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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 60 - Solid Waste Management › Article 8 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 60.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter,
(1) "accepts for disposal" means the
				act of
(A) accepting solid waste at a solid
				waste disposal facility and then disposing of the waste without treating the
				waste; or
(B) disposing of waste or
				residue that is left after solid waste has been incinerated or otherwise
				treated;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 1 - Identification of Hazardous Waste › 18 AAC 62.020 - Identification of hazardous waste

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Regulations of
				the federal government for identification and listing of hazardous wastes,
				promulgated and published as  40 C.F.R. Part 261, as revised as of July 1, 2002,
				are adopted by reference.
(b)
				Repealed 8/8/2003.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS
					 46.03.299
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 2 - Standards Applicable to a Generator › 18 AAC 62.210 - Requirements for a generator of hazardous waste

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Regulations of
				the federal government applicable to a generator of hazardous waste, including
				standards for universal waste management, promulgated and published as
				40 C.F.R.
				262.10 -
				262.44,  40 C.F.R. 262.70, and  40
				C.F.R. Part 273, as revised as of July 1, 2002, are adopted by
				reference.
(b) Repealed
				8/8/2003.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.296
AS 46.03.299
AS 46.03.305
AS
					 46.03.311
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 3 - Standards Applicable to a Transporter › 18 AAC 62.310 - Requirements for a transporter of hazardous waste

Current through May 31, 2024
Regulations of the federal government applicable to a
				  transporter of hazardous waste, including standards for universal waste
				  management, promulgated and published as  40 C.F.R. Part 263  and
				  40 C.F.R.
				  273.50 -
				  273.56, as revised as of July 1,
				  2002, are adopted by reference.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.299
AS 46.03.305
AS 46.03.308
AS
					 46.03.311
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 4 - Treatment, Storage, and Disposal › 18 AAC 62.410 - Standards applicable to an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility

Current through May 31, 2024
Regulations of the federal government applicable to the owner
				  or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility,
				  including standards for universal waste management, promulgated and published
				  as  40 C.F.R. Part 264,  40 C.F.R. Part 265, and  40 C.F.R. Part 273.60 - 273.62,
				  as revised as of July 1, 2002, are adopted by reference.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.296
AS 46.03.299
AS 46.03.302
AS 46.03.311
AS
					 46.03.833
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 5 - Standards Applicable to Specific Hazardous Wastes and Facilities › 18 AAC 62.511 - Standards for use, reuse, and recycling

Current through May 31, 2024
Regulations of the federal government for use, reuse, and
				  recycling applicable to a generator and transporter of hazardous waste, and to
				  an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
				  facility, including used oil management standards, promulgated and published as
				  40 C.F.R.
				  266.20 -
				  266.360 and  40 C.F.R. Part 279, as
				  revised as of July 1, 2002, are adopted by reference.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.296
AS 46.03.299
AS 46.03.302
AS 46.03.833
AS
					 46.06.031
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 6 - Land Disposal Restrictions › 18 AAC 62.610 - Land disposal restrictions

Current through May 31, 2024
Regulations of the federal government setting out land
				  disposal restrictions, treatment standards, and prohibitions on land disposal
				  and storage, promulgated and published as  40 C.F.R. Part 268, as revised as of
				  July 1, 2002, are adopted by reference.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.296
AS 46.03.299
AS
					 46.03.302
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 7 - Hazardous Waste Facility Permit › 18 AAC 62.705 - Hazardous waste permits

Current through May 31, 2024
If a person holds a valid permit under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  6901 -
				  6992 k (Solid Waste Disposal Act),
				  and any applicable related federal regulations, to treat, transport, store, or
				  dispose of a hazardous waste, the department will consider that permit to be a
				  state hazardous waste permit for purposes of
				  AS
				  46.03.302 with respect to the activity for
				  which the permit was issued. This section does not affect a requirement for a
				  separate state permit under
				  AS
				  46.03.313 or 18 AAC 63.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.296
AS 46.03.299
AS 46.03.302
AS
					 46.03.311
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 9 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 62.910 - Required testing

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may require a person whose activities are or
				  might be subject to this chapter to perform testing of waste samples to
				  determine whether the waste is regulated.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS
					 46.03.299
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 9 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 62.980 - Definitions for, and revisions to, regulations adopted by reference

