(a) The legislature finds and declares that a major release of oil or hazardous substances into the environment presents a real and substantial threat to the economy and public welfare of the municipalities, villages, and school districts that are affected by the release and the resultant activities to contain and clean up the release. (b) […]
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, the commissioner may use money from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund to make grants to a municipality, village, or school district that is affected by the release or by the response to the release and that demonstrates that the release or response to […]
(a) A grant made under AS 29.60.510 may be made (1) only for (A) provision of subsistence resources on which the residents of the municipality, village, or school district rely for subsistence needs; (B) the additional costs of a reasonable and appropriate function or service, including administrative expenses for the incremental costs of providing the […]
(a) In determining whether an expenditure or proposed expenditure by a municipality, village, or school district is eligible for a grant under AS 29.60.510, the department shall consider the (1) degree to which the effect on the municipality, village, or school district is directly caused by the oil or hazardous substance release or the response […]
(a) A municipality may not use a grant made under AS 29.60.510 to reduce current municipal tax rates or to retire its existing bonded indebtedness. (b) Money received by a municipality, village, or school district under AS 29.60.500 – 29.60.599 may not be used for a capital improvement, as that term is defined in AS […]
The department shall maintain records showing the income and expenses of grants made under AS 29.60.510, and shall develop procedures governing the expenditure of, and accounting for, money expended.
(a) For each disaster emergency declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020 based on a release of oil or a hazardous substance or for each other release of oil or a hazardous substance for which money may be expended under AS 46.08.040, the commissioner, after consulting with and securing the written approval of the attorney […]
The commissioner and the commissioner of environmental conservation shall jointly develop and adopt regulations that are necessary to implement the purposes of AS 29.60.500 – 29.60.599.
In AS 29.60.500 – 29.60.599, (1) “barrel” when used with reference to oil has the meaning given in AS 43.20.144; (2) “containment and cleanup” has the meaning given in AS 46.08.900; (3) “disaster emergency” means a disaster declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020; (4) “fund” means the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and […]
