Section 18 AAC 31.510 - Wastewater(a) Except for a food establishment described in (c) of this section, the operator of a food establishment shall ensure that wastewater from the establishment is discharged into a public sewer or a wastewater disposal system built and operated as required by 18 AAC 72.(b) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, the operator of a mobile food unit shall ensure that (1) wastewater is stored in a permanently installed tank with a volume at least 15 percent larger than that of the water supply tank;(2) wastewater is not discharged from the retention tank when the mobile food unit is in motion; and(3) the wastewater discharge connection is lower than the potable water inlet connection.(c) The requirements of this section do not apply to a (1) temporary food service subject to 18 AAC 31.600;(2) limited food service that dispenses only prepackaged food and that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 31.610(c);(3) mobile food unit that dispenses only prepackaged food and that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 31.620(g);(4) mobile retail food vendor that sells only prepackaged food and that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 31.625(1); or(5) kiosk that sells only prepackaged food and that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 31.615(c).Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142; am/readopt 12/19/99, Register 152Effective 12/19/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 31.510, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. The department also amended 18 AAC 31.510(c) by adding a new paragraph. Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 31 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.
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AS 44.46.020