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				this chapter, where federal regulations other than   40 C.F.R. Part 279   have been
				adopted by reference, other federal definitions, promulgated and published as
				40 C.F.R.
				260.10, as revised as of July 1, 2002, are
				also adopted by reference unless otherwise specified and except as modified by
				this chapter. For purposes of 40 C.F.R. Part 279, adopted by reference in
				18 AAC 62.511, the definitions set
				out or referenced in 40
				C.F.R. 279.1 apply, unless otherwise
				specified and except as modified by this chapter.
(b) Repealed 8/8/2003.
(c) Repealed 8/8/2003.
(d) Repealed 8/8/2003.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS
					 46.03.299
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 62 - Hazardous Waste › Article 9 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 62.990 - Additional definition

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
				  "department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.03.299
AS
					 46.03.302
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 1 - Applicability and Basic Requirements › 18 AAC 63.010 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may construct or operate a
				hazardous waste management facility for which a permit is required under 18 AAC
				62, a hazardous waste underground injection well classified under
				40 C.F.R.
				144.6(a)(1), a PCB
				incinerator for which approval to dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
				or PCB Items is required under
				40 C.F.R.
				761.70, or a chemical waste landfill for
				which approval is required under
				40 C.F.R.
				761.75, without the required permit or
				approval and the corresponding approval under this chapter for the siting of
				that facility.
(b) Department
				approval under this chapter is not required for a facility that, on March 31,
				1989
(1) is in compliance with the RCRA
				(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) interim standards set out at
				 40 C.F.R. Part 265  (codified as of July 1986);
(2) has received a Part B permit under  40
				C.F.R. Part 264 ; or
(3) is
				disposing of hazardous wastes in a permitted underground injection well
				classified as Class I under 40 C.F.R.
				144.6(a)(1).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 1 - Applicability and Basic Requirements › 18 AAC 63.020 - Pre-application requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At least 120
				days before submitting to the department an application for siting approval
				under this chapter, an applicant who proposes to construct or operate a
				facility described in
				18 AAC 63.010(a)
				shall
(1) prepare a preliminary application
				that contains the information required by
				18 AAC 63.030(c) (1) - (12), and a fact sheet that describes
				the facility and summarizes the content of the preliminary
				application;
(2) publish notice of
				the proposed project in two editions of a newspaper of general circulation, and
				announce the notice at least twice a day for one week on a radio station, in
				the area where the facility is proposed to be located; and
(3) by certified mail, return receipt
				requested, send written notice of the proposed activity to the commissioner and
(A) to the city council of that city, if the
				proposed facility is to be located in a city,
(B) to the highest elected official of the
				organized borough in which the proposed facility is to be located, if the
				proposed facility is to be located in an organized borough but not in a city;
				or
(C) to the highest elected
				official of the nearest city or borough, if the proposed facility is to be
				located in the unorganized borough and not in a city.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 1 - Applicability and Basic Requirements › 18 AAC 63.030 - Application requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon completion
				of the pre-application requirements in
				18 AAC 63.020, but no later than
				three years after the date of the advisory committee's final report, an
				applicant must submit to the commissioner a completed application, which must
				be signed as follows:
(1) in the case of a
				corporation, by a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
				president, or that person's authorized representative if the representative is
				responsible for the overall management of the project or operation;
(2) in the case of a partnership, by a
				general partner;
(3) in the case of
				a sole proprietorship, by the proprietor; or
(4) if the operator is a municipal, state,
				federal, or other public agency, by a principal executive officer, an elected
				official, or other authorized employee.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 1 - Applicability and Basic Requirements › 18 AAC 63.040 - Location requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The active portion of a hazardous waste
				management facility that is not subject to the provisions of (e) of this
				section must meet the applicable setback distance in Table I of this subsection
				with regard to nearby land use. To meet the setback requirements, the mean
				annual high water, high lake level, or high stream flow must be used to locate
				the boundary of the surface water.
TABLE I
Minimum Setback Requirements (in meters) SITING CRITERIA
				  TYPE OF FACILITY Storage or Treatment Incineration Land Disposal or Underground
				  Injection Well Any property line 25150500 Any public right-of-way 50200500 Any
				  surface waters 75250750 Water supply point of withdrawal 1501,5003,000 The
				  department will, in its discretion, require a greater setback distance for a
				  facility if necessary to protect public health. Upon request by the applicant,
				  and a determination by the department that no risk to public health will
				  result, the department will, in its discretion, waive the setback requirement
				  for lakes smaller than 10 hectares and streams with a flow rate of one-half
				  cubic meter per second or less.
(b) A hazardous waste management facility
				that is not described in Table I must meet the setback requirement for a
				storage or treatment facility. A facility that includes a combination of
				operational units must meet the most stringent setback requirement applicable
				to any unit in the combination.
(c)
				No hazardous waste management facility may be located closer than 100 meters to
(1) a critical habitat area, state game
				refuge, state game sanctuary, state range area, or state wildlife reserve
				designated under state law;
(2) a
				critical habitat area designated by the federal government under
				16 U.S.C.
				1531 -
				1543 (the Endangered Species Act
				of 1973);
(3) an area subject to
				high risks from seismic or volcanic activity, steep inclines, ice-affected
				coasts, floods, tsunamis, or avalanches, unless the facility is designed to
				withstand the 100-year maximum probable seismic, volcanic, or flooding event,
				and to prevent release of hazardous substances; the maximum probable seismic,
				volcanic, or flooding event must be determined within the 99 percent confidence
				interval;
(4) a national wildlife
				refuge, national monument, or national park;
(5) a wild and scenic river established under
				16 U.S.C.
				1271 -
				1287; or
(6) a sole-source aquifer designated under
				42 U.S.C.
				300 h - 3 (sec. 1424 of the Safe Drinking
				Water Act; ( Public Law
				93-523)).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 1 - Applicability and Basic Requirements › 18 AAC 63.050 - Financial assurance and compliance history

