Title 18 . Environmental Conservation

Chapter 69 . Administrative Enforcement

Section 50. Treated sewage, graywater, and other wastewater discharge records and report

18 AAC 69.050. Treated sewage, graywater, and other wastewater discharge records and report

(a) An owner or operator shall maintain records required by AS 46.03.465 (a) on board the vessel for 12 months, detailing each discharge of treated sewage, graywater, or other wastewater into the marine waters of the state.

(b) For an intermittent discharge of treated sewage, graywater, or other wastewater into the marine waters of the state, the records required by AS 46.03.465 (a) must include the

(1) date, time, latitude, and longitude when and where the discharge started and ended;

(2) overboard discharge port through which the discharge occurred;

(3) type of discharge;

(4) volume and average discharge rate for each overboard discharge port;

(5) minimum vessel speed during discharge; and

(6) signature of the individual in charge of discharge operations and the date when that individual signed the discharge record.

(c) For an automatic or continuous discharge, in port, at anchorage, or underway, of treated sewage, graywater, or other wastewater into the marine waters of the state, the records required by AS 46.03.465 (a) must describe for each voyage

(1) the daily estimated volume of discharge by type;

(2) a description of how the daily volume by discharge type was estimated;

(3) for each stay that a vessel makes at an anchorage or dock, the

(A) date of the stay;

(B) time expressed in a 24-hour clock format at the beginning and end of each docking or anchorage;

(C) latitude and longitude of the stay; and

(D) estimated average flow rate of discharge by type of discharge;

(4) for each vessel route while the vessel is underway between each stay identified in (3) of this subsection, the

(A) dates while en route;

(B) time expressed in a 24-hour clock format at the beginning and end of each vessel route;

(C) vessel's average speed; and

(D) estimated average flow rate of discharge by type of discharge.

(d) Within 21 days after receipt of a written or electronic request from the department, an owner or operator shall submit copies of the requested treated sewage, graywater or other wastewater records, or a report in a format requested by the department.

History: Eff. 11/15/2002, Register 164

Authority: AS 46.03.460

AS 46.03.463

AS 46.03.465

AS 46.03.470