Alaska § 46.14.120 - Permits for construction, installation, modification, or operation.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 46.14.120 — Permits for construction, installation, modification, or operation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.14.120. Permits for construction, installation, modification, or operation.
(a) Before constructing, installing, modifying, or establishing a stationary source subject to AS 46.14.130 (a), the owner and operator shall obtain a construction permit under this chapter.
(b) Except when considered to be in compliance with this chapter under AS 46.14.275 or under a regulation adopted under AS 46.14.140 (a)(12), the owner and operator shall obtain an operating permit under this chapter before operating a stationary source subject to AS 46.14.130 (b).
(c) A permittee shall comply with the terms and conditions of a permit or a modifying compliance order issued by the department under this chapter or a court order. A person operating under the application shield available under AS 46.14.140 (a)(12) and 46.14.275, shall comply with the terms and conditions of the pending application and applicable regulations.
(d) The department shall ensure that permits issued, modified, amended, renewed, or revoked and reissued under this chapter comply with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
(e) If the federal administrator exempts a stationary source from the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 7661a(a) (Clean Air Act, sec. 502(a)), the commissioner shall consider the factors used by the administrator in reaching that determination and, by regulation, shall issue a similar determination unless public health or air quality effects provide a reasonable basis to regulate the stationary source.
(f) The department may exempt or defer a stationary source from the requirement of AS 46.14.130 (b) to the extent allowed under 40 C.F.R. 70.3(b).
(g) Before constructing, installing, modifying, operating, or establishing a stationary source subject to AS 46.14.130 (c), the owner or operator shall obtain a minor permit under this chapter.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46.14.120 ("Permits for construction, installation, modification, or operation.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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