Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 69 - Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance Program
18 AAC 69.025 - Quality assurance project plan
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) On or before March 1 of each calendar year, except in a calendar year in which a plan is valid for the calendar year under (c) of this section, an owner or operator who intends to cause or allow sewage, graywater, or other wastewater to be discharged into the marine waters of the state shall submit a quality assurance project plan to be used for purposes of AS 46.03.465. The plan must include
(b) Sampling under AS 46.03.465 may not occur before the department approves a quality assurance project plan.
(c) A quality assurance project plan is valid for three years. The department will approve the plan if the
(d) An owner or operator may submit, at any time, an amendment to a plan of sampling techniques and analytical testing methods. The department will review any proposed amendment promptly and approve or disapprove the proposed amendment at the earliest practicable time.
(e) Between November 15 and January 15, the department will require changes that the department reasonably determines to be necessary to a valid plan of sampling techniques and analytical testing methods. The changes required under this subsection will be effective 90 days after the date the department provides notice of the required changes.
(f) The owner or operator shall maintain a copy of the valid, approved plan of sampling techniques and analytical testing methods on board each vessel that the owner or operator causes or allows to be operated in the marine waters of the state.
The department's list of approved analytical testing methods, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 69.025(c) (2), is available at the department's offices in Anchorage and Juneau and at the department's Internet website at http://dec.alaska.gov/water/cruise_ships
Authority:AS 46.03.460
AS 46.03.465