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Contact Information:
Department of Environmental Conservation, Air Permits
410 Willoughby Avenue
Suite 303
Juneau, Alaska 99801
(907) 269-7575
Or view the Department's
Website
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ALASKA
DE MINIMIS EXEMPTIONS:
To be exempted from permitting a source must have a potential to emit less than 100 tons of all criteria pollutants.
State notification is required. All units, regardless of exemption must meet 20% opacity and 0.05 grains of PM
averaged over 3 hours
MINOR SOURCE PERMITTING:
Sources with a potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year must obtain a Title V operating permit. If a source
wishes to avoid the operating permit the state will issue a minor source permit that includes a fuel or operating
limit to ensure the source stays minor. No other controls will be required, but sources are still subject to the
opacity and PM limits above.
There is a 30 day public comment period for permits and the whole process can take up to 60 days.
MAJOR NSR/PSD PERMITTING:
A potential to emit 250 tons per year of a criteria pollutant triggers PSD. In the nonattainment areas a potential
to emit 100 tons per year of CO or PM triggers NSR.
TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY ENGINES:
There are no special provisions for emergency units.
In the state of Alaska, the Regulatory Commission only regulates public utilities. Hence on-site
electrical generation does not need a certificate from the commission as long as the load is used
entirely on-site. However, the sale of excess capacity to the grid would require a Certificate
of Public Necessity from the Regulatory Commission.
Alaska State Legislature
In the state of Alaska, the legislature is responsible for adopting a statewide plumbing code; electrical
code; and electrical safety code. The Department of Labor is responsible for enforcement of these codes. A locality is
free to adopt the state mandated codes, but may not adopt standards less strict than those set by the state
legislature.
Alaska State Fire Marshal
The Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office has statewide jurisdiction for adoption and enforcement of building,
fire and mechanical codes and plan review authority except in the following communities which have received deferrals:
Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Kenai, Seward, Kodiak, Sitka, and Soldotna have received fire code and plan
review authority deferral.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received fire code and plan review authority deferral.
Valdez has received a deferral for fire code enforcement only.
A locality is
free to adopt the state mandated codes, but may not adopt standards less strict than those set by the state
Fire Marshal's office.
US DOE's Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs, Building Codes Database
The US DOE's database provides a comprehensive look at a state's building code implementation and enforcement
process.
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