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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.460 - Department decision on oil discharge prevention and contingency plans; new plans, plan renewals, and major plan amendments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After
				considering the information, analyses, and commitments contained in a complete
				application package for approval of an oil discharge prevention and contingency
				plan and comments received not later than the close of the public comment
				period set out in
				18 AAC 75.455, the department will
				approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove an oil discharge prevention and
				contingency plan.
(b) A decision
				issued under (a) of this section will include
(1) the department's written decision and a
				summary of the basis for its decision to approve a plan, disapprove a plan, or
				subject a plan to conditions specific to the activity;
(2) a statement that, if aggrieved by the
				department's decision, the applicant or a person who submitted comments on the
				application not later than the close of the public comment period set out in
				18 AAC 75.455 may request
(A) an informal review in accordance with
				18 AAC 15.185; or
(B) an adjudicatory hearing by submitting the
				information required under
				18 AAC 15.200(a),
				and that a hearing requested under this subparagraph will be subject to the
				procedures set out under
				18 AAC 15.195 -
				18 AAC 15.340;
				and
(3) a statement
				requiring the plan holder to provide copies of the approved plan in accordance
				with 18 AAC 75.408 not later than 30
				days after approval unless the department determines that the plan is unusually
				large or complex, in which case the decision will include a statement requiring
				the plan holder to provide copies not later than 45 days after
				approval.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.465 - Proof of approved plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The owner or
				operator of an oil terminal facility may not cause or permit the transfer of
				oil to or from a vessel, barge, or railroad tank car unless
(1) the operator of the vessel, barge, or
				railroad tank car has produced for inspection by the facility owner or operator
				the original, a true photocopy of the original, or an electronic copy of the
				certificate, approving the oil discharge prevention and contingency plan or
				streamlined plan for that operation; and
(2) the operator of the vessel, barge, or
				railroad tank car has certified, on a contingency plan verification log
				supplied by the department and maintained by the owner or operator of the oil
				terminal facility, that a copy of the approved streamlined plan, or the
				response action and prevention plan sections of the approved oil discharge
				prevention and contingency plan, and a copy of the plan approval certificate,
				are available on the vessel or barge, or for a railroad tank car, are available
				from the operator of the railroad tank car; these documents may be the
				original, a true photocopy, or an electronic copy.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.470 - Transfers between plan holders

