bulk materials to be handled, transported, or
				stored, or who engages in an industrial activity or construction project shall
				take reasonable precautions to prevent particulate matter from being emitted
				into the ambient air.
(e)
				Dispersion techniques may not be used to comply with this chapter, except for
				compliance with
				18 AAC 50.110.
(f) Subject to (g) of this section, as used
				in this section, "dispersion technique" means a technique that attempts to
				reduce the concentration of an air pollutant in the ambient air by
(1) using that portion of a stack that
				exceeds good engineering practice stack height;
(2) varying the emissions rate of an air
				pollutant according to atmospheric conditions or ambient concentrations of that
				air pollutant; or
(3) increasing
				exhaust gas plume rise by
(A) manipulating a
				source process parameter, exhaust gas parameter, or stack parameter;
(B) combining exhaust gases from several
				existing stacks into one stack; or
(C) other selective handling of exhaust gas
				streams.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.050 - Incinerator emission standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Visibility
				through the exhaust effluent of an incinerator, including an air curtain
				incinerator, may not be reduced by visible emissions, excluding condensed water
				vapor, by more than 20 percent averaged over any six consecutive
				minutes.
(b) Particulate matter
				emissions from an incinerator may not exceed the particulate matter standard
				listed for that incinerator in Table 4 in this subsection.
Table 4
Particulate Matter Standards for Incinerators
Incinerator
Particulate Matter
Standard
Rated capacity less than 1,000

pounds per hour                      No limit

                                                                              

Rated capacity greater than or       0.15 grains per cubic foot of

equal to 1,000 but less than 2,000   of exhaust gas corrected to 12

pounds per hour                      percent carbon dioxide and

                                     standard conditions, averaged over

                                     three hours

                                                                              

Rated capacity greater than or       0.08 grains per cubic foot of

equal to 2,000 pounds per hour       exhaust gas corrected to 12

                                     percent carbon dioxide and

                                     standard conditions, averaged over

                                     three hours

                                                                              

An incinerator that burns waste      0.65 grams per kilogram of dry

containing more than 10 percent      sludge input

wastewater treatment plant sludge

by dry weight from a municipal

wastewater treatment plant that

serves 10,000 or more persons
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.14.010
AS 46.14.020
AS 46.14.030
Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA 1993
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.055 - Industrial processes and fuel-burning equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Visible
				emissions, excluding condensed water vapor, from an industrial process or
				fuel-burning equipment may not reduce visibility through the exhaust effluent
				by
(1) more than 20 percent averaged over any
				six consecutive minutes, except as provided in (2) - (9) of this
				subsection;
(2) repealed
				8/20/2016;
(3) repealed
				8/20/2016;
(4) 20 percent or
				greater averaged over any six consecutive minutes for an asphalt plant
				constructed or modified after June 11, 1973;
(5) 20 percent or greater averaged over any
				six consecutive minutes for process emissions, other than from a pneumatic
				cleaner, at a coal preparation plant constructed or modified after November 1,
				1982;
(6) 10 percent or greater
				averaged over any six consecutive minutes for a pneumatic cleaner constructed
				or modified at a coal preparation plant after November 1, 1982;
(7) repealed 8/20/2016;
(8) repealed 8/20/2016;
(9) more than 20 percent for more than three
				minutes in any one hour for a coal- fired boiler that began operation before
				August 17, 1971, except for an additional three minutes in any one hour if
(A) the visible emissions are caused by
				startup, shutdown, soot-blowing, grate cleaning, or other routine maintenance
				specified in an operating permit issued under this chapter;
(B) the owner or operator of the boiler
				monitors visible emissions by continuous opacity monitoring instrumentation
				that
(i) conforms to Performance
				Specification 1 in  40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix B, adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 50.040; and
(ii) completes one cycle of sampling and
				analyzing for each successive 15-second period;
(C) the owner or operator of the boiler
				provides the department with a demonstration that the particulate matter
				emissions from the boiler allowed by this opacity limit will not cause or
				contribute to a violation of the ambient air quality standards for PM-10 in
				18 AAC 50.010, or cause the
				maximum allowable increases for PM-10 in
				18 AAC 50.020 to be exceeded;
				and
(D) the federal administrator
				approves a stationary source-specific revision to the state implementation
				plan, required under
				42
				U.S.C. 7410, authorizing the application of
				this opacity limit instead of the opacity limit otherwise applicable under this
				section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.065 - Open burning

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) General
				Requirements. Except when conducting open burning under (g), (h), or (i) of
				this section, a person conducting open burning shall comply with the
				limitations of (b) - (f) of this section and shall ensure that
(1) the material is kept as dry as possible
				through the use of a cover or dry storage;
(2) before igniting the burn, noncombustibles
				are separated to the greatest extent practicable;
(3) natural or artificially induced draft is
				present;
(4) to the greatest extent
				practicable, combustibles are separated from grass or peat layer; and
(5) combustibles are not allowed to
				smolder.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.070 - Marine vessel visible emission standards

