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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management
Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing
the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste
facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the
needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods
of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on
landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population
estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules
are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall
be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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22-27-9
Section 22-27-9 Authority of Department of Environmental Management and Department of Public
Health. (a) The Department of Environmental Management shall be the agency with primary regulatory
authority over the management of solid waste in the state, except for the collection and transportation
of nonhazardous and nonmedical solid waste. The department may exercise the regulatory authority
over the permitting and operation of solid waste management facilities necessary to enforce
the requirement and purposes of this article. (b) The Alabama Department of Public Health
shall have primary regulatory authority over the collection and transportation of solid waste,
excluding medical waste and hazardous waste, the management of sanitary waste in septic tanks,
excluding landfill disposal, and the management of collection activities including, but not
limited to, the provision of collection services by county and municipal governing bodies,
participation in local collection systems, the...
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22-22A-17
Section 22-22A-17 Navigable Waters Dredging Fund. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law,
the budget proposed each year for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall
include as a line item in the General Fund Budget the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund for the
dredging of the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The director of the
department shall present the proposed budget at the appropriate budget hearing scheduled by
the Alabama Legislature. (b) There is established a Navigable Waters Dredging Fund which shall
be administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management which funds shall be
paid to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purposes of dredging the navigable waters
of this state and for sediment reuse. The principal of the fund shall consist of the following:
(1) Funds appropriated by any governmental entity. (2) Funds received as gifts from any source.
(c) All funds collected or received by the department for the Navigable...
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22-25C-1
Section 22-25C-1 Operation of facilities; bond; closure cost estimates. (a) Notwithstanding
any provision of law, and except as provided in Section 22-25C-2, the Alabama Department of
Environmental Management (ADEM), prior to the issuance of a permit or prior to a modification
of an existing permit, shall require certain centralized waste treatment facilities, as defined
by federal effluent guidelines set forth at 40 CFR Part 437, when applying for or modifying
a permit for the operation of a facility that processes or treats industrial wastes, industrial
wastewater, or used material to post a performance bond or other financial assurance in an
amount sufficient to close the facility if the owner or operator ceases proper operation of
the facility, abandons the facility, or fails to properly maintain the facility to ensure
compliance with state environmental regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this requirement
shall not apply to waste treatment facilities which treat waste only...
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22-28A-3
Section 22-28A-3 Regulations, commitments relating to reduction of greenhouse gases. (a) Effective
immediately, the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall refrain
from proposing or promulgating any new regulations intended in whole or in part to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases, as such gases are defined by the Kyoto Protocol, from the residential,
commercial, industrial, electric utility, or transportation sectors unless such reductions
are required under existing statutes. (b) In the absence of a resolution or other act of the
Legislature of the State of Alabama approving same, the Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management shall not submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or
to any other agency of the federal government any legally enforceable commitments related
to the reduction of greenhouse gases, as such gases are defined by the Kyoto Protocol unless
such reductions are required under existing statutes. (Act...
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22-30A-2
Section 22-30A-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter and except where the context prohibits,
the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CLEANUP. All activities
including administrative activities related to the identification, investigation and evaluation
of hazardous substance sites and the removal of hazardous substances or other closure or containment
of hazardous substances and any subsequent monitoring of such sites. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama
Environmental Management Commission as created by Section 22-22A-6. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management as created by Section 22-22A-4. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director
of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (5) FUND. The Alabama Hazardous Substance
Cleanup Fund. (6) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. Any substance defined as a hazardous substance pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. §9601(14) or listed as a hazardous waste pursuant to the Hazardous Wastes Management
Act, Section 22-30-1 et seq. and...
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35-19-2
Section 35-19-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVITY
AND USE LIMITATIONS. Restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to
real property. (2) AGENCY or DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(3) COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY. A condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect
to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated
to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real
property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community. (4)
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her
designated representative. (5) ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. A servitude arising under an environmental
response project that imposes activity and use limitations. (6) ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROJECT.
A plan or work performed for environmental remediation...
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22-28-2
Section 22-28-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIR POLLUTION. The presence
in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration
as are, or tend to be, injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life or property
or would interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the state and in such
territories of the state as shall be affected thereby. (2) AIR CONTAMINANT. Any solid, liquid
or gaseous matter, any odor or any combination thereof, from whatever source. (3) COMMISSION.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (4) PERSON. Any and all persons, natural
or artificial, including, but not limited to, any individual, partnership, association, society,
joint stock company, firm, company, corporation, institution, trust, estate, or other legal
or other business organization or any governmental entity, and any...
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9-10B-24
Section 9-10B-24 Alabama Water Resources Council established; composition of members; advisory
capacity. There is hereby established the Alabama Water Resources Council. The Water Resources
Council shall act in an advisory capacity to the Office of Water Resources and shall be comprised
of one representative appointed by each of the following entities: The Alabama Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management,
the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Soil and Water Conservation Committee, the Alabama
State Port Authority, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the Water Resource Research Institute.
From time to time, the division chief may request any other state agency to appoint a representative
to the Water Resources Council. The Water Resources Council shall advise the Office of Water
Resources on all matters concerning the waters of the state. (Acts 1993, No. 93-44, p. 78,
§25.)...
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22-40A-21
Section 22-40A-21 Scrap Tire Commission. (a) There is created the Scrap Tire Commission (STC)
to review the implementation of this chapter, including the scrap tire program, and recommend
changes to this chapter to the Legislature, as needed. The STC may promulgate regulations
to establish procedures for its operations. On September 1, 2003, the present monies received
under the existing Alabama Scrap Tire Study Commission (STSC) are transferred to the Scrap
Tire Fund created herein. (b) The Scrap Tire Commission shall be comprised of the following
individuals or their designees or a representative of each of the authorities listed below:
(1) The State Health Officer. (2) The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management. (3) The Alabama Department of Transportation. (4) The Association of County Commissions
of Alabama. (5) The Alabama Tire Dealers Association shall be represented by two members,
one of which shall be the president of the association. (6) The Rubber...
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