Title 18 . Environmental Conservation

Chapter 72 . Administrative Enforcement

Section 70. Reference materials

18 AAC 72.070. Reference materials

(a) The following materials are adopted by reference;

(1) the department's Installer's Manual for Conventional Onsite Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, revised as of August 1, 2000;

(2) Chapter 10 from A 1979 State of the Art Manual of On-Site Wastewater Management, 1979, National Environmental Health Association;

(3) National Sanitation Foundation Standard No. 40 for Individual Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Plants, revised as of May 1983, National Sanitation Foundation;

(4) Chapter 7 and Table 3-8 from Design Manual: Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, EPA 625/1-80-012, October 1980, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Program Operations, Office of Research and Development.

(b) The department will use the requirements of the state plumbing code, as developed under AS 18.60.705 , in evaluating plans submitted for approval under this chapter.

(c) As guidance for meeting the requirements of this chapter, the use of the recommended principles, practices, and designs, set out in the following reference materials, is encouraged by the department:

(1) Alternative Sewer Systems, Manual of Practice Number FD-12, 1986, Water Pollution Control Federation;

(2) American Water Works Association, Standard C600-93, Installation of Ductile Iron Water Mains and Their Appurtenances, American Water Works Association;

(3) Cold Climate Utilities Manual, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, 1986, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers;

(4) Design and Construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers, Manual of Practice Number 9, 1976, Water Pollution Control Federation;

(5) Design of Wastewater and Stormwater Pumping Stations, Manual of Practice No. FD-4, 1981, Water Pollution Control Federation;

(6) Environmental Engineering and Sanitation, Second Edition, Joseph A. Salvato, Jr., 1972, John Wiley & Sons;

(7) Glossary - Water and Wastewater Control Engineering, Joint Editorial Board, American Public Health Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation; Third Edition, 1981, Water Pollution Control Federation;

(8) Gravity Sanitary Sewer Design and Construction, Manual of Practice No. FD-5, 1982, Water Pollution Control Federation (American Society of Civil Engineers Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 60);

(9) High Rate Soil Absorption (HRSA) Task Force, Recommendations on Key Management Issues, 1984, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;

(10) Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters, H.B. Fischer, E.J. List, R.C.Y. Koh, J. Imberger, N.H. Brooks, 1979, Academic Press, Inc.;

(11) On-Site Wastewater Treatment, Proceedings of the Fourth National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems, "Estimating Groundwater Quality Impacts from On-Site Sewage Treatment Systems," B.J. Bauman and W.M. Schafer, 1985, American Society of Agriculture Engineers;

(12) Design Manual: Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, EPA 625/1-80-012, October 1980, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Program Operations, Office of Research and Development;

(13) Recommended Standards for Sewage Works, Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State Sanitary Engineers, 1978, Health Education Service, Inc.;

(14) Septic Tank System Effects on Ground Water Quality, 1985, Larry W. Canter, and Robert C. Knox, Lewis Publishers, Inc.;

(15) A 1979 State of the Art Manual of On-Site Wastewater Management, 1979, The National Environmental Health Association;

(16) "The Use of the Unified Soil Classification System by the Bureau of Reclamation," A.A. Wagner, in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, London, Vol. 1, 1957; also cited in Handbook of Environmental Civil Engineering, Robert G. Zilly, ed., 1975, p. 91, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.;

(17) Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, Reuse, Second Edition, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., revised by George Tchobanoglous, 1979, McGraw-Hill Book Co.;

(18) Wastewater Treatment Plant Design, Manual of Practice Number 8, 1977, Water Pollution Control Federation.

History: Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149; am 3/25/2001, Register 157

Authority: AS 44.46.020

AS 46.03.020

AS 46.03.050

AS 46.03.090

AS 46.03.720

Editor's note: The documents listed in 18 AAC 72.070 are available for viewing at the department's Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna, and Wasilla offices. Copies of the reference listed at 18 AAC 72.070(c) (9) may be obtained from those offices. The documents listed in 18 AAC 72.070 may be purchased directly from the publishers at the following addresses:

Academic Press, Inc., 465 Lincoln Dr., Troy, MO 63379;

American Society of Agriculture Engineers, 2950 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659;

American Water Works Association, 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235;

Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, 2050 Mansfield St., Montreal, PQ H3A 1Z2, Canada; telephone (514) 842-5653;

Health Education Service, Inc., P.O. Box 7126, Albany, NY 12224;

John Wiley & Sons, 1 Wiley Dr., Somerset, NJ 08875;

Lewis Publishers, Inc., 121 S. Main St., P.O. Drawer 519, Chelsea, MI 48118;

McGraw-Hill Book Co., 148 Princeton-Hightstown Rd., Hightstown, NJ 08520-1450;

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Rd. North, St. Paul, MN 55155;

National Environmental Health Association, 720 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 970, Denver, CO 80222;

National Sanitation Foundation, P.O. Box 1468, NSF Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48106;

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268;

Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 450 W. 33rd St., New York, NY 10001;

Water Pollution Control Federation, 601 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA 22314-1994.' ia, VA 22314-1994.