Current through May 31, 2024
Within three miles of the Alaska coastline, visible
				  emissions, excluding condensed water vapor, may not reduce visibility through
				  the exhaust effluent of a marine vessel by more than 20 percent except as
				  follows:
(1) while at berth or at
				anchor, visibility may be reduced by up to 100 percent for periods aggregating
				no more than
(A) three minutes in any one
				hour; and
(B) an additional three
				minutes during initial startup of a vessel; for purposes of this subparagraph,
				"initial startup" includes the period during which a vessel is testing
				equipment in preparation to casting off or weighing anchor;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.075 - Solid fuel-fired heating device visible emission standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may not operate a solid
				fuel-fired heating device in a manner that causes
(1) black smoke; or
(2) visible emissions that exceed 20 percent
				opacity for more than six minutes in any one hour in an area for which an air
				quality advisory is in effect under
				18 AAC 50.245 or
				18 AAC 50.246, except during the
				first 15 minutes after initial firing of the device; visible emissions are
				measured following opacity reading procedures as required under 40 C.F.R. Part
				60, Appendix A, Method 9, adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 50.040, as modified in
				Volume III, sec. IV-3, Appendix IV-3, of the
State Air Quality Control
				Plan
, adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 50.030; alternatively,
				visible emissions may be measured using the alternative method to Method 9,
				ALT-082, approved and revised by EPA as of May 17, 2012.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.076 - Solid fuel-fired heating device fuel requirements; registration of commercial wood sellers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person operating a solid fuel-fired
				heating device in an area identified in
				18 AAC 50.015(b)(3) may use only the
				following fuels:
(1) for wood-fired heating
				devices, and subject to the additional limitations under (b) of this section,
(A) wood, if not prohibited under (c) of this
				section;
(B) the following wood
				products, if made wholly from wood not prohibited under (c) of this section:
(i) wood pellets;
(ii) manufactured compressed wood
				logs;
(iii) bricks;
(iv) pucks;
(C) manufacturer-recommended starter fuels,
				including home heating oil, propane, natural gas, or wood-based material for
				dual fuel-fired hydronic heaters;
(D) biomass fuels approved by the
				manufacturer;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.077 - Standards for wood-fired heating devices

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided in this section, a person may not install, reinstall, sell, lease,
				distribute, or convey the following devices for use in an area identified in 18 AAC 50.015(b) (3):
(1) a wood-fired hydronic
				heater;
(2) a woodstove;
(3) a wood-fired heating device
				with a manufacturer-rated heat output capacity of 350,000 Btu per hour or more.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.078 - Additional control measures for a serious PM-2.5 nonattainment area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This
				section applies to an individual or business whose activities emit PM-2.5 or
				PM-2.5 precursor pollutants within an area identified in
				18 AAC 50.015(b)(3).
(b) After September 1, 2022, only fuel oil,
				containing no more than 1,000 parts per million sulfur, may be sold or
				purchased for use in fuel oil-fired equipment, including space heating devices.
				This subsection does not apply to major stationary sources subject to a Best
				Available Control Technology determination or to diesel-fired equipment or
				vehicles subject to more stringent federal diesel fuel sulfur
				requirements.
(c) Small area
				sources of PM-2.5 listed below shall provide the following information to the
				department by March 15, 2020, or 60 days after commencing operations
(1) commercial charbroilers shall identify
				the
(A) name and location of the commercial
				cooking operation;
(B) operation
				type - chain - driven or under-fired;
(C) number and size, in cooking surface
				square feet, of each charbroiler at a commercial cooking operation;
(D) type of fuel used to heat each
				charbroiler;
(E) type and quantity,
				in pounds, of meat cooked on each charbroiler on a weekly basis for the
				previous 12-month period;
(F) daily
				operating hours of the commercial cooking operation;
(G) air flow rate, measured in cubic feet per
				minute, of hood or exhaust system serving each charbroiler; and
(H) manufacturer and model of any installed
				pollution control devices designed to reduce particulates, kitchen smoke, or
				odor;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.079 - Provisions for coal-fired heating devices

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This section
				applies to a person who
(1) owns or operates
				a coal-fired heating device in an area identified in
				18 AAC 50.015(b)(3), if the coal-fired
				device
(A) is installed before January 12,
				2018; and
(B) is not otherwise
				exempted in this section; or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 50 - Air Quality Control › Article 1 - Ambient Air Quality Management › 18 AAC 50.085 - Volatile liquid storage tank emission standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				owner, operator, or permittee of a volatile liquid storage tank located in the
				Port of Alaska that has a volume of 9,000 barrels (378,000 gallons) or more
				shall reduce organic vapors emitted to the atmosphere by using
(1) an internal floating roof installed
				before June 1, 1992;
(2) an
				internal floating roof that meets the specifications of  40 C.F.R. 60.112b(a)(1), adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.040;
(3) a closed vent system and control device
				that collects and reduces organic vapors emitted to the atmosphere by at least
				95 percent (six-hour average), as specified in the department's
Air
				Quality Compliance Certification Procedures for Volatile Liquid Storage Tanks,
				Delivery Tanks, and Loading Racks,
adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.030; or
(4) a system that the
				department determines is as effective as those described in (2) or (3) of this
				subsection, using procedures in the document referred to in (3) of this
				subsection.