Alaska Statutes Title 46, Chapter 46.08, Article 01 - Release Prevention and Response Fund; Reimbursement; Liens

• Sec. 46.08.005 Purpose of Fund; Description of Accounts.
  The legislature finds and declares that the release of oil or hazardous substances into the environment presents a real and substantial threat to the...
• Sec. 46.08.010 Fund Established.
  (a) There is established in the state general fund the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund. The fund shall be administered...
• Sec. 46.08.020 Financing of the Oil and Hazardous Substance Release Prevention Account; Prevention Mitigation Account.
  (a) The legislature may appropriate from the following sources to the prevention account in the fund:(1) the annual estimated balance of the account maintained...
• Sec. 46.08.025 Financing of the Oil and Hazardous Substance Release Response Account; Release Mitigation Account.
  (a) The legislature may appropriate from the following sources to the oil and hazardous substance release response account in the fund:(1) the annual estimated...
• Sec. 46.08.030 Intent Concerning the Abatement of Oil or Hazardous Substance Releases.
  It is the intent of the legislature and declared to be the public policy of the state that funds for the abatement of a...
• Sec. 46.08.040 Uses of the Fund.
  (a) In addition to money in the response account of the fund that is transferred to the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development...
• Sec. 46.08.045 Use of the Response Account; Declared Disasters.
  (a) The commissioner may use money from the response account in the fund to respond to a release or threatened release when the governor...
• Sec. 46.08.050 Records of the Fund.
  (a) The department shall maintain accounting records showing the income and expenses of the fund.(b) A department that is appropriated or allocated money from...
• Sec. 46.08.060 Report.
  (a) The commissioner shall make available a report to the legislature not later than the 10th day following the convening of each first regular...
• Sec. 46.08.070 Reimbursement for Containment and Cleanup.
  (a) The commissioner shall seek reimbursement promptly under this section, AS 46.03.760 (d), or federal law for the cost incurred in the cleanup or...
• Sec. 46.08.075 Liens Against Property As Security for State Expenditures.
  (a) The state has a lien for expenditures by the state from the fund, or from any other state fund, for the costs of...
• Sec. 46.08.080 Regulations.
  The commissioner shall periodically review the minimum quantities of hazardous substances established under federal law and may adopt regulations establishing minimum quantities of substances...

Last modified: November 15, 2016