The department shall adopt regulations (1) establishing standards governing the discharge of low level radioactive materials to the air, water, land, and subsurface land of the state; (2) establishing safeguards for radioactive waste materials that do not constitute a threat to public health or safety and that may be stored or disposed of in the […]
A person who conducts an operation that results in the discharge of low level radioactive materials to the air, water, land, or subsurface land of the state shall obtain a permit from the department before commencing the discharge.
(a) It is unlawful to dispose of hazardous wastes in the state unless (1) the waste has been treated and disposed of in a manner that uses the maximum degree of reduction of the harmful qualities of a hazardous waste that is subject to this chapter and that the department, on a case-by-case basis, determines […]
(a) The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) for the identification and management of hazardous waste as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and hazardous waste that exhibits the characteristic of toxicity, persistence, or carcinogenicity. (b) Regulations adopted under (a) of this section must exempt from their coverage mining […]
(a) A person may not treat, transport, store, or dispose of a hazardous waste as defined by the department by regulation unless that person first secures a permit from the department and submits to the department any reports or manifests that the department may require for handling the hazardous wastes. (b) A person who generates […]
A person who generates hazardous wastes shall submit to the department reports or manifests that the department may require for handling the hazardous wastes.
(a) Hazardous waste may not be transported in the state unless the waste is accompanied by the uniform hazardous waste manifest required under 42 U.S.C. 6922 – 6923 or other applicable federal law. (b) [Repealed, § 15 ch 71 SLA 1997.]
The department shall provide for the temporary collection of hazardous waste to be prepared for shipment to a federally approved hazardous waste disposal site. The department shall establish four periods in each calendar year during which it shall collect hazardous waste. A collection point may accept hazardous waste only from small quantity generators and household […]
(a) Permits, permit applications, records, reports, and information and documentation obtained under AS 46.03.302 – 46.03.308 are available to the public for inspection and copying. However, upon a showing satisfactory to the commissioner that a record, report, permit, application, or information would, if made public, divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets, […]
(a) The department shall evaluate and select potential sites for hazardous waste management facilities in the state. In evaluating and selecting sites for management facilities, the department shall consider at least the following factors: (1) economic feasibility, including proximity to concentrations of generators of the types of hazardous waste likely to be proposed and permitted […]
(a) A hazardous waste reduction grant account is established in the general fund. It consists of appropriations made to it. (b) The department may issue matching grants from money in the account to businesses, local governments, industry trade associations, labor organizations, or nonprofit organizations for the purpose of feasibility analysis and evaluation of ways to […]