Current through May 31, 2024
As required by
				  18 AAC 63.030(c) (11) an application for siting approval under
				  this chapter must also include
(1) a
				report that demonstrates the financial qualifications of the applicant as
				described in 40 C.F.R.
				264.143 (codified as of July 1986);
				and
(2) a report of the most recent
				three-year compliance history of each similar facility owned or operated by the
				applicant, including
(A) the location and name
				of each similar hazardous waste management facility, hazardous waste
				underground injection well, chemical waste landfill, or PCB
				incinerator;
(B) a copy of all
				written correspondence from the United States Environmental Protection Agency
				(EPA) or any other applicable regulatory agency, related to the compliance
				history and present compliance status;
(C) a copy of all written responses by the
				applicant to past violations identified by the EPA and other appropriate
				regulatory agencies; and
(D) a
				description of any corrective actions taken to prevent future
				violations.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 2 - Requirements for Hazardous Waste or PCB Incinerators, Hazardous Waste Land Facilities, Chemical Waste Landfills, and Hazardous Waste Underground Injection Wells › 18 AAC 63.100 - Risk assessment

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the other applicable requirements of this
				  chapter, an application for a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator, hazardous
				  waste land facility, chemical waste landfill, or hazardous waste underground
				  injection well must also include a report identifying the risk the facility
				  might pose to the public, including
(1) a description of the hazardous waste,
				PCBs, or PCB Items associated with the operation of the facility;
(2) identification of each hazardous
				constituent, as listed in  40 C.F.R. Part 261, Appendix VIII (codified as of
				July 1986), that is expected to be discharged or released from the facility
				into the air, water, land, or subsurface land in a quantity or concentration
				that could pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, or
				could cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an
				increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness, based
				on
(A) existing data of its known capacity to
				cause an adverse effect, as published by the
(i) United States Department of Health and
				Human Services, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in its
				Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances;
(ii) United States Environmental Protection
				Agency; and
(iii) Agency for Toxic
				Substance and Disease Registry;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 2 - Requirements for Hazardous Waste or PCB Incinerators, Hazardous Waste Land Facilities, Chemical Waste Landfills, and Hazardous Waste Underground Injection Wells › 18 AAC 63.110 - Information required for hazardous waste or PCB incinerators

