6 AAC 80.900 - Definitions
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise,
in this chapter
(1) "barrier islands and
lagoons" means depositional coastal environments formed by deposits of sediment
offshore or coastal remnants which form a barrier of low-lying islands and bars
protecting a salt-water lagoon with free exchange of water to the
sea;
(2) "coastal water" means all
water bodies in the coastal area, including wetlands and the intertidal
area;
(3) "council" means the
Alaska Coastal Policy Council;
(4)
"district" means a coastal resource district as defined in AS
46.40.210(2);
(5) "district
program" means a district coastal management program;
(6) "estuary" means a semiclosed coastal body
of water which has a free connection with the sea and within which seawater is
measurably diluted with freshwater derived from land drainage;
(7) "exposed high-energy coasts" means open
and unprotected sections of coastline with exposure to ocean generated wave
impacts and usually characterized by coarse sand, gravel, boulder beaches, and
well-mixed coastal water;
(8)
"facilities related to commercial fishing and seafood processing" includes
hatcheries and related facilities, seafood processing plants and support
facilities, marine industrial and commercial facilities, and aquaculture
facilities;
(9) "geophysical hazard
areas" means those areas which present a threat to life or property from
geophysical or geological hazards, including flooding, tsunami run-up, storm
surge run-up, landslides, snowslides, faults, ice hazards, erosion, and
littoral beach process;
(10)
"mining and mineral processing" means the development of mineral resources
extracted in tidal rivers, coastal water, and on continental shelves of the
open sea, and found in surface, subsurface, and aqueous deposits;
(11) "offshore areas" means submerged lands
and waters seaward of the coastline;
(12) "rocky islands and seacliffs" means
islands of volcanic or tectonic origin with rocky shores and steep faces,
offshore rocks, capes, and steep rocky seafronts;
(13) "tideflats" means mostly unvegetated
areas that are alternately exposed and inundated by the falling and rising of
the tide;
(14) "transportation and
utility routes and facilities" include power transmission lines, mineral slurry
lines, oil and gas pipelines, land and marine corridors, railways, highways,
roadways, air terminals, water and sewage transfer, and facilities required to
operate and maintain the route or facility;
(15) "upland" means drainages, aquifers, and
land, the use of which would have a direct and significant impact on coastal
water;
(16) "uses of state concern"
has the same meaning as in AS 46.40.210(6);
(17) "water-dependent" means a use or
activity which can be carried out only on, in, or adjacent to water areas
because the use requires access to the water body;
(18) "water-related" means a use or activity
which is not directly dependent upon access to a water body, but which provides
goods or services that are directly associated with water-dependence and which,
if not located adjacent to water, would result in a public loss of quality in
the goods or services offered;
(19)
"wetlands" includes both freshwater and saltwater wetlands; "freshwater
wetlands" means those environments characterized by rooted vegetation which is
partially submerged either continuously or periodically by surface freshwater
with less than.5 parts per thousand salt content and not exceeding three meters
in depth; "saltwater wetlands" means those coastal areas along sheltered
shorelines characterized by halophilic hydrophytes and macroalgae extending
from extreme low tide to an area above extreme high tide which is influenced by
sea spray or tidally induced water table changes;
(20) "feasible and prudent" means consistent
with sound engineering practice and not causing environmental, social, or
economic problems that outweigh the public benefit to be derived from
compliance with the standard which is modified by the term "feasible and
prudent";
(21) "including" means
including but not limited to;
(22)
"major energy facility" includes marine service bases and storage depots,
pipelines and rights-of-way, drilling rigs and platforms, petroleum or coal
separation, treatment, or storage facilities, liquid natural gas plants and
terminals, oil terminals and other port development for the transfer of energy
products, petrochemical plants, refineries and associated facilities,
hydroelectric projects, other electric generating plants, transmission lines,
uranium enrichment or nuclear fuel processing facilities, and geothermal
facilities; "major energy facility" means a development of more than local
concern carried out in, or in close proximity to, the coastal area, which meets
one or more of the following criteria:
(A) a
facility required to support energy operations for exploration or production
purposes;
(B) a facility used to
produce, convert, process, or store energy resources or marketable
products;
(C) a facility used to
transfer, transport, import, or export energy resources or marketable
products;
(D) a facility used for
in-state energy use; or
(E) a
facility used primarily for the manufacture, production, or assembly of
equipment, machinery, products, or devices which are involved in any activity
described in (A) - (D) of this paragraph;
(23) "significant amendment" means an
amendment to an approved district program which
(A) results in a major revision, addition or
deletion to the policies or implementation methods or authorities included in
the district program under
6 AAC 85.090 and
6 AAC 85.100;
(B) alters the district boundaries, other
than by technical adjustments;
(C)
designates an area which merits special attention or alters an existing area
which merits special attention designation; or
(D) restricts or excludes a use of state
concern not previously restricted or excluded;
(24) "area which merits special attention"
has the same meaning as in AS 46.40.210(1);
(25) "village" has the same meaning as in
AS
46.40.180(d).
(b) In AS 44.19.155, "deputy
commissioner" includes assistant commissioners of state agencies.
Notes
Authority:AS 44.19.160(4)
AS 44.19.161
AS 46.40.010(c)
AS 46.40.030
AS 46.40.040
AS 46.40.060
AS 46.40.070
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