18 AAC 83.005 - Purpose, scope, and applicability of Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES) program
(a) The purpose of this chapter,
18 AAC 83.005 -
18 AAC 83.990, is to implement the
Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES) point source wastewater
discharge program in a manner that meets the purposes of AS 46.03 and in
accordance with 33 U.S.C.
1342 (Clean Water Act, sec. 402) and the
requirements adopted by reference at
18 AAC 83.010.
(b) The permit requirements and standards
established and adopted in this chapter apply to the discharge of pollutants
from any point source into waters of the United States.
(c) The state's administration of the APDES
program and the requirements and standards adopted in this chapter will apply
after the date the commissioner certifies to the lieutenant governor that the
United States Environmental Protection Agency has approved, under
33 U.S.C.
1342(b), the state's
administration of the APDES program.
(d) This chapter does not apply to the use or
disposal of sewage sludge when that use or disposal is regulated under 40
C.F.R. Part 503, as revised as of July 1, 2006.
Notes
Authority:AS 44.46.020
AS 46.03.010
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.03.050
AS 46.03.100
AS 46.03.110
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