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the other applicable requirements of this
				  chapter, an application for a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator must also
				  include a report that
(1) describes
				how the hazardous waste incinerator would meet the requirements of  40 C.F.R.
				Part 264, Subpart O (codified as of July 1986), or how the PCB incinerator
				would meet the requirements of
				40 C.F.R.
				761.70 (codified as of July 1986);
(2) assesses the impact on the ambient air
				quality of a regulated air contaminant under 18 AAC 50, or any toxic air
				contaminant, that the facility is expected to emit;
(3) includes conclusive evidence that the
				expected maximum emissions from the facility will not cause a violation, or
				contribute to an existing violation, of the ambient air quality standards set
				out at 18 AAC 50.020(a)
				or of allowable increments set out in
				18 AAC 50.020(b);
(4) provides the results of tests
				representative of surface water samples taken within a 1,000 meter radius from
				the proposed facility for the presence of any hazardous constituent identified
				under 18 AAC 63.100(2);
(5) contains conclusive evidence that the
				proposed emission control system represents the best available control
				technology for each regulated air contaminant or toxic air contaminant from
				each source, as "source" is defined in
				18 AAC 50.900;
(6) includes an analysis of the impact of
				expected maximum omissions from the facility on fish, wildlife, water,
				visibility, vegetation, and soils; and
(7) includes a proposed monitoring program
				for determining air, groundwater, and surface water quality on a continual
				basis during the operation of the facility and for at least three years after
				closure.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS
					 46.03.313
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 2 - Requirements for Hazardous Waste or PCB Incinerators, Hazardous Waste Land Facilities, Chemical Waste Landfills, and Hazardous Waste Underground Injection Wells › 18 AAC 63.120 - Geotechnical information required for hazardous waste land facilities and chemical waste landfills

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the other applicable
				requirements of this chapter, each application for a hazardous waste land
				facility or chemical waste landfill must also include a proposed groundwater
				monitoring program that meets the requirements of
(1)
										40 C.F.R.
				265.91 (codified as of July 1986), for a
				hazardous waste land facility; or
(2)
										40 C.F.R.
				761.75(b)(6) (codified as of
				July 1986), for a chemical waste landfill.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 2 - Requirements for Hazardous Waste or PCB Incinerators, Hazardous Waste Land Facilities, Chemical Waste Landfills, and Hazardous Waste Underground Injection Wells › 18 AAC 63.130 - Geologic and hydrological information required for hazardous waste land facilities, chemical waste landfills, and hazardous waste underground injection wells

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant seeking approval under this
				chapter for a site proposed for use as a hazardous waste land facility,
				chemical waste landfill, or hazardous waste underground injection well must
				demonstrate to the department's satisfaction that the naturally occurring
				geologic strata are capable of preventing the release of waste to the
				environment for 1,000 years, or some demonstrated shorter time period in which
				the wastes would be transformed to an innocuous condition. The geologic strata
				must be of sufficient integrity to withstand the maximum probable 1,000-year
				seismic, volcanic, or flooding event. The maximum probable seismic, volcanic,
				or flooding event must be determined within the 90 percent confidence
				interval.
(b) The demonstration
				required by (a) of this section must show that
(1) there is a 90 percent probability that
				the thickness and permeability of the geologic strata immediately surrounding
				the site will, for 1,000 years, prevent contact with any aquifer suitable for
				use as a drinking water supply;
(2)
				the facility will be placed so that disposal locations will not significantly
				impact or be impacted by any free-flowing or standing surface water for 1,000
				years; and
(3) the geochemical
				characteristics of the geologic strata at the site are compatible with the
				wastes proposed to be disposed of at the site.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 3 - Review Criteria › 18 AAC 63.500 - Application review and department decision

