Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 6 - Lands
Chapter 93 - Water Management
Article 9 - Critical Water Management Areas
11 AAC 93.530 - Effect of the order
Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 93.530
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Not later than 30 days after signing a department order to designate a geographic or hydrologic area as a critical water management area or revoke or amend a designation, the commissioner will announce the decision by posting the order on the Alaska Online Public Notice System (AS 44.62.175) and mailing the order to
(1) applicants for appropriations of water in
the affected area;
(2)
appropriators of record in the affected area;
(3) property owners in the affected
area;
(4) affected federal, state,
and local agencies, including the Department of Fish and Game and the
Department of Environmental Conservation; and
(5) any affected regional and village
corporations organized under 43 U.S.C. 1601 - 1629h (Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act).
(b) After the commissioner takes action under (a) of this section, the department may take the following actions:
(1) restrict
or deny the acceptance of applications for new water appropriations or
applications for additional quantities for existing appropriators of record,
until the order is amended or revoked;
(2) seek voluntary agreement among permittees
and certificate holders to limit the quantity of their water use on an
equitably apportioned basis during all or part of the year;
(3) fix a time limit for accepting new
applications for water rights for existing water uses;
(4) designate all water uses as
significant;
(5) require notice of
all applications;
(6) require
conservation measures;
(7) take any
other actions necessary to fully inform the public of the order; or
(8) enforce actions under
11 AAC 93.280,
11 AAC 93.290,
AS
46.15.255, and
AS
46.15.256.
Authority: AS 46.15.010
AS 46.15.020
AS 46.15.180
AS 46.15.250
AS 46.15.255
AS 46.15.256
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