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Title 18 . Environmental Conservation
Chapter 75 . Administrative Enforcement
Section 500. Definition of oil spill primary response action contractor; applicability

18 AAC 75.500. Definition of oil spill primary response action contractor; applicability

(a) As used in AS 46.04.035 and 18 AAC 75.500 - 18 AAC 75.580, "oil spill primary response action contractor" means a person who is or intends to be obligated under contract to the holder of an approved oil discharge prevention and contingency plan issued under AS 46.04.030 to provide resources or equipment to contain, control, or clean up an oil discharge. "Oil spill primary response action contractor" does not include

(1) a person who provides only ancillary services or equipment not for the specific purpose of containing, controlling, or cleaning up an oil discharge; or

(2) an approved oil discharge prevention and contingency plan holder who provides to another plan holder resources or equipment to contain, control, or clean up an oil discharge.

(b) A response action contractor is not required to register under 18 AAC 75.500 - 18 AAC 75.580 unless the contractor is directly obligated to a plan holder by contract to provide spill response resources to meet the requirements of AS 46.04.030 and 18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.495 and is listed in that plan holder's oil discharge prevention and contingency plan as providing all or part of the response resources required to demonstrate compliance with an applicable response planning standard under 18 AAC 75.432 - 18 AAC 75.442.

(c) The holder of an approved oil discharge prevention and contingency plan whose resources are listed in the plan of another plan holder to meet the requirements of AS 46.04.030 and 18 AAC 75.400 - 18 AAC 75.495 is not required to register as an oil spill primary response action contractor, but is subject to all other requirements of 18 AAC 75.425(e) (3)(H) and 18 AAC 75.445(i) (1) and (i)(2).

(d) Any person may apply to the department for registration under 18 AAC 75.500 - 18 AAC 75.580 as an oil spill primary response action contractor.

History: Eff. 9/25/93, Register 127; am 3/28/96, Register 137

Authority: AS 46.03.020

AS 46.03.825

AS 46.04.030

AS 46.04.035

AS 46.04.055

AS 46.04.070

Editor's note: As of Register 164 (January 2003), the regulations attorney made a technical revision under AS 44.62.125 (b)(6), adding an authority citation for 18 AAC 75.500.


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