22-25B-1
Section 22-25B-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADEM. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (2) ADPH. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (3) CERTIFICATE OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY. The certification by the commission of the financial viability of a wastewater management entity's financial viability pursuant to this chapter. (4) CLUSTER WASTEWATER SYSTEM. An integrated wastewater collection system or treatment system, or both, or multiple systems serving a single development or contiguous developments, which collectively have a design flow of 15,000 GPD or less, and is designed and permitted for discharge of the treated wastewater to a subsurface distribution system, but excluding systems that discharge directly to surface waters of the state. The system must be designed by and certified by a licensed professional engineer to comply with design and permit...
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22-35-3
Section 22-35-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination of stationary tanks affixed permanently to the ground or other support structure (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of motor fuels, the volume of which (including pipes connected thereto) is greater than 90 percent above the surface of the ground. The terms "Underground Storage Tank" and "Aboveground Storage Tank" do not include any: a. Farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; b. Tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored; c. Septic tank; d. Pipeline facility (including gathering lines) regulated under: 1. The Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 2. The Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and 3....
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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22-25B-3
Section 22-25B-3 Responsibilities of wastewater management entities. (a) No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity shall operate as a wastewater management entity without full compliance with this chapter and rules promulgated hereunder. (b) Every cluster and community wastewater system shall be operated by a wastewater management entity as authorized under this chapter. Wastewater management entities shall be subject to such operational permits as may be issued by the department and such certificates as may be issued by the PSC. (1) A PSC certificate of financial viability shall be valid for a period of two years from the date of issuance. A new certificate of financial viability is required when a wastewater management entity is issued a new operational permit by the department or when an operational permit is modified by the department. (2) An operational permit for a cluster or community wastewater system issued by the department shall be valid for a period of five years...
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34-21A-2
Section 34-21A-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. (2) CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system consisting of a septic tank, or an Alabama Department of Public Health approved pretreatment device, with effluent discharging into a subsurface effluent disposal medium, where all portions of the effluent disposal field sidewalls are installed below the elevation of undisturbed native soil, including a conventional onsite sewage system as defined by the Alabama Department of Public Health regulations. (3) ENGINEERED ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system that varies from conventional onsite sewage system equipment, methods, processes, and installation procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Department of Public Health. (4) GOOD STANDING WITH LOCAL HEALTH...
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45-10-170.20
Section 45-10-170.20 Creation; composition; powers; advisory committee. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "decentralized wastewater system" is defined as a system for collection, treatment, and dispersal or reuse of wastewater from clusters of homes and businesses near the point of origin of wastewater generation, in which solids, greases, and oils are collected in an interceptor tank. (b)(1) There is created the Cherokee County Decentralized Wastewater System Authority to oversee the construction, maintenance, and operation of decentralized wastewater systems in Cherokee County. The jurisdiction of the authority shall include the unincorporated areas of Cherokee County. Any municipality in Cherokee County may elect to come under the jurisdiction of the Decentralized Wastewater Authority upon the adoption of a resolution and, once under the jurisdiction, may remove itself from the jurisdiction of the authority upon the adoption of a resolution. (2) The authority shall consist...
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22-36-2
Section 22-36-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (4) OPERATOR. Any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank. (5) OWNER OF AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK: a. In the case of an underground storage tank in use on November 8, 1984 or brought into use after that date, any person who owns an underground storage tank used for the storage, use, or dispensing of regulated substances, and b. In the case of any underground storage tank in use before November 8, 1984 but no longer in use on that date, the present owner of the tank and any person who owned such tank immediately before the...
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22-25B-6
Section 22-25B-6 PSC regulation of wastewater management entities. (a) The PSC shall promulgate and enforce such rules as are necessary to certify and monitor the economic viability of wastewater management entities. Such regulations may include, but may not be limited to, the following: (1) Financial viability requirements necessary to insure the long-term operation and maintenance of wastewater systems. (2) Conditions for the operation or permitting, or both, of cluster wastewater and community wastewater systems. (3) A system of notice to report any violations of certifications, permits, law, regulations, directives, or orders, or any combination of these, of the PSC, ADEM, or ADPH. (4) Enforcement mechanisms to insure compliance with law, regulations, certificates, and directives of the PSC. (5) Standardized financial operations and management of cluster and community wastewater systems and wastewater management entities. (b) The PSC may make the determination of economic viability...
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22-30-16
Section 22-30-16 Responsibilities of hazardous waste storage and treatment facility and hazardous waste disposal site operators. (a) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations establishing such standards, applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities as may be necessary to protect human health or the environment. In establishing such standards, the department may, where appropriate, distinguish in such standards between requirements appropriate for new facilities and for facilities in existence on the date of promulgation of such regulations. Such standards shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Unless exempted from regulation by this chapter or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, obtaining a permit from the department or interim status for each treatment, storage or disposal facility; (2) Assuring that all hazardous wastes are stored, treated or...
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