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If approved
				under this section, a plan holder, or an oil spill response contractor or
				cooperative upon which one or more plan holders rely, may furnish to another
				plan holder or to another person, equipment, materials, or personnel to assist
				in response to an oil discharge. A description of the proposed transfer that
				addresses each of the considerations set out in (b) of this section must be
				provided with the request for approval of a transfer.
(b) The department will, in its discretion,
				approve a transfer under this section after considering
(1) for a provider of oil spill response
				equipment, materials, or personnel:
(A) the
				amount and types of equipment, personnel, or other resources to be transferred
				in response to a discharge and where it will be transferred;
(B) the number and types of other plan
				holders who rely upon the provider's response equipment, personnel, and other
				resources;
(C) the percentage by
				which the provider's response capability will be reduced by the
				transfer;
(D) the ability of the
				provider to acquire and deploy alternate response equipment if an emergency
				discharge occurs while equipment, materials, or personnel are transferred;
				and
(E) any compensating measures
				that will be taken by the provider to prevent or reduce the size of potential
				discharges during the period of reduced response capability; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.475 - Notification of nonreadiness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All spill
				response and other equipment identified in the approved oil discharge
				prevention and contingency plan or streamlined plan to meet the response
				planning standards set out in
				18 AAC 75.430 -
				18 AAC 75.442 must be maintained
				in operational condition. Equipment found not to be operating properly must be
				repaired or replaced immediately.
(b) Except for a transfer approved under
				18 AAC 75.470, if a significant
				change occurs in, or is made to, a component of a plan that would diminish the
				plan holder's response capability, the plan holder shall, within 24 hours,
				notify the department in writing and provide a schedule for a prompt return to
				operational status. If the department finds that, as a result of the change,
				the plan holder is no longer able to execute the plan, it will take appropriate
				action under
				18 AAC 75.490.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this
				section, removal or inactivation of a major response item for maintenance or
				repair must be approved by the department before removal or inactivation. A
				request under this subsection must be submitted at least 10 days before the
				scheduled action or as soon as possible for an unanticipated repair. The
				request must state what substitute or temporary measures will be taken to
				provide equivalent response capability, reduce the time out of service, or
				otherwise ensure that equivalent response capability is maintained.
(d) A plan holder shall notify the department
				in writing within 24 hours if a significant change occurs in, or is made to,
				one or more of the following systems, and if, as a result of that change, the
				system no longer meets the applicable performance requirements;
(1) a leak detection system required by
				18 AAC 75.047(e)
(2) a leak detection system required by
				18 AAC 75.055(a),
(3) a secondary containment system required
				by 18 AAC 75.075.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.480 - Inspections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To verify that an owner or operator of a
				facility subject to
				AS
				46.04.030 or
				AS
				46.04.055 and to
				18 AAC 75.400 - 18 75.496 is in
