18 AAC 69 – Commercial Passenger Vessel Environmental Compliance Program
Maintained by the Division of Water Quality
DEC Last Change Effective Date
March 24, 2018
BASIS Effective Date
March 24, 2018
✅ BASIS is Up to Date
The complete, current text for this chapter is hosted externally on the official Alaska State Legislature BASIS portal.
Summary of Chapter 69
18 AAC 69 establishes environmental standards for commercial passenger vessels in Alaska to ensure proper waste handling, monitoring, and reporting while these vessels operate in state waters. This chapter:
- Requires vessel registration, payment of compliance fees, and submission of voyage reports to the department annually by March 1 (or June 1/November 15, depending on vessel schedule)
- Mandates development and maintenance of plans and reports, including quality assurance, sampling procedures, nonhazardous and hazardous waste offloading, sewage and graywater records, and best management practices
- Defines protocols for sampling notifications, analytical testing, discharge notifications, exceedance reporting, vessel inspection access, appeals, dispute resolution, and public information dissemination to ensure transparency and compliance