Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 60 - Solid Waste Management › Article 2 - Waste Disposal Permit › 18 AAC 60.200 - Permit requirement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
				section, a person may treat or dispose of solid waste, or construct, modify, or
				operate a solid waste facility only in accordance with a waste disposal permit
				issued by the department under 18 AAC 60.215, an authorization under (c), (d),
				or (e) of this section, or a research, development, and demonstration permit
				issued under 18 AAC 60.213. However, a permit or authorization under this
				chapter is not required for
(1) a
				single-family or duplex residence or a farm where solid waste is generated and
				disposed of on the premises;
(2)
				the closure of an inactive reserve pit, solid waste facility, or
				dump;
(3) disposal that is governed
				by a permit issued under 18 AAC 72.010, 18 AAC 72.210, or an approved
				contaminated site cleanup plan under 18 AAC 75 or 18 AAC 78;
(4) disposal that is governed by a permit
				issued under 18 AAC 62 or under  40 C.F.R. Part 264  or  40 C.F.R. Part 265, revised as of July 1, 1998, adopted by reference;
(5) disposal under an underground injection
				permit issued under  42 U.S.C. 300h-4  (Safe Drinking Water Act);
(6) a person who transports solid waste to an
				approved facility;
(7) a facility
				that is used only for the disposal of material and waste exempted by 18 AAC 60.005(c);
(8) a transfer station,
				except one that is located at a facility otherwise subject to this
				section;
(9) a reuse, recycling, or
				resource recovery facility unless the department determines that the facility
				is causing or is likely to cause excessive odor or other problems such as
				combustion, blowing litter, water quality degradation, or vermin
				attraction;
(10) a solid waste
				treatment works or a solid waste treatment facility that is designed to treat
				less than five tons of waste daily, unless the treatment works or facility
(A) treats sewage solids or septagc to create
				biosolitls;
(B) treats medical
				waste, and is not contained with in a hospital, medical office, laboratory, or
				other medical or research institution treating medical waste;
(C) treats drilling waste;
(D) treats a waste with characteristics
				similar to a waste described in (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph, as
				determined by the department; or
(E) causes or contributes to a threat to
				public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment, or is operated in a
				manner that causes or contributes to a nuisance;
(11) drilling, trenching, and other
				activities described in AS 46.03.100(f) that are not subject to the permit
				requirements of AS 46.03.100;
(12)
				animal or fish waste disposed under 18 AAC 60.010(d) or (e);
(13) polluted soil that is polluted only
				because of a naturally occurring metal if the soil is returned to the location
				where the soil was excavated or taken to another area with an equal or greater
				concentration of the same metal;
(14) storage of drilling waste under 18 AAC 60.430;
(15) solid waste approved
				for use in a small or large structural fill project under 18 AAC 60.008;
				or
(16) solid waste approved for
				beneficial use as an ingredient in a manufactured product under 18 AAC 60.009;
(17) repealed
				10/27/2017.