				compliance with those statutes and regulations, or to verify compliance with an
				approved oil discharge prevention and contingency plan or a streamlined plan
				under those statutes and regulations, the department may conduct announced and
				unannounced inspections of the facility.
(b) The owner or operator of a facility
				subject to the requirements of
				AS
				46.04.030 or
				AS
				46.04.055 and to
				18 AAC 75.400 -
				18 AAC 75.496 shall allow the
				department, at reasonable times and upon presentation of credentials
				establishing authority, to enter or access the facility to conduct in-person or
				virtual inspections under (a) of this section, including an inspection to
				verify
(1) facility infrastructure and
				prevention requirements under
				18 AAC 75.001 -
				18 AAC 75.085;
(2) availability and operability of oil spill
				response resources identified in the approved plan; and
(3) facility-specific records required to be
				maintained at the facility under (c) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.485 - Discharge exercises

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				may conduct announced and unannounced discharge exercises appropriate to the
				plan holder's current status of operations to ensure that an oil discharge
				prevention and contingency plan or the initial response actions in a
				streamlined plan for a noncrude oil tank vessel or barge are adequate in
				content and execution.
(b) At a
				minimum, a plan holder must conduct the following exercises as appropriate to
				the plan holder's current status of operations:
(1) for an oil discharge prevention and
				contingency plan,
(A) one operations-based
				discharge exercise for each five-year plan approval cycle in coordination with
				the department, based on the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
				methodology described in the department's
Oil Spill Response Exercise
				Manual
, adopted by reference in (f) of this section, and
(B) the department may require not more than
				one additional operations-based exercise in each 12-month period;
				and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.489 - Definition

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  18 AAC 75.400 -
				  18 AAC 75.496, "temporary basis"
				  means the use of an aboveground oil storage tank located at a facility for a
				  duration of less than 12 consecutive months and is limited to aboveground oil
				  storage tanks used for project or maintenance activities.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS
					 46.03.030
AS
					 46.04.055
AS
					 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.490 - Failure to comply

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a plan
				holder fails to comply with an approved oil discharge prevention and
				contingency plan or streamlined plan, demonstrates an inability to maintain
				continuous access to the quality or quantity of resources identified in the
				plan, fails to respond with those resources in the shortest possible time if a
				discharge occurs, or is subject to the terms of
				AS
				46.04.030(f)(1) - (4), the
				department may
(1) revoke the approval of the
				plan after notice and opportunity for hearing under (c) of this
				section;
(2) suspend its approval
				of the plan after notice and opportunity for hearing under (c) of this section,
				stating the conditions under which the department will reinstate the approval
				and allow operations to resume;
(3)
				order the plan holder to file an application to amend the plan within a
				specified time under
				18 AAC 75.415; or
(4) take other necessary action to correct
				the failure to comply.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.495 - Regional master discharge prevention and contingency plan boundaries

