Sec. 46.14.320. Compliance advisory panel.
(a) There is established in the department a compliance advisory panel whose members shall serve staggered three-year terms. A member may not serve more than two three-year terms consecutively. (b) The panel consists of (1) two members who are not owners or representatives of owners of small business facilities, selected by the governor to represent […]
Sec. 46.14.400. Local air quality control programs.
(a) With the approval of the department, a municipality may establish and administer within its jurisdiction a local air quality control program that operates in lieu of and is consistent with all or part of the department’s air quality program as established under this chapter. A first or second class borough may administer an air […]
Sec. 46.14.410. Inadequacy of local program.
(a) If a municipality or a local air quality district has an approved local air quality control program and the department determines that the program is being implemented in a manner that fails to meet the terms of the cooperative agreement or is otherwise being inappropriately administered, the department shall give written notice setting out […]
Sec. 46.14.500. Air pollution from outer continental shelf activities.
(a) The department shall seek delegation of authority from the federal administrator to implement and enforce the terms and provisions of 42 U.S.C. 7627 (Clean Air Act, sec. 328) for the Pacific and Arctic Ocean areas offshore of the state. The department may adopt regulations that are necessary to acquire this delegated authority. (b) In […]
Sec. 46.14.510. Motor vehicle pollution.
(a) When the department determines that the state of knowledge and technology may allow or make appropriate the control of emissions from motor vehicles to further air quality control, the department may provide, by regulation, for the control of the emissions from motor vehicles. The regulations may prescribe requirements for the installation and use of […]
Sec. 46.14.515. Inspection.
(a) An officer or employee of the department designated by the commissioner or an inspector authorized by the commissioner and certified under regulations adopted under AS 46.14.140(a)(14) may, upon presentation of credentials and at reasonable times with the consent of the owner or operator, enter upon or through any premises of a stationary source regulated […]
Sec. 46.14.520. Confidentiality of trade secrets.
Records, reports, and information, and parts of records, reports, and information, other than emission data, in the department’s possession or control are considered confidential records and shall be kept confidential and in separate files if the owner and operator have certified under oath to the department or authorized local program that (1) public disclosure would […]
Sec. 46.14.525. Public records.
Except as provided in AS 46.14.520, permits, permit applications, emissions and monitoring reports, compliance reports, certifications, and monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance plans in the department’s possession or control are available to the public for inspection and copying.
Sec. 46.14.530. State and federal aid.
(a) A municipality or local air quality district with a local air quality control program may apply for, receive, administer, and spend state aid for the control of air emissions or the development and administration of the program if an application is first submitted to and approved by the department. Subject to available money appropriated […]
Sec. 46.14.540. Authority of department in cases of emergency.
(a) When the commissioner finds that an act of God, act of war, act of terrorism, or similar catastrophe necessitates emergency use of an unpermitted emissions unit or emergency use of a permitted emissions unit in a manner not authorized by the permit, the commissioner may waive procedural requirements of this chapter and issue an […]