Section 18.76.210. Eligible drinking water systems.

	(a)  Except as provided in (b) of this section and as limited in (c) of this section, the following types of drinking water systems are eligible for financial assistance from the Alaska drinking water fund:  
		(1) a drinking water collection, storage, treatment, or distribution system;  
		(2) a drinking water system that delivers water by a constructed conveyance other than a pipe, for purposes specified in 42 U.S.C. 300f(4)(B)(i)(III).  
	(b)  Federally-owned systems are not eligible to receive financial assistance from the Alaska drinking water fund.  
	(c)  Except as provided in (d) of this section, financial assistance will not be provided to a drinking water system that  
		(1) does not have the technical, managerial, and financial capacity under 18 AAC 80.207 to ensure compliance with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. 141 and 18 AAC 80 (Drinking Water); or  
		(2) is in significant noncompliance with any requirement of 40 C.F.R. 141 or 18 AAC 80.  
	(d)  A drinking water system described in (c) of this section may receive assistance from the Alaska drinking water fund if  
		(1) the use of the assistance will ensure compliance; and  
		(2) for a system described in (c)(1) of this section, the owner or operator of the system agrees to undertake feasible and appropriate changes in operations, including changes in ownership, management, accounting, rates, maintenance, consolidation, or alternative water supply and the department determines that the changes are necessary to ensure that the system has the technical, managerial, and financial capability to maintain compliance with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Alaska drinking water regulations.  

Authorities

46.03.020;46.03.036;46.03.720

Notes

Reference

18 AAC 76.205
18 AAC 76.215
18 AAC 76.220
18 AAC 76.225

Authority

AS 46.03.020 AS 46.03.036 AS 46.03.720

History

Eff. 8/2/97, Register 143; am 12/29/2000, Register 156; am 3/14/2002, Register 161