Title 46, Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation

(a) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with municipalities and other state and federal agencies to carry out this chapter. (b) If the action would conflict with the powers and duties vested in the department, a municipality may not (1) regulate, supervise, inspe…

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not bring an action against the state, the department, or agents or employees of the state, for the recovery of damages caused by the partial or total failure of a dam or reservoir, or by the operation of a dam or reserv…

This chapter does not relieve an owner of a dam or reservoir of the duties or liabilities incident to the ownership or operation of the dam or reservoir.

(a) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly (1) violates a provision of this chapter, (2) violates the terms of an approval, order, regulation, or requirement of the department under this chapter; or (3) obstructs, hinders, or prevents the department's…

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “alteration” means only an alteration that might directly affect the safety of the dam or reservoir, as determined by the department; (2) “appurtenant works” includes structures including spillways, either in a dam or se…

The department shall classify all potable water systems and facilities actually used or intended for use by the public, and all wastewater systems and facilities that discharge into publicly owned wastewater systems, or to receiving bodies of water, or on land used by others. The…

There is created the Water and Wastewater Works Advisory Board composed of the commissioner of environmental conservation and eight additional members appointed by the governor. The Water and Wastewater Works Advisory Board shall advise and assist the department in the administra…

The department shall, with the assistance and advice of the Water and Wastewater Works Advisory Board, provide a water and wastewater works operator training program. The purpose of this program is to provide mechanisms for water and wastewater works operators to become certified…

All potable water supply and wastewater systems and facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, which serve 100 or more service connections or are used or intended for use by 500 or more persons, must at all times be under the supervision of an operator whose competency is c…

Examinations shall be held at least annually at times and places set by the department. Separate examinations shall be given for each operator classification. Applicants who fail to pass an examination may repeat the examination at subsequent regularly scheduled examinations.

The department shall issue certification entitling those persons who successfully complete the required examinations to supervise the operation of potable water supply and wastewater systems and facilities after considering the recommendations of the advisory board. The certifica…

Certificates may be issued without an examination to persons employed as water or wastewater works operators on September 24, 1976, who request a waiver. The examination waiver shall be printed on the certificate. An operator certified under this section may request to have a cer…

The department, with the advice of the Water and Wastewater Works Advisory Board, shall adopt regulations for administration of this chapter. The regulations must include (1) the basis for classification of potable water supply and wastewater systems and facilities, including the…

The department, to the extent it determines feasible, shall be guided by the standards recommended by the Association of Boards of Certification for Operating Personnel in Water and Wastewater Utilities.

Certificates may be issued without examination in the comparable classification to an applicant who holds a certificate in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, if its certification requirements and examinations are comparable to those of this state and if recip…

In the event of unusual or emergency circumstances or following the hiring of new employees, temporary certificates may be issued to an operator until a time when the operator can be examined and certified. Within two weeks after employment of such an operator, the department mus…

It is unlawful (1) for any potable water supply or wastewater system or facility subject to AS 46.30.040 to be operated unless the operator is certified under the provisions of this chapter; (2) for any person to perform the duties of an operator without being certified under the…

In this chapter, (1) “certificate” means certificate of competency issued by the department stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification of the certification program; (2) “department” means the Department of Environmental Conservati…

(a) The department that issued the permit shall extend a resource removal or extraction permit when the permittee (1) is unwilling to engage in the resource removal or extraction activity allowed under the permit due to the actions of another person, other than the state, seeking…

The Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, as contained in this section, is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of the State of Alaska with any and all other states legally joining it in a form substantially as follows: The party states re…

The commissioner of environmental conservation may adopt regulations and do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management.