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22-27-12
Section 22-27-12 Powers of department. The department may do the following: (1) Adopt
rules to implement this article. (2) Adopt rules establishing requirements and restrictions
for the management of solid waste, excluding the collection and transportation of nonhazardous
and nonmedical solid waste. The rules may include factors such as the characteristics of the
solid waste, the potential for contamination of soils or ground and surface waters, the design
and operation of management facilities, the financial capabilities of the applicant, soil
and geological considerations, human health, and other environmental considerations. With
respect to solid waste disposal or materials recovery facilities, the rules may also include
factors such as the quantity, nature, and origin of solid wastes and recovered materials to
be managed. The department may condition the issuance of a permit for any solid waste management
or materials recovery facility upon the facility being consistent with...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal;
household exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or
municipal governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public
collection and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department.
The county commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal
services by contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house
service or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within
reasonable (generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household
and the wastes managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission
or municipal governing body providing services to the public under this article shall have
the power and authority by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Compact. The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby
enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally
joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST
INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There
is hereby created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The party states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the
availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level
radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of
defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities.
They also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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22-27-2
Section 22-27-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AGENCY. Any controlling
agency, public or private, elected, appointed, or volunteer utilizing methods approved by
the health department or the department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the
collection or management of solid wastes or recyclable materials. (2) ALTERNATIVE COVER. Material
other than earth used to cover a landfill or sanitary landfill. An alternative cover shall
be approved by the Department of Environmental Management in compliance with federal law and
United States Environmental Protection Agency rules or guidance to achieve a level of performance
equal to or greater than earthen cover material. (3) ASHES. The solid residue from burning
of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible material used for heating, from incineration of
solid wastes, or for the production of electricity at electric generating...
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22-27-47
Section 22-27-47 Local plans required. (a) Each county and any municipality as described
below shall submit to the department, within one and one-half years of May 16, 1989, a plan
for the management of solid waste generated within its boundaries. A county's plan shall include
the municipal jurisdictions within its boundaries except that any municipality may choose
to submit its own solid waste management plan intended for implementation within its city
limits and thereby be excluded from its county plan. Cities which do not choose to exclude
themselves from their county's plan shall be responsible to share in the county's costs proportionately
on a per capita basis. The content of all plans shall be consistent with the requirements
of this article and every plan shall not become final until it has been officially adopted
and approved pursuant to the requirements of this article. In the event a county or city does
not submit a required plan or if said plan does not meet the minimum...
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9-16-91
Section 9-16-91 Surface effects of underground coal mining; requirements; remedies.
(a) The regulatory authority shall promulgate rules and regulations directed toward the surface
effects of underground coal mining operations, and embodying the following requirements. In
adopting any rules and regulations, the regulatory authority shall consider all distinct differences
between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. (b) Each permit issued pursuant to
this article and relating to underground coal mining shall require the operator to: (1) Adopt
measures consistent with available technology in order to prevent subsidence causing material
damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize mine stability, and
maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of such surface lands, except in those instances
where the mining methods used requires planned subsidence in a predictable and controlled
manner. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit...
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22-27-10
Section 22-27-10 Control of unauthorized dumping; open burning; construction with other
rights and remedies. (a) Solid waste shall be collected, transported, disposed, managed, or
any combination thereof, according to the requirements of this article, and the rules of the
department or the health department, as authorized by this article, and if disposed of in
this state, shall be disposed in a permitted landfill or permitted incineration, or reduced
in volume through composting, materials recovery, or other existing or future means approved
by and according to the requirements of the department, under authorities granted by this
article. (b) The creation, contribution to, or operation of an unauthorized dump is declared
to be a public nuisance per se, a menace to public health, and a violation of this article.
In addition to other remedies which are available, an unauthorized dump may be enjoined through
an action in the circuit court having jurisdiction over the property in which the...
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22-27-17
Section 22-27-17 Disposal fees; disposition of funds; exemptions; review of records;
biennial report. (a) Beginning on October 1, 2008, the following disposal fees are levied
upon generators of solid waste who dispose of solid waste at solid waste management facilities
permitted by the department subject to this chapter, which shall be collected in accordance
with subsection (b): (1) One dollar ($1) per ton for all waste disposed of in a municipal
solid waste landfill. (2) One dollar ($1) per ton or twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard
for all waste disposed of in public industrial landfills, construction and demolition landfills,
non-municipal solid waste incinerators, or composting facilities, which receive waste not
generated by the permittee. (3) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard for all waste disposed
of in a private solid waste management facility, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)
per calendar year. (4) Regulated solid waste that may be approved by the...
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22-27-15
Section 22-27-15 Establishment and review of reduction goals. (a) No later than October
15, 2009, the department shall establish, by rule, a goal for the percentage, on a statewide
basis only, of the reduction in the amount of household and commercial solid waste and the
time frames for that reduction. Reduction, by means including, but not limited to, recycling,
source reduction, waste minimization, reuse, and composting shall be determined at public
solid waste disposal or incineration facilities on a statewide, per capita basis. In order
to evaluate the statewide efforts, the department shall adopt rules for the determination
of the base year data, and reporting requirements by local governing bodies and public solid
waste disposal or incineration facilities, to include both the quantity and origin of the
solid waste disposed or incinerated at such facilities. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the reduction goals shall emphasize activities prior to the delivery of...
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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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