Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 76 - Alaska Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds › Article 3 - General Provisions › 18 AAC 76.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this
				  chapter,
(1) "alternative treatment
				technologies" means any proven wastewater treatment process or technique that
				provides for the reclaiming and reuse of water, productive recycling of
				wastewater constituents, other elimination of the discharge of pollutants, or
				the recovery of energy;
(2)
				"building" means the erection, acquisition, alteration, remodeling,
				improvement, or extension of a project receiving financial assistance under
				this chapter;
(3) "change order"
				means a written order to the contractor authorizing an addition, deletion, or
				revision in the work within the scope of the contract, including any required
				adjustment in contract price, time, or specifications;
(4) "debt service" means the cost or expense
				of borrowing money, including the cost of a proposed level of borrowing or an
				existing debt, usually expressed in terms based on a period of time, such as
				the amount per year;
(5) "dedicated
				source of revenue" means revenue pledged by a borrower to repay financial
				assistance, including refinancing, received under this chapter, or revenue
				pledged to repay bonded indebtedness if the application is for a bond guarantee
				under this chapter; "dedicated source of revenue" includes property taxes,
				sales taxes, state shared revenues, special assessments, connection fees,
				reserve fund balances, and user fees;
(6) "department" means the Alaska Department
				of Environmental Conservation;
(7)
				"director" means the director of the department's division that oversees the
				Alaska clean water fund and the Alaska drinking water fund programs
(8) "disadvantaged system" means a drinking
				water system that serves or will serve an area that meets the affordability
				criteria established in the priority list process in
				18 AAC 76.220;
(9) "distribution system" means
				post-treatment storage facilities, conduits, mains, lines, fixtures, pumping
				stations, or other devices used to carry water to the consumer;
(10) "EPA" means the U.S. Environmental
				Protection Agency;
(11) "excessive
				infiltration or inflow" means the amount of infiltration or inflow that can be
				economically eliminated from a sewer system, as determined in a cost-effective
				analysis that compares the costs for correcting the infiltration or inflow
				conditions to the total costs for transportation and treatment of the
				infiltration or inflow;
(12)
				"facility" means a facility that is eligible for financial assistance under
				this chapter;
(13) "force account"
				means work performed by the borrower with its own employees and
				equipment;
(14) "generally accepted
				accounting principles" means fiscal controls and accounting procedures
				sufficient to assure proper accounting for payments received, disbursements
				made, and balances remaining, including
Generally Accepted Accounting
				Principles
promulgated by the Government Accounting Standards Board
				and those standards contained in the
Government Auditing Standards:
				1994 Revision,
promulgated by the Comptroller General of the United
				States;
(15) "infiltration" means
				water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system from the ground through
				defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes;
(16) "inflow" means water other than
				wastewater that enters a sewer system from roof leaders, drains, manhole
				covers, cross-connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch
				basins, cooling towers, stormwaters, surface run-off, street wash waters, or
				drainage;
(17) "initiation of
				operation" means the date on which the facility begins operating for the
				purposes for which it was planned, designed, and built;
(18) "innovative treatment technologies"
				means a treatment process and technique that has not been fully proven under
				the circumstances of its contemplated use and that represents a significant
				advancement over the state of the art in respect to reduction in life-cycle
				costs or environmental benefits;
(19) "maintenance" means work performed to
				repair equipment, correct malfunctioning equipment, prevent equipment failure,
				or replace minor equipment items;
(20) repealed 9/10/2017;
(21) repealed 3/14/2002;
(22) repealed 12/29/2000;
(23) "operation" means control of the unit
				processes and equipment that make up the collection, treatment and distribution
				process, including financial and personnel management, records, laboratory
				control, process control, safety, and emergency operation planning;
(24) "operation and maintenance manual" means
				a guide for use by a treatment facility operator that includes
(A) design information;
(B) identification of adequate financial and
				personnel resources for proper facility operation;
(C) startup procedures for each unit process
				and piece of equipment;
(D)
				monitoring and control information;
(E) a maintenance management
				system;
(F) a schedule for
				lubrication, oil, and filter changes;
(G) laboratory tests to monitor and control
				unit processes;
(H) safety
				procedures;
(I) troubleshooting
				procedures; and
(J) an emergency
				operating plan;