(a) The innovative pollution control demonstration grant program is established as a direct grant program to give a person engaged in placer mining the opportunity to study and test innovative and economically viable mining techniques for waste disposal and pollution control in placer mining.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 46.16.080
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The commissioner of environmental conservation may make grants under this section to a person that has
(1) a proven history of successful placer mining in the state;(2) the capability to produce verifiable results; and(3) the capability to study and test innovative and economically viable techniques for waste disposal and pollution control in placer mining.(c) The commissioner of environmental conservation may not make a grant under this section to a person in excess of $100,000.(d) The commissioner of environmental conservation shall monitor and evaluate the results of grants made under this section.