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Three
				coastal areas and one inland area, and associated geographic zones as described
				in (b) of this section, are established for the regional master oil and
				hazardous substance discharge prevention and contingency plan boundaries as
				required by
				AS
				46.04.210. Planning areas and geographic
				zones are depicted on the map in Figure 1. The area boundaries are as follows:
(1) the Southeast Alaska Area planning
				boundaries mirror the Southeast Alaska Captain of the Port Zone, and extend
				seaward from the coastline 200 nautical miles to the Exclusive Economic Zone;
				the Area also extends inland 1,000 yards; the Southeast Alaska geographic zone,
				as defined in (b) of this section, lies partially within the Southeast Alaska
				Area;
(2) the Prince William Sound
				Area planning boundaries mirror the Prince William Sound Captain of the Port
				Zone and extend seaward from the coastline 200 nautical miles to the Exclusive
				Economic Zone; the Area also extends inland 1,000 yards and includes the Lowe
				River from Port Valdez to Thompson Pass; the Prince William Sound geographic
				zone, as defined in (b) of this section, lies partially within the Prince
				William Sound Area;
(3) the Arctic
				and Western Alaska Area planning boundaries mirror the Western Alaska Captain
				of the Port Zone and extend seaward from the coastline 200 nautical miles to
				the Exclusive Economic Zone; the Area also extends inland 1,000 yards, and
				includes the Knik River up to Old Glenn Highway Bridge, the Kuskokwim River up
				to Bethel Old Army Airstrip, the Kvichak River up to Levelock Creek, the Naknek
				River up to King Salmon Quinault Landing, the Nushagak River up to Black Point,
				the Wood River up to South end of Sheep Island, and the Yukon River up to
				Pitka's Point and the Andreafsky River confluence, not including St. Mary's;
				the following geographic zones, as defined in (b) of this section, lie
				partially within the Arctic and Western Alaska Area:
(A) Aleutian Island;
(B) Bristol Bay;
(C) Cook Inlet;
(D) Kodiak Island;
(E) North Slope;
(F) Northwest Arctic
(G) Prince William Sound; and
(H) Western Alaska;
(4) the Alaska Inland Area includes all
				terrestrial land of the state 1,000 yards inland of the coastline not
				encompassed by the planning areas in (1) - (3) of this subsection; portions of
				all 10 geographic zones described in (b) of this section lie partially within
				the Alaska Inland Area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 4 - Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans › 18 AAC 75.496 - Regional response operations plan boundaries for nontank vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
The regions described in this section and depicted on the map
				  at Figure 2 are established for the purpose of establishing boundaries for
				  nontank vessel plans:
Figure. 1 Regional Response Operations Plan Boundaries
				  (18 AAC 75.496)
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(1) Southeast
				Alaska Region: that area of the state east of 142º W. longitude and south
				of a line just west of Icy Bay that connects the U.S.-Canadian border with the
				Gulf of Alaska, including adjacent shorelines and state waters;
(2) Prince William Sound Region: that area
				south of 63º30' N. latitude, west of the region described in (1) of this
				section, and east of the region described in (3) of this section, including
				adjacent shorelines and state waters;
(3) Cook Inlet Region: that area encompassed
				by the boundaries of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the Municipality of
				Anchorage, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, including adjacent shorelines and
				state waters;
(4) Kodiak Island
				Region: that area encompassed by the boundaries of the Kodiak Island Borough,
				including adjacent shorelines and state waters;
(5) Aleutian Region: those areas encompassed
				by the boundaries of the Aleutians East Borough, the Aleutians West Census
				Area, and the Pribil of Islands, including adjacent shorelines and state
				waters;
(6) Bristol Bay Region:
				that area encompassed by the boundaries of the Dillingham Census Area, the
				Bristol Bay Borough, and the Lake and Peninsula Borough, including adjacent
				shorelines and state waters;
(7)
				Western Alaska Region: that area north of the area described in (6) of this
				section, encompassed by the boundaries of the southernmost boundary of the
				Bering Straits Native Corporation, and Iditarod and Kuspuk Regional Educational
				Attendance Areas, including adjacent shorelines and state waters;
(8) Northwest Arctic Region: that area
				encompassed by the Northwest Arctic Borough and the Bering Straits Native
				Corporation, including adjacent shorelines and state waters;
(9) North Slope Region: that area encompassed
				by the boundaries of the North Slope Borough, including adjacent shorelines and
				state waters;
(10) Interior Alaska
				Region: that area of the state not included in (1) - (9) of this
				section.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.055
AS
					 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.500 - Definition of oil spill primary response action contractor; applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As used in
				AS
				46.04.035 and
				18 AAC 75.500 -
				18 AAC 75.580, "oil spill primary
				response action contractor" means a person who is or intends to be obligated
				under contract to the holder of an approved oil discharge prevention and
				contingency plan issued under
				AS
				46.04.030 to provide resources or equipment
				to contain, control, or clean up an oil discharge. "Oil spill primary response
				action contractor" does not include
(1) a
				person who provides only ancillary services or equipment not for the specific
				purpose of containing, controlling, or cleaning up an oil discharge;
				or
(2) an approved oil discharge
				prevention and contingency plan holder who provides to another plan holder
				resources or equipment to contain, control, or clean up an oil
				discharge.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.501 - Applicability with respect to streamlined plan cleanup contractors, incident management teams, and response planning facilitators

