11 AAC 93.530. Effect of the order

(a) Within 30 days after signing a department order to designate a geographic or hydrologic area as a critical water management area, or revoke or amend a designation, the commissioner will announce the decision by publishing the order in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area once a week for four consecutive weeks. The order will also be mailed to permittees or certificate holders of record and property owners of record in the area; affected federal, state, and local agencies, and affected regional and village corporations.

(b) After the commissioner takes action under (a) of this section, the department may take the following actions:

(1) restrict or deny the acceptance of applications for new water appropriations or applications for additional quantities for existing appropriators of record, until the order is amended or revoked;

(2) seek voluntary agreement among permittees and certificate holders to limit the quantity of their water use on an equitably apportioned basis during all or part of the year;

(3) fix a time limit for accepting new applications for water rights for existing water uses;

(4) designate all water uses as significant;

(5) require notice of all applications;

(6) require conservation measures;

(7) take any other actions necessary to fully inform the public of the order; or

(8) enforce actions under 11 AAC 93.280, 11 AAC 93.290, AS 46.15.255 , and AS 46.15.256 .

History: Eff. 11/7/90, Register 116; am 8/20/2004, Register 171

Authority: AS 46.15.010

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