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Alaska Statutes.

Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation

Chapter 3. Environmental Conservation

Section 465. Information-Gathering Requirements.

AS 46.03.465. Information-Gathering Requirements.

(a) Except as provided under AS 46.03.462 (c) - (d), the owner or operator of a commercial passenger vessel shall maintain records and, upon request of the department, provide to the department a report, with copies of the records related to the period of operation in the marine waters of the state, detailing the dates, times, and locations, and the volumes or flow-rates of any discharge of sewage, graywater, or other wastewater into the marine waters of the state.

(b) Except as provided under AS 46.03.462 (c) - (d), while a commercial passenger vessel is present in the marine waters of the state, the owner or operator of the vessel shall collect routine samples of the vessel's treated sewage, graywater, and other wastewater that are being discharged into the marine waters of the state with a sampling technique approved by the department before the sample is collected. The number of routine samples for each vessel to be collected under this subsection shall be the greater of two per calendar year or the number of samples required to be collected under federal statutes and regulations for sewage, graywater, or other wastewater discharges.

(c) Except as provided under AS 46.03.462 (c) - (d), while a commercial passenger vessel is present in the marine waters of the state, the department, or an independent contractor retained by the department, may collect additional samples of the vessel's treated sewage, graywater, and other wastewater that are being discharged into the marine waters of the state.

(d) Except as provided under AS 46.03.462 (c) - (d), the owner or operator of a vessel required to collect samples under (b) of this section shall have the samples tested to measure fecal coliform, ammonia, residual chlorine, pH (degree of acidity or alkalinity), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids, and other parameters as required by the department in the samples with an analytical testing method that was approved by the department before the testing is conducted. A laboratory used for testing under this subsection shall agree not to disclose the testing results to any person other than to the department, the United States Coast Guard, or the owner or operator of the vessel.

(e) The owner or operator of a commercial passenger vessel shall pay for all routine sampling under (b) of this section and the testing of routine samples. The department shall pay for all additional sampling under (c) of this section and the testing of the additional samples.

(f) If the owner or operator of a commercial passenger vessel has, when complying with another state or federal law that requires substantially equivalent information gathering, gathered the type of information required under (a), (b), or (d) of this section, the owner or operator shall be considered to be in compliance with that subsection so long as the information is also provided to the department.

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