Section 18.72.200. Application for department approval.

	(a)  Except as otherwise provided in 18 AAC 72.035(d) and (b) of this section, a person must submit a plan to the department and obtain approval of that plan before constructing, installing, or modifying any part of a domestic wastewater collection, treatment, storage, or disposal system. To obtain approval, a person shall provide to the department the information required by 18 AAC 72.205.  
	(b)  Written approval is not required for an emergency repair or routine maintenance. The owner or operator shall notify the department as described in 18 AAC 72.940 if the system malfunctions.  
	(c)  The department will base its approval of system plans exclusively on the provisions of AS 46.03  and this chapter.  
	(d)  The department will evaluate on a case-by-case basis applications for domestic wastewater system plan approval proposing a method of wastewater treatment or disposal not addressed in this chapter, and will consider the plan review provisions, recommendations from a technical review committee assembled under 18 AAC 72.007, and any other applicable approval criteria set out in AS 46.03  and this chapter.  

Authorities

44.46.020;46.03.020;46.03.050;46.03.100

Notes

Reference

18 AAC 15.010
18 AAC 72.005
18 AAC 72.010
18 AAC 72.025
18 AAC 72.035
18 AAC 72.050
18 AAC 72.205
18 AAC 72.215
18 AAC 72.240

Authority

AS 44.46.020 AS 46.03.020 AS 46.03.050 AS 46.03.100

History

Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149; am 5/12/2016, Register 218