Revisions to Water Management Regulations
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The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR, Department) is considering updating the regulations implementing AS 46.15.145 Reservations of water: 11 AAC 93.141, 11 AAC 93.142 (Content of application), 11 AAC 93.143, 11 AAC 93.144, 11 AAC 93.145 (Adjudication of applications), 11 AAC 93.146 (Issuance of a certificate of reservation of water), and 11 AAC 93.147 (Review of a reservation of water).
Scoping Period
The Department conducted a scoping process to ask the public for their ideas and suggestions before the Department undertakes the task of drafting any specific proposed regulations for public review. The scoping period ran from August 1 to November 29, 2024, and was extended twice at the request of interested parties.
The scoping notices and scoping comments can be viewed at the following links.
View the First Scoping Notice on the Alaska Online Public Notice System View the Supplemental Notice on the Alaska Online Public Notice System View the Second Supplemental Notice on the Alaska Online Public Notice System Comments (A-H) (Redacted) PDF Comments (I-P) (Redacted) PDF Comments (Q-Z) (Redacted) PDF
Public Meeting
DNR hosted a public meeting on August 12, 2024, from 4:30-6:30 pm at the Atwood Conference Center Room 102/104 in Anchorage (Robert B. Atwood Building, 550 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501).
The meeting included a brief presentation by DNR followed by a question-and-response session with the public. After there was an opportunity for participants to submit feedback.
| Date | August 12, 2024 |
| Time | 4:30 - 6:30 PM |
| Location |
Atwood Conference Center Room 102/104 Robert B. Atwood Building 550 West 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 |
| Downloads | View or download meeting recordings or presentation: Meeting Video MP4 Meeting Audio MP3 Meeting Presentation PDF |
Background Information
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In January 2021, the Department publicly noticed proposed changes to a variety of water management regulations in 11 AAC 93. The Department received numerous comments on regulations concerning reservation of water and decided to advance only the administrative changes (adopted in June 2024). The public can view these newly adopted regulations on the Alaska Online Public Notice system.
The 2024 scoping notice picked up where we left off and looks specifically at reservations of water. The current reservation of water regulations are available on the Alaska Legislature's BASIS.