NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF EMERGENCY REGULATION
REGARDING FEDERAL CONCESSION PERMITS FOR GUIDE-OUTFITTERS AND MASTER GUIDE-OUTFITTERS IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE BIG GAME COMMERCIAL SERVICES BOARD OF ALASKA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Big Game Commercial Services Board proposes to make permanent regulation changes made by emergency regulation in relation to the requirements for federal concession permits.
On November 15, 2023, the Big Game Commercial Services Board adopted, as an emergency regulation, changes in Title 12, Chapter 75 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with federal concession permits for guide-outfitters and master guide-outfitters, including the following:
(1) 12 AAC 75.230 is proposed to be changed to allow a contracting registered guide-outfitter to change or withdraw a GUA before April 1 if the GUA has not been used at any time versus the change taking place after January 1 of the following year.
(2) 12 AAC 75.260 is proposed to be changed to allow a contracting guide to receive a UVC code in a new concession area in which the permit for the concession is authorized but not valid the year of the hunt, if the concessionaire registers for the guide use area before hunting.
The emergency regulation took effect November 27, 2023, and will expire March 25, 2024, unless made permanent by the Board. The Board indents to make to make the emergency regulation permanent.
You may comment on the regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the changes, by submitting written comments to Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806. Additionally, the Board will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974 and by electronic mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. Comments also may be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system and using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on January 5, 2024.
You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806 or by e-mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Board will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Board’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BigGameCommercialServicesBoard.aspx. The Board may, but is not required to, answer written questions received after the 10-day cut-off date and before the end of the comment period.
If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Alison Osborne at (907) 465-6826 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov not later than December 29, 2023 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.
A copy of the emergency regulation is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Alison Osborne at (907) 465-6826 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or go to
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/GUI-EmergencyRegs-0723.pdf.
The language of the permanent regulation may be different from that of the original emergency regulation and may include other provisions dealing with the same subject. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Written comments received are public records and are subject to public inspection.
Statutory authority: AS 08.54.600; AS 08.54.720; AS 08.54.790 and AS 08.54.680.
Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific: AS 08.54.600; AS 08.54.720; AS 08.54.790 and AS 08.54.680.
Fiscal information: The regulation is not expected to require an increased appropriation.
For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals and organizations interested in its regulations. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code. To be added to or removed from the list, send a request to the to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.
Date: November 30, 2023
Alison Osborne, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and
Professional Licensing
ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))
1. Adopting agency: Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development – Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing; Big Game Commercial Services Board.
2. General subject of regulation: updating requirements for federal concession permits.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 75.230 and 12 AAC 75.260.
4. Department of Law file number: 2023200554.
5. Reason for the proposed action: Update of current regulations removing timing barriers relating to federal permits for guides.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.
7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: None known.
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2024 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulation:
Thomas Bay, Executive Administrator
Big Game Commercial Services Board
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
E-mail: thomas.bay@alaska.gov
10. The origin of the proposed action: Staff of state agency.
11. Date: 11/30/2023
Prepared by: Alison Osborne,
Regulations Specialist