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will not consider a person to be a streamlined plan cleanup contractor,
				incident management team, or response planning facilitator, or to be otherwise
				subject to the registration requirements of AS 46.04.055 as applicable 18 AAC 75.500 - 18 AAC 75.580, if the person
(1)
				provides only ancillary services or equipment not for the specific purpose of
(A) containing, controlling, or cleaning up
				an oil discharge under a contract or membership agreement to meet all or part
				of the requirements of AS 46.04.055 and as applicable18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.496;
(B) providing incident
				management services for a spill under a contract to meet all or part of the
				requirements of AS 46.04.055as applicable and 18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.496;
				or
(C) response plan facilitation
				to develop the response operations plan under 18 AAC 75.428 to meet all or part
				of the requirements of AS 46.04.055as applicable and 18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.496; or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.510 - General provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The resources of a response action
				contractor listed in an oil discharge prevention and contingency plan to
				contain, control, or clean up an oil discharge and to demonstrate compliance
				with all or part of a response planning standard under
				18 AAC 75.432 -
				18 AAC 75.442 will not be
				considered by the department in its review of the plan unless
(1) that person is registered as an oil spill
				primary response action contractor under
				18 AAC 75.500 -
				18 AAC 75.580; and
(2) all other requirements of
				18 AAC 75.451(i)
				are met.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.520 - Application for oil spill primary response action contractor registration or renewal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Oil spill primary response action
				contractor registration under this section is effective for three years after
				the date of issuance under
				18 AAC 75.550.
(b) A person seeking registration or renewal
				of registration as an oil spill primary response action contractor must submit
				an application, on a form provided by the department, to the contractor
				registration program, division of spill prevention and response within the
				department.
(c) An applicant for
				renewal of registration must submit an application no less than 60 days before
				the registration expires. If the information required by
				18 AAC 75.530 has not changed
				since the previous application, the renewal application may incorporate the
				previous application by reference.
An application for registration or renewal of registration
					 as an oil spill primary response action contractor should be sent to Contractor
					 Registration Program, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of
					 Spill Prevention and Response, 410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303, Juneau, Alaska
					 99801-1795.
Authority:
AS
					 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS
					 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.521 - Application for streamlined plan cleanup contractor registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Streamlined
				plan cleanup contractor registration is effective for as long as the contractor
				is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
(b) A person seeking registration as a
				streamlined plan cleanup contractor must submit an application to the
				department on a form provided by the department. An initial application or an
				amendment to an existing registration must be submitted at least 60 days before
				the start of or change in operations
(c) Repealed 9/4/2014.
An application for registration as a streamlined plan
					 cleanup contractor should be sent to the department by e-mail:
					 dec.streamlinedcontractor@alalska.gov.
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.522 - Application for streamed plan incident management team registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Streamlined
				plan vessel' incident management team registration is effective for as long as
				the contractor is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this
				chapter.
(b) A person seeking
				registration as a streamlined plan incident management team must submit an
				application to the department on a form provided by the department. An initial
				application or an amendment to an existing registration must be submitted at
				least 60 days before the start of operations.
(c) Repealed 9/4/2014.
An application for registration as a streamlined plan
					 incident management team should be sent to the department by e-mail:
					 dcc.streamlinedcontractor@alaska.gov.
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.523 - Application for response planning facilitator registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A response
				planning facilitator registration is effective for as long as the contractor is
				in compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
(b) A person seeking registration as a
				response planning facilitator must submit an application to the department, on
				a for provided by the department. An inital application must or an amendment to
				an existing application must be submitted atleast 60 days before the start of
				or change in operations.
(c)
				Repealed 9/4/2014.
An application for registration as a response planning
					 facilitator should be sent to the department by email:
					 dec.streamlinedcontractor.cplan@alaska.gov
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.530 - Registration application contents for oil spill primary response action contractors for oil discharge prevention and contingency plans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application
				required under
				18 AAC 75.520(b)
				must
(1) include the applicant's name,
				address, telephone number, and facsimile machine number;
(2) identify each region described in
				18 AAC 75.495 where the
				applicant's oil spill response resources will be made available for use by a
				contingency plan holder;
(3)
				include a call-out list of appropriate response personnel or identify any
(A) labor subcontractor; and
(B) labor contract to supply response
				personnel;
(4)
				completely describe the most recent inventory of the applicant's oil spill
				response resources available for mobilization and deployment to each of the
				geographic regions identified in (2) of this subsection, including
(A) the number and location of trained
				personnel;
(B) a description of the
				applicant's minimum training requirements for response personnel and procedures
				for training additional personnel if needed; and
(C) the amount and location of
(i) oil containment equipment;
(ii) oil recovery equipment, including
				equipment nameplate ratings in barrels per hour;
(iii) transfer, storage, and disposal
				equipment;
(iv) dispersant or
				burning equipment; and
(v)
				significant ancillary resources and equipment; and
(5) describe the applicant's
				previous oil spill activities and history of compliance with state and federal
				environmental laws.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.531 - Registration application contents for streamlined plan cleanup contractors

