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2012 Ocean Ranger Guidebook 3-7-12 (b) Except as provided in (h) of this section or under AS 46.03.462(c), a person may not discharge sewage from a commercial passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state that has suspended solids greater than 150 milligrams per liter or a fecal coliform count greater than 200 colonies per 100 milliliters except that the department may by regulation adopt a protocol for retesting for fecal coliform, if this discharge limit for fecal coliform is exceeded, under which a discharger will be considered to be in compliance with the fecal coliform limit if the geometric mean of fecal coliform count in the samples considered under the protocol does not exceed 200 colonies per 100 milliliters. (c) Except as provided in (h) of this section or under AS 46.03.462(c), a person may not discharge graywater or other wastewater from a commercial passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state that has suspended solids greater than 150 milligrams per liter or a fecal coliform count greater than 200 colonies per 100 milliliters except that the department may by regulation adopt a protocol for retesting for fecal coliform, if this discharge limit for fecal coliform is exceeded, under which a discharger will be considered to be in compliance with the fecal coliform limit if the geometric mean of fecal coliform count in the samples considered under the protocol does not exceed 200 colonies per 100 milliliters. (d) [Repealed, Sec. 5, 2006 Primary Election Ballot Measure No. 2]. (e) An owner or operator may not discharge any treated sewage, graywater, or other wastewater from a large commercial passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state unless the owner or operator obtains a permit under AS 46.03.100 and 46.03.462, and provided that the vessel is not in an area where the discharge of treated sewage, graywater, or other wastewaters is otherwise prohibited. (f) Except as provided in (h) of this section, a person may not discharge sewage from a small commercial passenger vessel unless the sewage has been processed through a properly operated and properly maintained marine sanitation device. (g) [Repealed, Sec. 5, 2006 Primary Election Ballot Measure No. 2]. (h) The provisions of (a) - (f) of this section do not apply to discharges made for the purpose of securing the safety of the commercial passenger vessel or saving life at sea if all reasonable precautions have been taken for the purpose of preventing or minimizing the discharge. Sec. 46.03.464. Advisory panel on wastewater treatment; commissioner's reports to the legislature. (a) A science advisory panel is established in the department. The panel consists of 11 members selected by the commissioner. Members of the panel serve without compensation but are entitled to transportation expenses and per diem as authorized for members of boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180 . Each of the individuals the commissioner selects serves for up to a six-year period and have expertise in the design, operation, or function of wastewater management and treatment systems. Among the 11 panel members, the commissioner shall select at least one individual from each of the following groups: 262
2012 Ocean Ranger Guidebook 3-7-12 (1) coastal community domestic wastewater management; (2) the cruise ship industry; (3) the commercial fishing industry; and (4) a nongovernmental organization with an interest in water quality matters. (b) The panel shall (1) meet at the call of the commissioner and give public notice of meetings of the panel as required under AS 44.62.310 and 44.62.312; (2) hold one or more public conferences or workshops before 2013, with at least one public conference or workshop to be held between January 1, 2013, and January 1, 2015, if the department issues, renews, or modifies a permit required under AS 46.03.462 (a)(1) after January 1, 2012; and (3) assist and advise the commissioner in conducting the analyses and preparing the reports required in (c) and (d) of this section. (c) On or before January 1, 2013, the commissioner, in consultation with the panel, shall provide a preliminary report to the legislature that summarizes (1) methods of pollution prevention, control, and treatment in use and the level of effluent quality achieved by commercial passenger vessels; (2) additional economically feasible methods of pollution prevention, control, and treatment that could be employed to provide the most technologically effective measures to control all wastes and other substances in the discharge; and (3) the environmental benefit and cost of implementing additional methods of pollution prevention, control, and treatment identified in (2) of this subsection. (d) On or before January 1, 2015, the commissioner, in consultation with the panel, shall provide a final report to the legislature that includes the topics identified in (c)(1) - (3) of this section. Sec. 46.03.465. Information-gathering requirements. (a) The owner or operator of a commercial passenger vessel shall maintain daily records related to the period of operation while in the state, detailing the dates, times, and locations, and the volumes and flow rates of any discharges of sewage, graywater, or other wastewaters into the marine waters of the state, and provide electronic copies of those records on a monthly basis to the department not later than five days after each calendar month of operation in state waters. 263
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