Sec. 46.14.230. Duration of operating permits.
(a) An operating permit under this chapter, including an operating permit that contains a compliance schedule, shall be issued for a fixed term of five years after the date of issue, except as provided for temporary operations under AS 46.14.215 or unless a shorter term is requested by the permit applicant. (b) If a timely […]
Sec. 46.14.235. Federal termination, modification, or revocation and reissuance of permits.
The department shall take measures practicable and otherwise lawful to avoid termination, modification, or revocation and reissuance by the federal administrator of permits issued by the department under this chapter.
Sec. 46.14.240. Permit administration fees.
(a) The owner or operator of a stationary source who is required to apply for a permit under AS 46.14.130 shall pay to the department all assessed permit administration fees established under (b) of this section except that the person named in a permit issued under AS 46.14.170 shall pay assessed permit administration fees incurred […]
Sec. 46.14.250. Emission fees.
(a) A person named as permittee in a permit issued under this chapter shall pay to the department all assessed emission fees established under this section. (b) The department shall establish by regulation an emission fee rate. The rate shall be set on the basis of dollars per ton of air pollutant emitted. The department […]
Sec. 46.14.255. Interest and sanctions for nonpayment.
(a) The department may assess interest against the owner and operator after a fee is due under this chapter and is unpaid. Interest assessed under this subsection shall be computed at two percentage points higher than the prime rate, as defined in AS 44.88.599, for the day the fee was due. (b) If a permittee […]
Sec. 46.14.260. Clean air protection fund.
(a) The clean air protection fund is established. The fund consists of fees collected by the department under AS 46.14.240 and 46.14.250 and under regulations authorized by AS 46.14.140, as required by 42 U.S.C. 7661a(b)(3)(C)(iii) (Clean Air Act, sec. 502(b)(3)(C)(iii)) for state participation in the federal emission control permit program. (b) The money deposited into […]
Sec. 46.14.150. Time for submission of operating permit applications.
(a) The owner and operator of a stationary source required to have an operating permit under this chapter shall submit the required application and other information required by the department by regulation no later than 12 months after the date on which the stationary source becomes subject to AS 46.14.120(b). (b) The department may accept […]
Sec. 46.14.265. Emission control permit receipts account.
(a) The emission control permit receipts account is established in the state treasury. Under AS 37.05.146(c), money received by the department in payment of fees under AS 46.14.240 and 46.14.250 and under regulations adopted under AS 46.14.140, other than fees described in AS 46.14.260(a), shall be deposited in the account. Appropriations from the account are […]
Sec. 46.14.160. Completeness determination.
(a) The department shall review every application submitted under this chapter for completeness. To be determined complete, an application must provide the information identified by the department in regulations adopted under AS 46.14.140 and in standard application forms provided by the department under AS 46.14.140(a)(1) and must be certified true and correct by the owner […]
Sec. 46.14.270. Clean air protection account.
Civil or criminal penalties, fines, assessments, or damages, and interest, attorney fees, and costs collected as a result of a violation relating to this chapter and interest collected under AS 46.14.255 shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to a special account called the clean air protection account.