18 AAC 75.440. Response planning standards for noncrude oil tank vessels and barges

(a) For a noncrude oil tank vessel or barge, the plan holder shall maintain or have available under contract within the plan holder's region of operation or another approved location, sufficient oil discharge containment, storage, transfer, and cleanup equipment, personnel, and other resources to

(1) contain or control within 48 hours, and to clean up within the shortest possible time, that portion of the response planning standard volume that enters open water; and

(2) contain or control, and clean up within the shortest possible time consistent with minimizing damage to the environment, that portion of the response planning standard volume that enters a receiving environment other than open water.

(b) The response planning standard volume for a noncrude oil tank vessel or barge is equal to 15 percent of the total cargo capacity of the oil tank vessel or barge.

History: Eff. 5/14/92, Register 122

Authority: AS 46.03.020

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