Alaska Statutes: AS 46.40.100. Compliance and Enforcement.

Alaska Statutes. Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation Chapter 40. The Alaska Coastal Management Program Section 100. Compliance and Enforcement.

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AS 46.40.100. Compliance and Enforcement.

(a) As provided in AS 46.40.090 and 46.40.096, municipalities and state resource agencies shall administer land and water use regulations or controls in conformity with district coastal management plans approved under this chapter and in effect.
(b) A party that is authorized under (g) of this section may file a petition showing that a district coastal management plan is not being implemented. A petition filed under this subsection may not seek review of a proposed or final consistency determination regarding a specific project. On receipt of a petition, the department, after giving public notice in the manner required by (f) of this section, shall convene a hearing to consider the matter. A hearing called under this subsection shall be held in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter. After hearing, the department may order that the coastal resource district or a state resource agency take any action with respect to future implementation of the district coastal management plan that the department considers necessary, except that the department may not order that the coastal resource district or a state agency take any action with respect to a proposed or final consistency determination that has been issued.
(c) In determining whether an approved district coastal management plan is being implemented by a coastal resource district that exercises zoning authority or controls on the use of resources within the coastal area or by a state resource agency, the department shall find in favor of the district or the state resource agency, unless the department finds a pattern of nonimplementation.
(d) [Repealed, Sec. 9 ch 29 SLA 2002].
(e) The superior courts of the state have jurisdiction to enforce lawful orders of the department under this chapter.
(f) Upon receipt of a petition under (b) of this section, the department shall give notice of the hearing at least 10 days before the scheduled date of the hearing. The notice must

(1) contain sufficient information in commonly understood terms to inform the public of the nature of the petition; and

(2) indicate the manner in which the public may comment on the petition.
(g) The opportunity to petition is limited to

(1) a coastal resource district;

(2) a citizen of the coastal resource district; or

(3) a state resource agency.
(h) If the department finds a pattern of nonimplementation under (c) of this section, the department may order a coastal resource district or a state resource agency to take action with respect to future implementation of the district coastal management plan that the department considers necessary to implement the district coastal management plan. The department's determination under (c) of this section and any order issued under this subsection shall be considered a final administrative order for purposes of judicial review under AS 44.62.560.

Article 02. COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS IN THE UNORGANIZED BOROUGH

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