Current through May 31, 2024
An application submitted under 18 AAC 75.521 must include the
				  following information:
(1) the
				applicant's name, address, and telephone number, and any facsimile
				number;
(2) a current list of
				streamlined plans that rely on the contracted services of the applicant and
(A) the number of nontank vessels covered by
				those plans, and the largest vessel response planning standard
				volume;
(B) the number of noncrude
				oil tank vessels and barges that have a storage capacity of less than 500
				barrels covered by those plans, and the largest vessel response planning
				standard volume:
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.532 - Registration application contents for streamlined plan incident management teams

Current through May 31, 2024
An application submitted under 18 AAC 75.522 must include the
				  following information:
(1) the
				applicant's name, address, and telephone number, and any facsimile
				number;
(2) a current list of
				streamlined plans that rely on the contracted services of the applicant and
(A) the number of nontank vessels covered by
				those plans, and the largest vessel response planning standard
				volume:
(B) the number of uoncrude
				oil tank vessels and barges that have a storage capacity of less than 500
				barrels covered by those plans, and the largest vessel response planning
				standard volume;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.533 - Registration application contents for response planning facilitators

Current through May 31, 2024
An application submitted under 18 AAC 75.523 must include the
				  following information:
(1) the
				applicant's name, address, and telephone number, and any facsimile
				number;
(2) the role of the
				response planning facilitator, as described in 18 AAC 75.428(a) (1) or (2);
(3) as applicable under 18 AAC 75.428(a)(2), a current list of streamlined plan cleanup contractors with which
				the applicant has a contract, or of which the applicant is a member, and a
				statement, signed by the response planning facilitator and each cleanup
				contractor, that the cleanup contractor will respond on behalf of a plan holder
				who enters into a contract or membership agreement with the response planning
				facilitator to meet the requirements of 18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.496;
(4) as applicable under 18 AAC 75.428(a)(2), a current list of each streamlined plan incident management
				team with which the applicant has a contract, and a statement, signed by the
				response planning facilitator and each incident management team, that the
				incident management team will respond on behalf of a plan holder who enters
				into a contract with the response planning facilitator to meet the requirements
				of 18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.496;
(5) as applicable under 18 AAC 75.428(a)(2),
				a current list of each streamlined plan in which the applicant is identified as
				the contracted response planning facilitator and
(A) the number of nontank vessels covered by
				each of those plans, each region of operation of each vessel covered by each
				plan, and the largest vessel response planning standard volume for each
				plan;
(B) the number of noncrude oil
				tank vessels and barges that have a storage capacity of less than 500 barrels
				covered by each of those plans, each region of operation of cuch vessel covered
				by each plan, and the largest vessel response planning standard volume for each
				plan;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.540 - Registration and renewal fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				fees are established for registration of oil spill primary response action
				contractors, except as provided in (b) - (e) of this section, and must be
				submitted with the appropriate application:
(1) for initial application, $500;
(2) for renewal, $100.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.550 - Application review procedures for oil spill primary response action contractors

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After receipt of an application for
				registration or renewal as an oil spill primary response action contractor, the
				department will determine whether the application is complete. If the
				department finds that an application is incomplete, the applicant will be
				notified of the need for additional information. The department will review
				each complete application and issue a decision.
(b) The department will approve an
				application for oil spill primary response action contractor registration or
				renewal of registration if the applicant meets the application requirements of
				18 AAC 75.510 - 18 AAC 75.540 and the minimum registration standards of 18 AAC 75.560.
(c) After completing the
				review, the department will notify the applicant that the application for
				registration or renewal of registration has been approved or denied. If the
				application is approved, the department will include a registration certificate
				describing the conditions of approval, the date registration will expire, and
				each region of operation identified in 18 AAC 75.530(a) (2) for which the
				applicant is registered. If the application is denied, the department will
				explain the basis for the denial and include a list of corrective actions that
				would be required for the applicant to obtain approval of registration or
				renewal.
(d) Not later than 10 days
				after receiving an adverse decision under (c) of this section, the applicant
				may request an informal review of the decision by submitting a request to the
				division director under 18 AAC 15.185 or may request an adjudicatory hearing
				under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) !!Y submitting a request for
				hearing to the commissioner. Upon receipt of a timely request for an
				adjudicatory hearing, the commissioner will refer the matter to the office of
				administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010) for a hearing and recommended decision
				under 2 AAC 64.100 - 2 AAC 64.990 to the commissioner or to the commissioner's
				designee if the designee is a person other than the person who issued the
				contested decision.
(e) Repealed
				7/11/2002.
(f) Repealed
				7/11/2002.
(g) Repealed
				7/11/2002.
(h) Repealed
				7/11/2002.
(i) Repealed
				7/11/2002.
As of Register 164 (January 2003), the regulations attorney
					 made a technical revision under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), adding an authority
					 citation for 18 AAC 75.550.
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.551 - Application review procedures for streamlined plan cleanup contractors.

