Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 1 - Office of the Commissioner
Chapter 05 - Fees for Department Services
11 AAC 05.090 - Geological and geophysical surveys, facilities, equipment, products, services, and publications
Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 11 AAC 05.090
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) For facilities, equipment, products, services, and publications related to geological and geophysical surveys, fees are set by a written order of the director of the division of geological and geophysical surveys. The director shall
(1) post the order
(A) continuously from the date of issuance of
the order on the division of geological and geophysical surveys' public web
page on the department's website; and
(B) on the Alaska Online Public Notice System
(AS
44.62.175) for a minimum of 30 consecutive
days from the date of issuance of the order; and
(2) establish in the order fees that do not
exceed the amounts established under (b) of this section.
(b) Fees for facilities, equipment, products, services, and publications from the center may not exceed the following amounts:
(1) for research space, including a
basic zoom stereo microscope, a digital sample balance, basic sampling
equipment, water spray bottles, 10 percent acid solution, a fluoroscope,
whiteboards, and
(A) a single table, six feet
in length, in the main core viewing room,
(i)
$40 each half day;
(ii) $60 each
day;
(B) a single roller
table, not more than 34 feet in length, in the main core v1ewmg room,
(i) $60 each half day;
(ii) $125 each day;
(C) use of the entire main core viewing room,
including five roller tables with 152 total linear feet, $500 each
day;
(D) use of the confidential
core-viewing room, including a single roller table 25 feet in length,
(i) $175 each half-day;
(ii) $275 each day;
(2) for space rental of
(A) the conference room, including all
audio-visual equipment and a conference telephone,
(i) $175 each half-day;
(ii) $275 each day;
(B) warehouse shelving, with a one-shelf
minimum of three feet by eight feet, $60 each month, and $2.50 for each
additional square foot each month;
(C) interior space, with a 50-square-foot
minimum, $1.50 for each square foot each month;
(D) exterior space, with a 500-square-foot
minimum, $1 for each square foot each month;
(3) for equipment rental of
(A) a stereoscope,
(i) $30 each half-day;
(ii) $50 each day;
(B) an advanced, photo-capable petrographic
microscope,
(i) $50 each half-day;
(ii) $80 each day;
(C) an advanced, photo-capable stereo zoom
microscope,
(i) $40 each half-day;
(ii) $70 each day;
(D) a rock saw, including use of a
sample-processing room but not including saw blades,
(i) $80 each day for a 14-inch rock
saw;
(ii) $120 each day for a
20-inch rock saw;
(E)
non-destructive core analytical tools, including x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and
gamma-ray spectrometers, $150 each day;
(4) for services that individuals provide and
that consist of
(A) delivery of drill cuttings
to the viewing area, $8 each box;
(B) delivery of outcrop or miscellaneous rock
samples to the viewing area, $8 each box;
(C) delivery of core samples to the viewing
area, $6 each box;
(D) delivery of
processed slides to the viewing area, $5 each box;
(E) labor, clerical, or research support, for
(i) the first hour, no fee;
(ii) each additional hour, $56;
(F) sample processing that
involves
(i) longitudinal slabbing or
splitting of a rock core up to 2.6 inches in diameter, $8 each foot;
(ii) longitudinal slabbing or splitting of a
rock core greater than 2.6 inches in diameter, $10 each foot; hour;
(iii) sample tray marking, $15 each
box;
(iv) rock core plugging, $15
each plug;
(v) miscellaneous rock
sample cutting or processing, $56 each
(G) digital photography that consists of
(i) a photograph of a core box, $8
each;
(ii) a magnified photograph
of a subsection of a core, $5 each;
(iii) a photomicrograph of a thin section, $8
each;
(iv) a ·photograph of
a hand sample, $4 each;
(v) a
photograph of a specimen, $4 each;
(5) for large data distribution that consists
of
(A) a two-dimensional seismic dataset,
(i) full dataset fees of $7 ,500, plus $75
each line mile;
(ii) a post-stack
data fee of 25 percent of full dataset fees, with the post-stack data fee
counting toward full dataset fees;
(iii) a pre-stack data fee of 75 percent of
full dataset fees, with the pre-stack data fee counting toward full dataset
fees;
(B) a
three-dimensional seismic dataset,
(i) full
dataset fees of $15,000, plus $250 each square mile, plus $1 each
gigabyte;
(ii) a post-stack data
fee of 25 percent of full dataset fees, with the post-stack data fee counting
toward full dataset fees;
(iii) a
pre-stack data fee of 75 percent of full dataset fees, with the pre-stack data
fee counting toward full dataset fees;
(C) other data, $56 for each hour of staff
time for data processing in excess of one hour, not including copy time, plus
the center's actual cost for each electronic storage medium or device if
provided to the requestor by the center;
(6) for an extended rental and service
package that consists of
(A) a research
package, including the use of one roller table not more than 34 feet in length
in the main core viewing room, use of the conference room, use of counter
space, processed slide retrieval and box-pulling, use of a microscope and other
equipment, core photography, and sample processing except core slabbing or
splitting, for a duration of
(i) one work day,
$750;
(ii) one work week,
$3,000;
(iii) one month,
$7,500;
(iv) one year,
$20,000;
(B) a
confidential research package, including the use of one confidential core
viewing room, use of the conference room, processed slide retrieval and
box-pulling, use of an advanced microscope and other equipment, core
photography, and sample processing except core slabbing or splitting, for a
duration of
(i) one work day, $900;
(ii) one work week, $3,500;
(iii) one month, $10,000;
(iv) one year, $30,000;
(7) for publications
(A) available as online downloads, no
fee;
(B) available on an electronic
storage medium or device, a variable fee that does not exceed the center's
actual cost for each storage medium or device, plus $56 for each hour of staff
time for data processing in excess of one hour.
(c) The division will waive fees as provided in AS 41.08.045(c)
(1) for an student or class from an
elementary school, secondary school, or accredited postsecondary educational
institution, if the student or class is using the facility for education,
including educators promoting the theory and practice of teaching; or
(2) for a professor, an academic staff
member, or a student conducting academic research and associated with an
accredited postsecondary educational institution.
(d) By written order and notice as provided under
(a) of this section, the director may
discount or waive a fee if
(1) the director
determines that the discount or waiver, including a discount or waiver for
state or federal agency staff, is in the public interest; or
(2) the fee is less than $5.
(e) In this section,
(1) "academic research"
(A) means the study of geologic materials or
information at the undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate or professional
levels through an accredited postsecondary educational institution, with the
intent of publishing the results in a thesis, dissertation, or peer-reviewed
journal article;
(B) does not
include research performed with the intent to withhold the research from the
public as proprietary information or a trade secret;
(2) "center" means the Alaska Geologic
Materials Center;
(3) "day" means
more than four hours of a calendar day;
(4) "director" means the director of the
division of geological and geophysical surveys;
(5) "division" means the division of
geological and geophysical surveys;
(6) "half-day" means four hours or less of a
calendar day.
Fee and fee
discount orders issued under this section are available at the Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College
Road, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709; at the the Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Geologic Materials Center, 3651
Penland Parkway, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508; and on the division's Internet
website at http://dggs.alaska.gov.
Please contact the division at (907) 451-5010, the center at (907) 696-0079, or
AS 41.08.030
AS 41.08.045
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