18 AAC 72.245. Treatment works

The department will approve plans for construction of a domestic wastewater treatment works if

(1) the submittal requirements of 18 AAC 72.205 are met;

(2) the design or design criteria for the following parameters meet the requirements of 18 AAC 72.220:

(A) design flows and waste loads;

(B) treatment capacities;

(D) siting with respect to potential for health hazards, nuisances, and flooding;

(E) bedding and backfill;

(F) methods to control operational variables;

(G) methods and location of disposal of sludges, septage, grit, screenings, and other facility residuals;

(H) thermal protection considerations;

(3) all plans, reports, and drawings submitted are sealed by a registered engineer, if engineering plans are required by 18 AAC 72.205;

(4) the plan provides for maintaining operation of necessary existing processes during construction;

(5) adequate measures are taken to protect nearby surface water from siltation or other contamination resulting from construction of the facility;

(6) facility bypasses are controlled;

(7) separation distances from any part of the system comply with 18 AAC 72.020;

(8) final grading and drainage directs surface runoff away from facilities; and

(9) the treatment works is proposed to discharge to an existing collection or disposal system, and adequate documentation demonstrates that

(A) the receiving system has sufficient capacity to accommodate flows expected from the proposed discharge; and

(B) the owner of the receiving system has approved the discharge.

History: Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149

Authority: AS 44.46.020

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