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At any time
				before the department's decision under this section, the applicant may request
				an informal pre-issuance conference to discuss the progress of the application.
				The request will be granted if the applicant demonstrates that holding a
				conference will materially aid the department in reaching its decision. The
				conference will be tape recorded. In the department's discretion, the time
				period set in (c) of this section for review of the application will be held in
				abeyance until completion of the conference.
(b) If practicable, communications between
				the applicant and an employee of the department regarding the application
				should be in writing. If oral communications are made, other than at a
				pre-issuance conference, the department employee will prepare a memorandum for
				the record which identifies the person with whom the employee communicated, the
				date and time of the communication, and briefly summarizes the substance of the
				communication.
(c) Within 60 days
				after receipt of a complete application for siting approval, the department
				will issue either its preliminary decision to approve the application, or its
				disapproval. If the department's preliminary decision is to approve the
				application, the department will
(1) make the
				preliminary decision available for public comment;
(2) send a copy of the preliminary decision
				to members of the advisory committee and to each person who participated in the
				pre-application process under
				18 AAC 63.020; and
(3) publish notice of a public hearing to be
				held in the community nearest to the location of the proposed
				facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 63 - Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities › Article 4 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 63.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this
				  chapter
(1) "active portion" means
				that portion of a hazardous waste management facility where treatment, storage,
				or disposal operations will be or have been conducted; the active portion of an
				underground injection well is the confining zone that consists of a geological
				formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that confines fluid
				movement to an injection zone;
(2)
				"approved" means approved in writing by the department;
(3) "aquifer" means a geologic formation,
				group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant
				amount of groundwater to wells or springs;
(4) "ASTM" refers to tests established by the
				American Society for Testing and Materials, available from the
				department;
(5) "best available
				control technology" means that emission limitation that represents the maximum
				reduction achievable for each air contaminant, taking into account energy,
				environmental, and economic impacts, and other costs; the resulting emissions
				must comply with applicable federal emission standards; best available control
				technology may include, for example, design features, equipment specifications,
				work practices, operational standards, or combinations of these
				factors;
(6) "chemical waste
				landfill" means a landfill at which protection against risk of injury to health
				or the environment from migration of PCBs to land, water, or the atmosphere is
				provided from the PCBs or PCB Items deposited in that landfill by locating,
				engineering, and operating the landfill as specified in
				40 C.F.R.
				761.75 (codified as of July 1986);
(7) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				the Department of Environmental Conservation;
(8) "department" means the Department of
				Environmental Conservation;
(9)
				"facility" means all contiguous land, and the structures, other appurtenances,
				and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of
				hazardous waste, PCBs, or PCB Items; a facility may consist of one, several, or
				a combination of operational units;
(10) "hazardous waste" means waste that is
				defined as hazardous by 40
				C.F.R. 261.3 (codified as of July 1986), or
				waste that includes a toxic pollutant identified in
				40 C.F.R.
				129.4 (codified as of July 1986), or is a
				waste or combination of wastes that, because of quantity, concentration, or
				physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, might
(A) cause, or significantly contribute to, an
				increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating
				reversible illness; or
(B) pose a
				substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment if
				improperly managed, treated, stored, transported, or disposed of;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 64 - Litter Receptacles › 18 AAC 64.005 - General requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person who owns or operates any of the
			 following public places shall provide litter receptacles as required in this
			 chapter:
(1) designated rest areas and scenic
			 view points along public highways outside urban areas;
(2) parks and recreation areas accessible by
			 road;
(3) campgrounds and trailer
			 parks for transient use;
(4)
			 service stations;
(5) fast-food
			 restaurants, self-service refreshment areas, taverns, grocery stores, and
			 shopping malls;
(6) parking lots
			 for more than 50 vehicles;
(7)
			 marinas, boat launching areas, and marine fueling stations;
(8) piers, docks, and small boat harbors
			 accessible by road;
(9) central
			 business district sidewalks in cities and organized boroughs;
(10) designated bus stops for public
			 transportation systems used by at least 30 persons daily in communities of less
			 than 10,000 people or 20 persons in any hour in communities over 10,000
			 people;
(11) schoolgrounds;
			 and
(12) sites for sporting events,
			 fairs, carnivals, circuses, festivals, and other similar public
			 events.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 64 - Litter Receptacles › 18 AAC 64.010 - Placement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The minimum number of receptacles
			 required in each public place under
			 18 AAC 64.005 is as follows:
(1) along public highways, one receptacle at
			 each rest area or scenic view point officially designated as such by the
			 authority with jurisdiction over maintenance of the highway;
(2) in parks and recreation areas accessible
			 by road, one receptacle at each established trailhead leading from the central
			 activity area, and one receptacle for each restroom, picnic table, and drinking
			 fountain, except that fewer receptacles in the central activity area will be
			 allowed if the total capacity of those receptacles is at least ten gallons
			 times the number of restrooms, picnic tables and drinking fountains;
(3) at campgrounds and trailer parks for
			 transient use, one receptacle for each unit or space designated for setting up
			 a recreation vehicle or for camping, except that fewer receptacles will be
			 allowed if the total capacity of those receptacles is at least ten gallons
			 times the number of units or spaces;
(4) at service stations, one receptacle for
			 each fuel pump island;
(5) outside
			 fast-food restaurants, self-service refreshment areas, taverns, grocery stores,
			 and shopping malls, one receptacle within 50 feet of each public
			 exit;
(6) in parking lots for more
			 than 50 vehicles, one receptacle plus one receptacle for each additional 200
			 parking spaces;
(7) at marinas,
			 boat launching areas, marinas, fueling stations, piers, docks, and small boat
			 harbors accessible by road, one receptacle;
(8) on central business district sidewalks in
			 cities and organized boroughs, one receptacle every 800 feet on each side of
			 the street, placed by the unit of local government responsible for litter
			 removal, except that the local government may count receptacles placed by other
			 persons to meet the requirements of this section;
(9) at each bus stop described in
			 18 AAC 64.005(a) (10), one receptacle;
(10) at schoolgrounds, one receptacle at each
			 bus loading zone; and
(11) at sites
			 for sporting events, fairs, carnivals, circuses, festivals, and other similar
			 public events, and one receptacle at each exit, plus onsite receptacles with a
			 total capacity of 10 gallons for each 500 persons expected to attend
			 daily.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 64 - Litter Receptacles › 18 AAC 64.015 - Minimum standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Litter receptacles placed in compliance
			 with this chapter must
(1) hold at least 10
			 gallons;
(2) keep their original
			 shape when placed outdoors;
(3)
			 resist rust, corrosion, and other degradation;
(4) conform with fire, safety, and public
			 health laws, ordinances, and regulations;
(5) reasonably resist movement and
			 destruction by vandals, winds, and animals;
(6) prevent blowing of litter from the
			 receptacle; and
(7) attract
			 attention and encourage the deposit of litter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 64 - Litter Receptacles › 18 AAC 64.020 - Anti-litter symbol

