00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 302                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the public's right to know certain information relating to water                                    
02 pollution, and requiring the Department of Environmental Conservation to collect and                                    
03 make available that information to the public."                                                                         
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
06 to read:                                                                                                                
07       LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that this Act ensure that                             
08 the people of Alaska have the right to know the amount and nature of pollutants,                                        
09 contaminants, and waste discharged under permit into Alaska waters.                                                     
10       (b)  It is the intent of the legislature that this Act does not apply to permits issued for                       
11 streambed disturbance, water turbidity, and private sewer systems.                                                      
12    * Sec. 2. AS 46.03 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
13            Sec. 46.03.026. Information to be collected and made available by the                                      
14       department. (a) The department shall require an annual report from a person for                                 

01       whom the department authorizes a mixing zone under AS 46.03.100 - 46.03.120.                                      
02            (b)  The report required under (a) of this section must be in a form prescribed                              
03       by the department and contain                                                                                     
04                 (1)  the amount, nature, and description of the pollutant, contaminant,                                 
05       or waste;                                                                                                         
06                 (2)  the location, type, and duration of the permitted activity; and                                    
07                 (3)  other information the department may require.                                                      
08            (c)  The department shall annually compile information collected under this                                  
09       section and make the information reported under (b) of this section available to the                              
10       public on the department's Internet website.                                                                      
11            (d)  This section does not apply to information about streambed disturbance or                               
12       water turbidity levels, or private sewage systems.                                                                
13            (e)  In this section, "mixing zone" means a volume of water adjacent to a                                    
14       discharge in which discharged waste mixes with the receiving water.