Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 83 - Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program › Article 2 - Permit Process › 18 AAC 83.110 - Permit application process and timing; completeness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Any person
				required to obtain a permit under the APDES program shall submit to the
				department a complete application for a permit in compliance with the
				requirements of this chapter. For an APDES general permit, an application is
				not required but a notice of intent must be submitted as set out in
				18 AAC 83.210(b).
				A permit application must be signed and certified as required by
				18 AAC 83.385.
(b) An applicant must submit an application
				on one or more department-approved forms appropriate to the number and types of
				discharges or outfalls at the applicant's facility, as provided in
				18 AAC 83.305(a).
(c) A person proposing a new discharge shall
				submit an application at least 180 days before the date on which the discharge
				is to commence, unless the department has granted permission to submit the
				application on a later date. A facility proposing a new discharge of storm
				water associated with industrial activity shall submit an application 180 days
				before that facility commences industrial activity that may result in a
				discharge of storm water associated with that industria1 activity, unless the
				department has granted permission to submit the application on a later date. A
				storm water discharge facility described under
				40 C.F.R.
				122.26(b)(14)(x) or
				(b)(15)(i), adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 83.010, shall submit an
				application at least 90 days before the date on which construction is to
				commence, unless otherwise required by the terms of an applicable general
				permit.
(d) Except for a general
				permit, the department will not issue an APDES permit before receiving a
				complete application for the permit. An application for a permit is complete
				when the permit fee required under
				18 AAC 83.905 is paid and the
				department, in its sole discretion, determines that the application form and
				any supplemental information are satisfactory. The department shall judge the
				completeness of any application for a permit independently of any other permit
				application or permit for the same facility or activity. Within 30 days after
				receiving an application, the department will notify an applicant if the
				application is complete for purposes of this section or
				18 AAC 83.155(c) (1). Notification that an application is
				complete does not preclude the department from requiring the applicant to
				submit additional information for the department's use in processing the
				application. The department will not consider a permit application to be
				complete if the department waived application requirements under
				18 AAC 83.330(b)
				and the EPA has disapproved the waiver. If a person required to reapply for a
				permit submits a waiver request to the EPA more than 210 days before an
				existing permit expires, and the EPA does not disapprove the waiver request 181
				days before the permit expires, the department will consider the permit
				application to be complete without the information that is the subject of the
				waiver request.
Authority:
AS
					 44.46.020
AS 46.03.010
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.03.050
AS 46.03.100
AS
					 46.03.110