Section 18 AAC 72.220 - Plan review(a) In reviewing an application to construct, modify, or operate a wastewater system, the department will determine whether the system design (1) meets the applicable approval criteria in this chapter; and(2) conforms to standard sanitary engineering principles and practices or state-of- the-art technology, and whether the design adequately protects public health, public and private water systems, and the environment.(b) The department will require the applicant to provide additional justification for a design if the department determines the design does not adequately protect public health, public and private water systems, or the environment.(c) As necessary to protect public health, public and private water systems, and the environment, the department will require that designs for sewers, wastewater treatment works, and I wastewater disposal systems have a history of meeting or exceeding the treatment or permit requirements of this chapter in comparable environmental conditions.(d) Lacking information on past performance of a system design, the department will place conditions of construction or operation of the system or require monitoring of the system as necessary to protect public health, public and private water systems, and the environment.(e) The department may provide advisory notes to the applicant as technical assistance for items beyond the requirements of this chapter.(f) Not later than 30 days after receiving a submittal, the department will provide a request for additional information to satisfy the submittal requirements or to adequately evaluate whether a system design is in conformance with this chapter. If the applicant fails to provide additional information not later than 45 days after the request, the department may issue a notice that the application will be closed as incomplete, and that a new application, including the appropriate plan review fee, must be submitted for department review.Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149; am 1/17/2002, Register 161; am 10/1/2023, Register 247, October 2023As of Register 218 (July 2016), the regulations attorney made technical corrections under AS 44.62.12S(b)(6), deleting the obsolete citations to AS 46.03.090 and 46.03.720 from the authority citation that follows 18 AAC 72.220.
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