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Alaska Reimbursing for Disposal of PFAS-Containing Firefighting Substances

January 10, 2025

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched the Firefighting Substances Disposal Reimbursement program. This new initiative aims to reimburse individuals, businesses, and communities for disposing of firefighting substances…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: AFFF, PFAS

Western States Water Council PFAS Roundtable Summary

November 19, 2024

Summarizes the discussion of the January 18, 2023 states-only roundtable discussion on PFAS challenges and opportunities for coordination and policy resolution.

Tagged With: PFAS

Alaska Plans Spill Prevention and Response Outreach

October 6, 2023

To build community awareness and knowledge about their work, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Spill Prevention and Response is holding an open house at their spill prevention…

Filed Under: Member News

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation: DEC PFAS Page

January 11, 2023

Tagged With: PFAS

ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings

September 16, 2022

This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…

Filed Under: ECOS Update

Solid Waste Management for Rural Alaska Operational Guidance

August 3, 2022

This document is intended to help community leaders and landfill operators tackle those challenges by explaining how best to ensure that solid waste is handled and disposed of in a…

Alaska Notifies DOI of Intent to Sue for over 500 Contaminated Sites

December 18, 2021

On December 17, 2021, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation files 548 Notices of Intent to Sue the U.S. Department of Interior over contamination on lands transferred to Alaska Native…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: environmental justice, tribal

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Celebrates 50th Anniversary

August 13, 2021

To celebrate 50 years of work, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is highlighting environmental accomplishments in the state. When Alaska became a state in 1959, protection of Alaska’s…

Filed Under: Member News

Nine State AGs Request Revocation of Test Methods for Wood Heaters

May 28, 2021

On May 21, nine state Attorneys General wrote to U.S. EPA’s Air Quality Assessment Division detailing how two alternative test methods used to certify that new wood stoves meet EPA’s…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: emissions

ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2021 Update

March 2, 2021

In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: PFAS

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