Alaska Statutes Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation § 46.17.900. Definitions

(1) “alteration” means only an alteration that might directly affect the safety of the dam or reservoir, as determined by the department;

(2) “appurtenant works” includes structures including spillways, either in a dam or separate from it; a reservoir and its rim; low level outlet works; and water conduits including tunnels, pipelines, or penstocks, whether running through the dam or through its abutments;

(3) “dam” includes an artificial barrier, and its appurtenant works, which may impound or divert water and which

(4) “department” means the Department of Natural Resources;

(5) “enlargement” means an alteration of an existing dam or reservoir that raises or is capable of raising the water storage elevation, or that increases the quantity of water impounded by the dam or reservoir;

(6) “owner” means a person who owns, controls, operates, maintains, manages, or proposes to construct a dam or reservoir, and includes

(7) “person” has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060, and includes the state and political subdivisions of the state, including the Alaska Railroad Corporation and the University of Alaska;

(8) “repair” means only a repair that might directly affect the safety of the dam or reservoir, as determined by the department;

(9) “reservoir” means a basin, appurtenant to a dam, that is capable of impounding water.