- (a) A preference right under AS 16.10.400 applies to a potential salmon hatchery site and does not constitute an approval of a permit.
- (b) As part of the pre-application assistance described in 5 AAC 40.120, the PNP coordinator will inform the applicant whether a qualified regional association or an approved local nonprofit hatchery corporation has an established preference right to the identified site.
- (c) The PNP coordinator will notify the appropriate qualified regional association of an application for a permit for a hatchery site that has been identified in the comprehensive salmon plan for the region.
- (d) A qualified regional association shall respond to the PNP coordinator not more than three weeks after receiving a notification described in (b) of this section to establish a preference right at that location.
- (e) If the qualified regional association exercises a preference right for that site, the association may, within one year, submit an application for acceptance. If an application is not submitted and accepted within one year, the qualified regional association relinquishes its preference right to that location.
- (f) A local nonprofit hatchery corporation is eligible to establish a preference right to a proposed site if the corporation receives approval from the qualified regional association. That preference right is identical to the one which can be established by a qualified regional association.
- (g) A local nonprofit hatchery corporation that seeks qualified regional association approval of a proposed preference right for a hatchery site shall notify the PNP coordinator and the qualified regional association.
- (h) all applicants for a permit, including local nonprofit corporations, local nonprofit hatchery corporations approved by the qualified regional associations, shall follow the application procedures outlined in 5 AAC 40.110 - 5 AAC 40.230.
(Eff. 3/31/85, Register 93; am 6/11/2025, Register 254)
Authority: AS 16.05.020, AS 16.05.092, AS 16.10.400, AS 16.12.010