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After
				receipt of an application for registration as a streamlined plan cleanup
				contractor under 18 AAC 75.521, the department will determine whether the
				application is complete. If the department finds that an application is
				incomplete, the applicant will be notified of the need for additional
				information within 10 working days after receipt of the application. The
				department will review each complete application and issue a decision not later
				than 30 days after the department determines that the application is
				complete
(b) The department will
				approve an application for a streamlined plan cleanup contractor registration
				for the classification for which the application is made if the applicant meets
				the application requirements of 18 AAC 75.521 and 18 AAC 75.531 and the minimum
				registration standards of 18 AAC 75.561.
(c) After completing the review, the
				department will notify the applicant that the application for registration has
				been approved or denied. If the application is approved, the department will
				include a registration certificate describing the conditions of approval, and
				listing the classifications identified in 18 AAC 75.531(3) and regions of
				operation identified in 18 AAC 75.531(4) for which the applicant is registered.
				If the application is denied, the department will explain the basis for the
				denial and include a list of corrective actions that would be required for the
				applicant to obtain approval of registration.
(d) Not later than 10 days after receiving an
				adverse decision under (c) of this section, the applicant may request an
				informal review of the decision under 18 AAC 15.185 by submitting a request to
				the director of the division assigned to spill prevention and response within
				the department or request an adjudicatory hearing under AS 44.62
				(Administrative Procedure Act) by submitting a request to the commissioner.
				Upon receipt of a timely request for adjudicatory hearing, the commissioner
				will refer the matter to the office of administrative hearings CAS 44.64.010)
				for a hearing and recommended decision under 2 AAC 64.100 - 2 AAC 64.990 to the
				commissioner or to the commissioner's designee if the designee is a person
				other than the person who issued the contested decision.
(e) Repealed 11/5/2017
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.552 - Application review procedures for streamlined plan incident management teams.

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After receipt of an application for
				registration as an incident management team under 18 AAC 75.522, the department
				will determine whether the application is complete. If the department finds
				that an application is incomplete, the applicant will be notified of the need
				for additional information within 10 working days after receipt of the
				application. The department will review each complete application and issue a
				decision within 30 days after the department determines that the application is
				complete.
(b) The department will
				approve an application for streamlined plan incident management team
				registration if the applicant meets the application requirements of 18 AAC 75.522 and 18 AAC 75.532 and the minimum registration standards of 18 AAC 75.562. 18 AAC 75.552(c) is amended to read:
(c) After completing the review, the
				department will notify the applicant that the application for registration has
				been approved or denied. If the application is approved, the department will
				include a registration certificate describing the conditions of approval, and
				listing the classifications identified in 18 AAC 75.532(3) and regions of
				operation identified in 18 AAC 75.532(4) for which the applicant is registered.
				If the application is denied, the department will explain the basis for the
				denial and include a list of corrective actions that would be required for the
				applicant to obtain approval of registration.
(d) Within 10 days after receiving a notice
				of denial under (c) of this section, the applicant may request an informal
				review of the decision under 18 AAC 15.185.
(e) Repealed 11/5/2017.
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.553 - Application review procedures for response planning facilitators

