Sec. 31.05.017. Principal office; seal.
(a) The commission shall establish a principal office and branch offices necessary to discharge its business efficiently. For the convenience of the public or of parties to a proceeding the commission may hold meetings, hearings, or other proceedings at other locations. (b) The commission shall have an official seal.
Sec. 31.05.021. Legal counsel.
(a) The Department of Law shall provide full-time legal counsel to the commission. The legal counsel provided by the Department of Law is subject to the approval of the commission. (b) The commission may, subject to the approval of the attorney general, contract for the services of additional specialized legal counsel or legal consultants.
Sec. 31.05.023. Commission staff.
(a) The commission shall employ such staff as it considers necessary to carry out its responsibilities. (b) The professional staff of the commission and the personal secretary of each commissioner are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110. (c) The secretarial and clerical staff of the commission, except the personal secretary of each commissioner, are […]
Sec. 31.05.025. Conflict of interest.
(a) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and secretarial staff, are subject to AS 39.50. (b) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting upon any matter before the commission in which the member has a conflict of interest.
Sec. 31.05.026. Relationship to Department of Natural Resources.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall have standing before the commission to raise all issues relating to state-owned land without regard to the type of proprietary interest held by the state in that land. (b) With respect to federal land from which the state or any subdivision of the state is entitled under federal […]
Sec. 31.05.027. Land subject to commission’s authority.
The authority of the commission applies to all land in the state lawfully subject to its police powers, including land of the United States and land subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The authority of the commission further applies to all land included in a voluntary cooperative or unit plan of development or […]
Sec. 31.05.030. Powers and duties of commission.
(a) The commission has jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter. (b) The commission shall investigate to determine whether or not waste exists or is imminent, or whether or not other facts exist which justify or require action by it. […]
Sec. 31.05.032. Certification of gas storage capacity.
(a) An owner of a gas storage facility that seeks an exemption under AS 38.05.180(u) or a credit under AS 43.20.046 shall apply to the commission for certification of the facility’s working gas storage capacity and certification of the facility’s gas withdrawal capability. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) […]
Sec. 31.05.035. Confidential reports.
(a) For all wells for which a permit to drill has been issued by the commission, the commission may require (1) the making and filing of reports, well logs, drilling logs, electric logs, lithologic logs, directional surveys, and all other subsurface information on a well for which a permit to drill has been issued by […]
Sec. 31.05.040. Regulations and orders.
(a) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure before it under this chapter. (b) All orders issued by the commission shall be in writing, shall be entered in full and indexed in books kept by the commission for that purpose, and shall be public records open for inspection at all times during reasonable […]