This is according to the Municipality of Anchorage: Handout AG.20

"Sump Pump Discharge Requirements
There continues to be major problems with sump pump discharge to remove water from crawl spaces or structures.
Discharge onto adjacent properties and discharge into streets causes glaciation and creates safety hazards and
heavy damage to MOA Street Maintenance snow removal equipment. Under no circumstances can a sump pump
be discharged into the Municipality of Anchorage sanitary sewer system, across property lines or impede public
right-of-ways or cause glaciation on streets.
The following are approved locations and methods for discharging sump pumps from residential or commercial
structures in the Municipality of Anchorage:
1. Tie in all discharge of sump pumps to storm drains where available.
2. Discharge may be directed to open drainage ditches as long as no glaciation onto streets or traveled
roadways occurs.
3. If there is adequate natural ground covering to allow seepage into the soil, discharge may be made onto
property as long as sheet discharge does not cross a property line.
4. The minimum distance away from a building that a sump may be discharged is three feet.
For engineered foundations requiring drainage, the following must be added to the plans to allow for approval:
• footing drains must be shown and installed with slope to sump location;
• sump must discharge to an approved location, see items 1-3 above;
• pump must have a ground fault circuit interrupter on the electrical circuit, and it must be shown on plans;
• crawl space access must afford/allow access for the maintenance and/or replacement of the sump;
• provide detail for sump enclosure, include diameter depth, material used as drainage filter."

Under #4 it talks about the GFCI protection needed. I was just wondering where I got the information from that a sump pump specifically had to be protected, whereas Vern quoted that it did not have to be if it was a dedicated circuit. Maybe it's a regional thing to "spell it out" like Anchorage has, even though the code calls for it. It helps to have the documentation from the Muni when I come across a home built prior to 1990 w/o the protection on the circuit. Thanks Jerry, Dave