Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 15 - Administrative Procedures
Article 7 - General Provisions
18 AAC 15.920 - Definitions

(1) "administrative law judge" means the individual that the office of administrative hearings assigns under AS 44.64.020(a)(4) to hear

(2) "appropriate division director," with respect to permit or certification procedures under 18 AAC 15.020 - 18 AAC 15.160, means the director of the department division responsible for the permit, approval, or certification at issue;

(3) "commissioner" means

(4) "decision" means a department decision to issue, deny, condition, suspend, revoke, or amend a permit, or to take another action reviewable under 18 AAC 15.195 - 18 AAC 15.340;

(5) "department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation;

(6) "division director" or "director," with respect to proceedings that are subject to 18 AAC 15.185 - 18 AAC 15.340, means

(7) "draft decision," with respect to

(8) "EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency;

(9) "modification of an NPDES permit" includes an action that, as a practical matter, alters the permittee's obligation under the NPDES permit, whether through a consent decree, stipulated agreement, enforcement compliance schedule letter, or any other means;

(10) "NPDES" means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under 33 U.S.C. 1328, 1342, and 1345;

(11) "office of administrative hearings" means the independent agency under the direction of the chief administrative law judge and created under AS 44.64.010 in the Department of Administration;

(12) "party" means the permit applicant or permittee, each person whose request for adjudicatory hearing or intervention has been granted, and the division director;

(13) "permit"

(14) "permit applicant" means a person who

(15) "regional administrator" means the administrator of Region 10 of EPA;

(16) "requester," with respect to

(17) "respondent" means a person defending the department's decision.