Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 75 - Oil and Other Hazardous Substances Pollution Control
Article 5 - Oil Spill Primary Response Action Contractors and Nontank Vessel Cleanup Contractors, Incident Management Teams, and Response Planning Facilitators
18 AAC 75.565 - Discharge exercises for streamlined plan contractors and incident management teams

(a) The department may conduct announced and unannounced discharge exercises to ensure that a streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team is adequately prepared to act in the event of a spill. No more than two exercises will be required for a streamlined plan cleanup contractor in each 12-month period. The department will consider other required discharge exercises conducted by the streamlined plan cleanup contractor in meeting this requirement. No more than two discharge exercises will be required for a streamlined plan incident management team in each 12-month period.

(b) The performance of a streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team during a discharge exercise will be considered inadequate if the streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team does not respond in a manner consistent with the minimum registration standards of 18 AAC 75.561 and 18 AAC 75.562, as applicable.

(c) If the performance of a streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team during a discharge exercise is considered inadequate under (b) in this section, the department may

(d) The department will consider a regularly scheduled training exercise initiated by a streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team as a discharge exercise if the department monitors, evaluates, or participates in the exercise and concurs that it is equivalent to a discharge exercise conducted by the department. A streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team shall notify the department in advance of the exercise and shall provide an opportunity for a department representative to be present and participate.

(e) The department will conduct announced or unannounced discharge exercises appropriate to the current status of operations of the streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team and the participation of the streamlined plan cleanup contractor or incident management team in other discharge exercises or response actions.