00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 263(RES)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to water quality standards applicable to flow-through hot springs."                                    
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 44.46 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 44.46.028.  Flow-through hot springs.  (a)  A flow-through hot springs,                               
05       whether natural or modified, when used for perceived medicinal or esthetic purposes,                              
06       is exempt from further water quality regulation by the Department of Environmental                                
07       Conservation while the fecal coliform count is maintained at 100 colonies or less per                             
08       100 milliliters and the body of water is free from dangerous levels of disease-causing                            
09       pathogens or chemicals.                                                                                           
10            (b)  In this section, "flow-through hot springs" means a body of water in which                              
11       naturally occurring geothermal water enters the body of water to replace an equal                                 
12       amount of water constantly being drained from the body of water.