DEC COVID-19 Updates
Alaska DEC staff has compiled the following resources to provide guidance for preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Pandemic Best Practices
- Department wide
- Procedures for Inspections and Fieldwork During COVID-19
- Air Quality
- Wood Smoke and COVID-19
- Drinking Water
- Community water systems
- Reopening buildings
- Food Safety and Sanitation
- Guidance for food establishments
- Mass Feeding for Emergency Operations
- Office of the State Veterinarian
- Guidance for Veterinarians
- Veterinary Response Plan
- Solid Waste
- Rural Alaska Waste Disposal Worker Guidance
Updated Regulatory Guidance due to COVID-19
- Air Quality
- COVID-19 caused Non-Compliance Concerns, No Action Assurance Memorandum (Air Quality)
- Environmental Health, Drinking Water Program
- Policy for the annual balance calibration requirement in drinking water certified laboratories
- Environmental Health, Solid Waste Program
- Landfill Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring During COVID-19
- Spill Preparedness and Response
- COVID-19 caused Non-Compliance Concerns, No Action Assurance Memorandum (SPAR)
- Water Quality
- COVID-19 caused Non-Compliance Concerns, No Action Assurance Memorandum (Water Quality)
- Operator Certification Compliance Guidance
- Water Environment Federation (WEF) Water-Sector Specific Information
Federal Compliance
- U.S. EPA
- July 22, 2020 letter regarding Inspection Expectations for Partner Agencies During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program
- COVID-19 Information on Disinfectants, Drinking Water, and Wastewater
- What You Need to Know Regarding Products Making Claims to Kill the Coronavirus Causing COVID-19
COVID-19 Health Mandates Related to DEC Guidance
- Health Mandate 012 updated Attachment A
- Essential Services and Critical Workforce Infrastructure Order
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