Certification
We're excited to work with you on becoming a certified Alaska Clean Harbor!
To be certified, complete a self-evaluation and submit it to our Advisory Council for review.
To be certified, your facility must have in place 100% of the applicable legally-required BMPs and a few additional BMPs that are applicable to your facility.
Steps to Certification
Conduct a best practices assessment of your facility with our updated checklist.
Create an action plan. What can you implement to reach the certification goals? Contact us if you would like a representative to help make one!
Identify any barriers to certification. We can facilitate environmental working groups or help with small purchases to achieve certification.
Implement and document BMPs.
Submit your application for review by the ACH Advisory Committee
Enjoy an award ceremony with ACH staff, your Council/Assembly and associated positive press
Certification Materials & Resources
Clean Harbors Pledge
You will want to get your managing body (usually your City Council/Assembly) to sign off on your participation in Alaska Clean Harbors. This often goes first before your Port & Harbor Advisory Commission, and then to Council/Assembly for a resolution of support. You can read example resolutions from Homer and Seward.
University of Alaska Southeast Clean Harbors Course
We highly recommend signing up for this Clean Harbors Course through UAS. This course is designed to walk you through the ACH best practices checklist, and provide a robust background and understanding of waste management and pollution prevention solutions that can be implemented at your facility. The course is part of the Career Training for Ports and Marinas program. It costs $195 for the first person at your facility to enroll. Contact UAS for group rates. The course is self-paced, and should take around 15 hours to complete if you follow all of the links and read through all of the resources. At the end of the course, you will have completed the majority of your facility's self assessment for ACH certification.
Follow the link below to view currently scheduled non-credit courses and find Clean Harbors
This video introduces a module of our Clean Harbors course, available through the University of Alaska Southeast Career Training for Ports and Marinas distance education program.
Best Management Practices Checklist.
This checklist is the backbone of the ACH certification. In it, you will document what best practices your facility implements and how. For each practice that you implement, we'll ask you to write in a brief explanation at the bottom of the section. This is what our Advisory Committee will use to review your application for certification.