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska anti-litter symbol required by
			 AS
			 46.06.050 to be placed on receptacles is as
			 follows:
CLICK TO VIEW
				SIGN
(b) On
			 request, the department will provide decals bearing the Alaska anti-litter
			 symbol.
(c) The decal described in
			 (b) of this section must
(1) be placed on
			 litter receptacles covered by this chapter; and
(2) not be part of a commercial advertisement
			 on the receptacle.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 64 - Litter Receptacles › 18 AAC 64.025 - Maintenance

Current through May 31, 2024
A person who places litter receptacles in compliance with this
				chapter must
(1) empty them often
			 enough to prevent overflow and offensive odors;
(2) dispose of the contents in accordance
			 with 18 AAC 60; and
(3) maintain
			 them to meet the requirements of this chapter.
Authority:
AS
				  46.03.020(10)
AS
				  46.06.010(8)
AS
				  46.06.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 64 - Litter Receptacles › 18 AAC 64.250 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1)
			 "department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation;
(2) "fast-food restaurant" means a restaurant
			 that sells food packaged in disposable containers or wrappers, even when the
			 food is to be consumed on the premises;
(3) "litter receptacle" means a container
			 used to hold litter;
(4) "person"
			 means a governmental agency in addition to the entities listed in
			 AS
			 01.10.060(7);
(5) "public place" means an area open to and
			 used by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private
			 interests;
(6) "recreation area"
			 means an area officially designated for public recreation use by the agency
			 with management jurisdiction over the area; and
(7) "tavern" means a business establishment
			 operating under a beverage dispensary license in accordance with
			 AS
			 04.11.090, except that an establishment which
			 derives a preponderance of its income from the sale of food is not a
			 tavern.
Authority:
AS
				  46.03.020(10)
AS
				  46.06.010(8)
AS
				  46.06.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.010 - Project eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will make a grant to a project only for the
				purpose of
(1) organizing and
			 operating litter removal activities conducted by municipalities and non-profit
			 organizations;
(2) expanding or
			 modifying existing facilities or planning, designing, and constructing new
			 facilities for recycling materials or recovering energy from solid
			 waste;
(3) purchasing or leasing
			 recycling equipment, paying the cost of operating that equipment, and paying
			 the cost of storing and transporting materials before those materials are
			 recycled;
(4) paying the cost of
			 preparing and presenting courses of instruction at, or the distribution of
			 informative materials to, elementary and secondary schools which will increase
			 student motivation to reduce littering or increase resource recovery;
(5) public awareness activities which
			 increase public motivation to reduce littering or increase resource
			 recovery;
(6) creating or expanding
			 litter law-enforcement programs;
(7) purchasing and erecting road
			 signs;
(8) paying up to 50 percent
			 of the cost of purchasing publicly owned litter receptacles;
(9) researching and evaluating markets for
			 materials and energy recovered from litter;
(10) paying the cost of advice and assistance
			 from recognized research organizations, including information and consultation
			 on available technology, operating procedures, organizational arrangements,
			 markets for materials or energy recovered, transportation alternatives, and
			 publicity techniques; and
(11)
			 paying the cost of surveys done by public agencies or recognized research
			 organizations to assess the amount and composition of litter, and rates of
			 littering.
Authority:
AS
				  46.06.120
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.015 - Grant limitations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The amount of a grant will not exceed
			 $15,000. The department will, in its discretion, waive this limit only if
(1) the total eligible grant requests
			 received by the department do not exceed existing money available for grants
			 under this chapter; or
(2) the
			 department determines that program goals to reduce littering and increase
			 resources recovered in the state will be best met by awarding a grant in excess
			 of $15,000 to a specific project.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.020 - Costs and expenditures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grant may not be used to pay for a cost
