Except when the only chemical being used is a flocculent to enhance settling, tailings from hard rock mines, and tailings from placer mines that have been amalgamated or chemically treated, are subject to 18 AAC 60.010 - 18 AAC 60.265, 18 AAC 60.400 - 18 AAC 60.495, 18 AAC 60.700 - 18 AAC 60.730, and 18 AAC 800 - 18 AAC 60.860 as necessary to prevent a violation of the air quality standards in 18 AAC 50 or the water quality standards in 18 AAC 70. The department will, in its discretion, incorporate applicable provisions of this chapter into a wastewater permit issued under 18 AAC 72 or a solid waste disposal permit issued under this chapter.

(Eff. 1/28/96, Register 137; am 6/28/96, Register 138)

Authority: AS 44.46.020, AS 46.03.020, AS 46.03.810, AS 44.46.025, AS 46.03.100, AS 46.03.010, AS 46.03.110