# 2026-15984: Alaska Gets Full Control of Its Hazardous Waste Rules 2026-15984, Alaska: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Program, is a Federal Register rule from Environmental Protection Agency published 2026-08-06, effective 2026-08-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15984 - As of: 2026-08-13 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-15984 - Title: Alaska: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Program - Type: Rule - Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency - Citation: 91 FR 50721 - Published: 2026-08-06 - Effective: 2026-08-06 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-08-13 ## In one line Alaska Gets Full Control of Its Hazardous Waste Rules ## Summary The State of Alaska (Alaska or the State) has applied to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or the Agency) for final authorization of its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA). The EPA has reviewed Alaska's application and has made a final determination that Alaska's hazardous waste program satisfies all requirements for final authorization. Thus, the EPA is granting final authorization for the State to operate its program subject to the limitations on its authority retained by the EPA in accordance with RCRA, including the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). Alaska's program will operate in lieu of the Federal hazardous waste program in Alaska; however, the EPA will retain jurisdiction and authority to implement the Federal RCRA program in Indian country and areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction in Alaska. ## Effects PRIA read - Alaska Now Runs RCRA Hazardous Waste Program: mixed, medium. Effective August 6, 2026, Alaska is authorized to run the State hazardous waste program in place of the Federal RCRA hazardous waste program within the State. If you handle hazardous waste in Alaska, you must follow Alaska's hazardous waste rules (as adopted, effective June 1, 2025) instead of the… - State Requires Annual Notifications: cost, low. Alaska's hazardous waste rules add annual notification requirements for Small Quantity Generators (SQGs), Large Quantity Generators (LQGs), and Transporters (see 18 AAC 62.301(a)(2), 18 AAC 62.430, and 18 AAC 62.840(b)). If your business is a generator or transporter in Alaska, you must file these… - Electronic Waste Treated as Universal Waste: benefit, medium. Alaska adds electronic items (for example: computers, laptops, monitors, cell phones, keyboards, printers, copy machines) to its universal waste rules at 18 AAC 62.205, 1110, 1135, and 1390. Electronic waste managed as universal waste is exempt from the State's standard hazardous waste requirements… - Stricter Cleanup and Corrective Action Rules: cost, high. Alaska's rules (for example, 18 AAC 62.527 and 18 AAC 75.340-75.345) can require corrective action and cleanup standards that are more stringent than Federal RCRA standards, and where State cleanup standards differ the more stringent standard applies. If you own or operate a facility needing cleanu… - New State Siting Steps for Hazardous Facilities: cost, medium. Alaska's regulations (18 AAC 63 and 18 AAC 62.1010) add Alaska-specific siting requirements for new hazardous waste management facilities, including a rule that owners/operators must initiate siting requirements not fewer than 365 days before construction and meet pre-application and setback requir… - EPA Keeps Authority in Indian Country: benefit, low. The EPA will continue to implement and enforce the Federal hazardous waste program in Indian country (as defined by 18 U.S.C. 1151) and in areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction in Alaska after August 6, 2026. 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