			 of the project which was incurred before the grant was awarded or for a cost
			 associated with land right-of-way acquisitions, interest, financing, and
			 preparation of grant applications and comprehensive plans.
(b) The following costs are eligible costs
			 for which a grantee may expend money received from a grant:
(1) personnel, construction, contractual, and
			 administrative costs of a project
(A) which
			 are incurred as a direct result of litter reduction projects or the initiation
			 of resource recovery projects; or
(B) for the operation of resource recovery
			 projects, which are demonstrated by the grantee to be necessary to establish a
			 self-supporting operation; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.025 - Application and review procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Beginning with
			 fiscal year 1982, on or before October 1 of each year, the department will
			 provide public notice of the availability of grants for the purposes set out in
			 18 AAC 65.010.
(b) A complete grant application submitted
			 under this chapter must contain
(1) the name,
			 address, and the telephone number of the applicant, the name of a contact
			 person representing the applicant, and an explanation of the applicant's
			 eligibility to apply for a grant under
			 18 AAC 65.010;
(2) a detailed discussion of the applicant's
			 project, including its location, objectives, methods, and estimated costs; the
			 time period for which money is requested; a schedule of activities; and the
			 reasons that state financing is required;
(3) a copy of other state or federal grant
			 applications or awards to be used to finance the project; and
(4) a discussion of how the grantee will
			 evaluate the success of the project, including a statement of the goals and
			 objectives to be carried out under the proposed grant and a description of the
			 measurements to be used for this purpose.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.030 - Acceptance of grants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before the department will disburse money
			 under the grant, a grantee must submit to the department an agreement signed by
			 the grantee which provides that the grantee
(1) will spend the grant for the purposes
			 specified in the grant application submitted by the grantee;
(2) will allow, on request, an audit by the
			 state of the uses made of the grant; and
(3) assures that, to the extent consistent
			 with the purposes of the project, the facilities and services provided with the
			 grant will be available for the uses of the general public.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.035 - Reports and records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grantee shall submit a progress report
			 to the department for each six-month period after the grant is accepted by the
			 grantee under
			 18 AAC 65.030. The progress report
			 must summarize accomplishments and actions taken during the preceding six
			 months and itemize the expenditures of money received under the grant as well
			 as money from other sources which directly support the grant project. The
			 grantee shall submit a progress report for a six-month period within 15 days
			 after the end of the six-month period.
(b) A grantee shall submit to the department
			 a final report and evaluation not more than 30 days after the completion of the
			 project. The final report and evaluation must include
(1) a summary of activities and expenditures
			 of the project during the fiscal year or during the term of the project,
			 whichever is appropriate;
(2) a
			 financial accounting of the project; and
(3) an evaluation of the success of the
			 project including but not limited to
(A) for
			 litter control projects, a statement of the location, volume, and types of
			 litter collected and the extent of reductions in littering as the result of the
			 project; and
(B) for resource
			 recovery projects, a statement of the weight and types of materials recovered,
			 the income generated by the project, special problems encountered by the
			 project, and the amount of energy generated by the project.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.040 - Audit and inspection

Current through May 31, 2024
A grantee shall make the sites, materials, and records of the
				project available to department personnel for audit and inspection. The
				department will provide adequate notice of audits and inspections and will
				schedule inspections during normal working hours.
Authority:
AS
				  46.03.020(10)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.045 - Termination of project