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After
				receipt of an application for registration as a response planning facilitator
				under 18 AAC 75.523, the department will determine whether the application is
				complete. If the department finds that an application is incomplete, the
				applicant will be notified of the need for additional information within 10
				working days after receipt of the application. The department will review each
				complete application and issue a decision within 30 days after the department
				determines that the application is complete.
(b) The department will approve an
				application for a response planning facilitator registration if the applicant
				meets the application requirements of 18 AAC 75.523 and 18 AAC 75.533, the
				minimum registration standards of 18 AAC 75.563, and, as applicable, the
				registration requirements of 18 AAC 75.428(a)(2).
(c) After completing the review, the
				department will notify the applicant that the application for registration has
				been approved or denied. If the application is approved, the department will
				include a registration certificate describing the conditions of approval. If
				the application is denied, the department will explain the basis for the denial
				and include a list of corrective actions that would be required for the
				applicant to obtain approval of registration.
(d) Not later than 10 days after receiving an
				adverse decision under (c) of this section, the applicant may request an
				informal review of the decision under 18 AAC 15.185 by submitting a request to
				the director of the division assigned to spill prevention and response within
				the department or request an adjudicatory hearing under AS 44.62
				(Administrative Procedure Actl by submitting a request to the commissioner.
				Upon receipt of a timely request for adjudicatory hearing, the commissioner
				will refer the matter to the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010)
				for a hearing and recommended decision under 2 AAC 64.100 - 2 AAC 64.990 to the
				commissioner or to the commissioner's designee if the designee is a person
				other than the person who issued the contested decision.
(e) Repealed 11/5/2017.
Authority:
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.04.030
AS 46.04.035
AS 46.04.055
AS 46.04.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.560 - Minimum registration standards for oil spill primary response action contractors

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the requirements of (b) of
				this section, the minimum registration standards and verification requirements
				for an oil spill primary response action contractor listed in an approved oil
				discharge prevention and contingency plan are the oil discharge prevention and
				contingency plan requirements and the response planning standards set out in
				AS
				46.04.030 and
				18 AAC 75.428 -
				18 AAC 75.495 that are applicable
				to a contractor listed in an approved oil discharge prevention and contingency
				plan.
(b) In addition to the
				requirements of (a) of this section, an oil spill primary response action
				contractor must be in compliance with the following minimum registration
				standards:
(1) repealed 3/28/96;
(2) the contractor shall maintain sufficient
				response preparedness to immediately initiate response efforts as described in
				the applicable contingency plan upon direction by the plan holder; response
				preparedness is subject to department verification through inspections and plan
				holder discharge exercises at any location for which the plan holder has listed
				the contractor in an approved oil discharge prevention and contingency plan as
				providing response resources;
(3)
				training of contractor personnel must comply with
				18 AAC 75.451(i)
				and must include appropriate Occupational Safety and Health Administration
				Hazardous Operations training;
(4)
				professional response action standards and practices must be continuously
				maintained, and must include
(A) responding
				immediately upon direction by the plan holder;
(B) remaining in substantial compliance with
				applicable contracts;
(C) abiding
				by applicable permits and authorizations unless directed to proceed otherwise
				by the federal or state on-scene coordinator;
(D) maintaining a working knowledge of all
				applicable oil pollution statutes and regulations and pertinent provisions of
				each contingency plan in which that contractor is listed;
(E) maintaining a safe working environment
				and an acceptable safety history;
(F) notifying a plan holder within 24 hours
				after any significant change in the response preparedness referred to in (2) of
				this subsection, unless a 10-day pre-notice is required under
				18 AAC 75.475(c);
				and
(G) notifying a plan holder and
				the department within five days after any change by the United States Coast
				Guard in classification as an Oil Spill Removal Organization under
				18 AAC 75.530(b).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control › Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators › 18 AAC 75.563 - Minimum registration standards for response planning facilitators

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As applicable under 18 AAC 75.428(a) (2),
				a response planning facilitator shall maintain contracts with or membership in
				the streamlined plan cleanup contractors and incident management teams
				identified in 18 AAC 75.533(3) - (5).
(b) Professional response action standards
				and practices must be maintained, and must include
(1) remaining in substantial compliance with
				applicable contracts;
(2)
				maintaining a working knowledge of all applicable oil pollution statutes and
				regulations and pertinent provisions of each streamlined plan plan in which the
				response planning facilitator is listed;
(3) maintaining a safe working environment
				and an acceptable safety history; and
(4) notifying a plan holder and the
				department within 24 hours after any significant change in the response
				planning facilitator's ability to carry out its responsibilities under 18 AAC 75.428.