18 Alaska Admin. Code § 87.100

Current through May 31, 2024

Section 18 AAC 87.100 - Pre-application requirements

(a) Not fewer than 120 days before submitting an application for siting approval under this chapter to the department, an applicant who proposes to construct or install a facility described in 18 AAC 87.010(b) shall

(1) prepare a preliminary application that contains

(A) the information required as set out under 18 AAC 87.200(b); and

(B) a fact sheet that describes the proposed facility and summarizes the content of the preliminary application;

(2) publish notice of the proposed facility in two editions of a newspaper of general circulation, and announce the notice at least twice a day for one week on a radio station in the area where the facility is proposed to be located; and

(3) by certified mail, return receipt requested, send written notice of the proposed facility to the department and to the municipality with jurisdiction over the proposed facility site, or if the proposed facility site is located in the unorganized borough, to

(A) the legislature; and

(B) the mayor of the municipality located nearest to the proposed facility.

(b) The public notice required in (a) of this section must

(1) describe the proposed facility;

(2) identify

(A) the owner and operator of the facility; and

(B) the proposed site for the facility;

(3) offer to any interested person, without charge, a copy of the fact sheet described in (a) of this section; and

(4) specify a location at which two copies of the preliminary application described in (a) of this section are available for public review.

(c) The written notice required by (a) of this section must

(1) include an offer to meet with the municipality with jurisdiction over the proposed facility site in one or more informal public meetings, to describe the proposed facility;

(2) include information on how to submit comments to the applicant;

(3) discuss how the proposed facility will meet applicable state and federal requirements for the protection of public health and the environment; and

(4) discuss public health and environmental issues, including how the applicant will monitor any facility emissions to the air, water, or land.

18 AAC 87.100

Eff. 8/23/2023, Register 247, October 2023

Authority:AS 18.45.020

AS 18.45.025

AS 46.03.010

AS 46.03.020