Current through May 31, 2024
If a project is abandoned or otherwise terminated before
				completion, the equipment purchased wholly with a grant under this chapter
				becomes the property of the department.
Authority:
AS
				  46.03.020(10)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.050 - Grant payment procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In each
			 agreement executed under
			 18 AAC 65.030, the department will
			 set out the terms of and a schedule of payment for the grant covered by that
			 agreement. A grantee shall include a summary of costs and results as part of a
			 payment request. The department will specify the information to be included in
			 a payment request.
(b) The
			 department will base the final payment of the grant upon actual eligible costs
			 of the project under
			 18 AAC 65.020. The department
			 will, in its discretion, require a monitoring visit or inspection to determine
			 compliance with approved plans before final payment.
Authority:
AS
				  46.03.020(10)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 65 - Litter Reduction and Resource Recovery Grants › 18 AAC 65.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter
(1) "department" means the Department of
			 Environmental Conservation;
(2)
			 "eligible project" means a litter reduction or resource recovery project which
			 qualifies for grant financing under this chapter and AS 46.06;
(3) "recycling" means the separation of
			 useable materials and products from solid waste;
(4) "resource recovery" means the recovery of
			 materials or energy from solid wastes for industrial use, agriculture, heat
			 production, power production, or other processes or purposes; the term include
			 recycling.
Authority:
AS
				  46.30.030(10)
AS
				  46.06.130
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 66 - Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards for Schools › 18 AAC 66.005 - Purpose, applicability, and eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) This chapter
			 establishes a state waste reduction and recycling awards program and applies to
			 awards made by the department, in consultation with the Department of Education
			 and Early Development, under
			 AS
			 46.11.070.
(b) Subject to the requirements of this
			 chapter and the availability of appropriations, the department will, in its
			 discretion, grant an award to a public school chosen under this chapter to
			 recognize the efforts of the public school and its students to reduce and
			 recycle waste generated in the public school's administrative offices,
			 classrooms, laboratories, cafeterias, and maintenance operations, including
(1) innovative programs to conserve paper and
			 paper products;
(2) student and
			 community education programs to help the public school promote waste reduction
			 and recycling;
(3) reducing
			 industrial waste in the public school's shops and vocational education
			 programs;
(4) affirmative
			 procurement programs to encourage the purchase of recycled products;
(5) activities designed to eliminate waste,
			 such as developing and implementing waste reduction and recycling facility
			 plans, modifying equipment, using nontoxic raw materials such as water-based
			 instead of oil-based paint;
(6)
			 media programs to inform, train, and educate about waste reduction and
			 recycling;
(7) programs designed to
			 reduce energy consumption;
(8)
			 innovative curricula on waste reduction and recycling;
(9) incentive programs to encourage students
			 and faculty to reduce waste;
(10)
			 programs that demonstrate waste reduction and recycling practices;
			 and
(11) integration of waste
			 reduction and recycling concepts into science, art, music, and creative writing
			 classes.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 66 - Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards for Schools › 18 AAC 66.010 - Award limitations

Current through May 31, 2024
On or before March 30 of each year that appropriations are
				available for awards under this chapter, the department will, in its
				discretion, award up to $2,000 to each public school that is determined by the
				department to meet the requirements of
				AS
				46.11.070 and this chapter.
Authority:
AS
				  46.03.020
AS
				  46.11.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 66 - Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards for Schools › 18 AAC 66.020 - Application requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) On or before
			 October 1 of each year that appropriations are available for awards under this
			 chapter, the department will provide public notice of the availability of
			 awards and will send an awards program application form to each public school
			 in Alaska. The notice will include the total amount of money available and the
			 projected number of awards to be granted from that total.
(b) On or before February 1 of each year that
			 appropriations are available for awards under this chapter, a public school may
			 apply for a waste reduction and recycling award on a form provided by the
			 department. The application must include a detailed description of the waste
			 reduction or recycling program at the public school, including
(1) objectives, methods, and estimated cost
			 of the program;
(2) how the program
			 contributes to waste reduction or recycling;
(3) the environmental benefits derived from
			 the program;
(4) any economic,
			 public health, or other benefits derived from the program;
(5) how the program might be used by other
			 organizations in Alaska; and
(6)
			 other information requested on the application form.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 66 - Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards for Schools › 18 AAC 66.030 - Review procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Applications received under this chapter
			 will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three persons appointed by the
			 commissioner of the department and two persons appointed by the commissioner of
			 the Department of Education and Early Development.
(b) The department will group the
			 applications received in the following categories:
(1) elementary schools;
(2) junior high schools;
(3) senior high schools; and
(4) any combination of (1) through (3) of
			 this subsection.