1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in 18 AAC 72.010(c), 18 AAC 72.201, 18 AAC 72.511, or 18 AAC 72.611, in order to construct, install, modify, or operate a wastewater collection, treatment, storage, or disposal system, a person must obtain prior written approval. A person seeking approval shall provide to the department a complete application that contains the information required in this chapter.
2. (b) The department will base its approval of wastewater system plans on the provisions of AS 46.03 and this chapter.
3. (c) For applications seeking wastewater plan approval for a method of wastewater treatment or disposal that is not addressed in this chapter, the department will evaluate the applications on a case-by-case basis. In its evaluation, the department will consider the plan review provisions, conditions, recommendations from a technical review committee assembled under 18 AAC 72.007, and other applicable criteria set out in AS 46.03 and this chapter.

(Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149; am 5/12/2016, Register 218; am 10/1/2023, Register 247)

Authority: AS 44.46.020, AS 46.03.050, AS 46.03.110, AS 46.03.020, AS 46.03.100