Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 6 - Alaska Coastal Policy Council › Chapter 80 - Standards of the Alaska Coastal Management Program › Article 5 - General Provisions › 6 AAC 80.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise,
				  in this chapter
(1) "barrier islands and
				  lagoons" means depositional coastal environments formed by deposits of sediment
				  offshore or coastal remnants which form a barrier of low-lying islands and bars
				  protecting a salt-water lagoon with free exchange of water to the
				  sea;
(2) "coastal water" means all
				  water bodies in the coastal area, including wetlands and the intertidal
				  area;
(3) "council" means the
				  Alaska Coastal Policy Council;
(4)
				  "district" means a coastal resource district as defined in AS
				  46.40.210(2);
(5) "district
				  program" means a district coastal management program;
(6) "estuary" means a semiclosed coastal body
				  of water which has a free connection with the sea and within which seawater is
				  measurably diluted with freshwater derived from land drainage;
(7) "exposed high-energy coasts" means open
				  and unprotected sections of coastline with exposure to ocean generated wave
				  impacts and usually characterized by coarse sand, gravel, boulder beaches, and
				  well-mixed coastal water;
(8)
				  "facilities related to commercial fishing and seafood processing" includes
				  hatcheries and related facilities, seafood processing plants and support
				  facilities, marine industrial and commercial facilities, and aquaculture
				  facilities;
(9) "geophysical hazard
				  areas" means those areas which present a threat to life or property from
				  geophysical or geological hazards, including flooding, tsunami run-up, storm
				  surge run-up, landslides, snowslides, faults, ice hazards, erosion, and
				  littoral beach process;
(10)
				  "mining and mineral processing" means the development of mineral resources
				  extracted in tidal rivers, coastal water, and on continental shelves of the
				  open sea, and found in surface, subsurface, and aqueous deposits;
(11) "offshore areas" means submerged lands
				  and waters seaward of the coastline;
(12) "rocky islands and seacliffs" means
				  islands of volcanic or tectonic origin with rocky shores and steep faces,
				  offshore rocks, capes, and steep rocky seafronts;
(13) "tideflats" means mostly unvegetated
				  areas that are alternately exposed and inundated by the falling and rising of
				  the tide;
(14) "transportation and
				  utility routes and facilities" include power transmission lines, mineral slurry
				  lines, oil and gas pipelines, land and marine corridors, railways, highways,
				  roadways, air terminals, water and sewage transfer, and facilities required to
				  operate and maintain the route or facility;
(15) "upland" means drainages, aquifers, and
				  land, the use of which would have a direct and significant impact on coastal
				  water;
(16) "uses of state concern"
				  has the same meaning as in AS 46.40.210(6);
(17) "water-dependent" means a use or
				  activity which can be carried out only on, in, or adjacent to water areas
				  because the use requires access to the water body;
(18) "water-related" means a use or activity
				  which is not directly dependent upon access to a water body, but which provides
				  goods or services that are directly associated with water-dependence and which,
				  if not located adjacent to water, would result in a public loss of quality in
				  the goods or services offered;
(19)
				  "wetlands" includes both freshwater and saltwater wetlands; "freshwater
				  wetlands" means those environments characterized by rooted vegetation which is
				  partially submerged either continuously or periodically by surface freshwater
				  with less than.5 parts per thousand salt content and not exceeding three meters
				  in depth; "saltwater wetlands" means those coastal areas along sheltered
				  shorelines characterized by halophilic hydrophytes and macroalgae extending
				  from extreme low tide to an area above extreme high tide which is influenced by
				  sea spray or tidally induced water table changes;
(20) "feasible and prudent" means consistent
				  with sound engineering practice and not causing environmental, social, or
				  economic problems that outweigh the public benefit to be derived from
				  compliance with the standard which is modified by the term "feasible and
				  prudent";
(21) "including" means
				  including but not limited to;
(22)
				  "major energy facility" includes marine service bases and storage depots,
				  pipelines and rights-of-way, drilling rigs and platforms, petroleum or coal
				  separation, treatment, or storage facilities, liquid natural gas plants and
				  terminals, oil terminals and other port development for the transfer of energy
				  products, petrochemical plants, refineries and associated facilities,
				  hydroelectric projects, other electric generating plants, transmission lines,
				  uranium enrichment or nuclear fuel processing facilities, and geothermal
				  facilities; "major energy facility" means a development of more than local
				  concern carried out in, or in close proximity to, the coastal area, which meets
				  one or more of the following criteria:
(A) a
				  facility required to support energy operations for exploration or production
				  purposes;
(B) a facility used to
				  produce, convert, process, or store energy resources or marketable
				  products;
(C) a facility used to
				  transfer, transport, import, or export energy resources or marketable
				  products;
(D) a facility used for
				  in-state energy use; or
(E) a
				  facility used primarily for the manufacture, production, or assembly of
				  equipment, machinery, products, or devices which are involved in any activity
				  described in (A) - (D) of this paragraph;
(23) "significant amendment" means an
				  amendment to an approved district program which
(A) results in a major revision, addition or
				  deletion to the policies or implementation methods or authorities included in
				  the district program under
				  6 AAC 85.090 and
				  6 AAC 85.100;
(B) alters the district boundaries, other
				  than by technical adjustments;
(C)
				  designates an area which merits special attention or alters an existing area
				  which merits special attention designation; or
(D) restricts or excludes a use of state
				  concern not previously restricted or excluded;
(24) "area which merits special attention"
				  has the same meaning as in AS 46.40.210(1);
(25) "village" has the same meaning as in
				  AS
				  46.40.180(d).