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22-27-2
by the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill which guarantees the availability
of funds which may be used to close, provide post-closure care, or conduct corrective action
at that facility if the owner or operator fails to properly execute his or her responsibilities
under this article and any rules adopted by the department for closure, post-closure care,
or corrective action and the terms of any permit issued for operation of that facility. (12)
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking, and consumption of food, including wastes from markets, storage facilities, handling
and sale of produce and other food products and excepting such materials that may be serviced
by garbage grinders and handled as household sewage. (13) GENERATION. The act or process of
producing solid waste. Solid waste shall be considered to be generated at the point that waste
materials are first discarded or collected, regardless of...
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22-30B-1.1
Section 22-30B-1.1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state is increasingly
becoming the nation's final burial ground for the disposal of hazardous wastes and materials;
(2) The volumes of hazardous wastes and substances disposed in the state have increased dramatically
for the past several years; (3) The existence of hazardous waste disposal activities in the
state poses unique and continuing problems for the state; (4) As the site for the ultimate
burial of hazardous wastes and substances, the state incurs a permanent risk to the health
of its people and the maintenance of its natural resources that is avoided by other states
which ship their wastes to Alabama for disposal; (5) The state also incurs other substantial
costs related to hazardous waste management including the costs of regulation of transportation,
spill cleanup and disposal of ever-increasing volumes of hazardous wastes and substances;
(6) Because all waste and substances disposed at commercial...
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45-49-252
INCINERATION. A controlled process by which solid, liquid, or gaseous combustible wastes are
burned and changed into gases, and the residue produced contains little or no combustible
material. (20) INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE. Solid waste that results from industrial processes
and manufacturing. (21) INFECTIOUS WASTES. Those wastes resulting from the operation of medical
clinics, hospitals, abattoirs, and other facilities producing waste which may consist of,
but are not limited to, human and animal parts, contaminated bandages, pathological
specimens, hypodermic needles, contaminated clothing, and surgical gloves. (22) NON-RESIDENTIAL
SOLID WASTE. Solid waste from agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional activities
or from parcels of property occupied by six or more residential units unless exempt by the
Mobile County Commission from mechanical pickup requirements. (23) PERSONS. Any individual,
partnership, copartnership, firm, company, public or private corporation,...
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22-22A-4
Section 22-22A-4 Department of Environmental Management created; principal office; director;
deputy director; divisions and division chiefs; transfer of functions; designation as State
Environmental Control Agency, etc.; contract with Health Department for routine bacteriological
analyses. (a) There is hereby created and established the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to administer and enforce the provisions
of this chapter and all functions transferred to the department by this chapter. The department
shall maintain its principal office in the City of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama.
(b) The department shall be under the supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated
as the director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The director shall
be an individual knowledgeable and experienced in environmental matters. The director shall
employ such officers, agents and employees as he deems...
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45-42-170.20
Section 45-42-170.20 Solid waste landfill location and operation. (a) In addition to any other
provision of law or any rule or regulation by the state or federal government or local government
in Limestone County, and specifically Chapter 27, Title 22, as amended, relating to the regulation,
operation, or location of any privately-owned or controlled regional landfill for solid waste,
the Limestone County Commission shall provide for a referendum on the question of the location,
acceptance, or operation of such privately owned or controlled regional landfill for solid
waste after the public hearing thereon. The referendum shall be held within 20 days but not
less than 10 days after such public hearing. Such referendum shall be held pursuant to the
general laws of the state calling for local elections except where there is a direct conflict
herewith. (b) If a majority of the qualified electorate voting on the proposed acceptance,
operation, or location of a privately-owned or controlled...
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22-30-2
Section 22-30-2 Legislative findings; purpose and intent of chapter. The Legislature finds
that the generation and management of hazardous waste is a continuing problem. Further, that
without adequate safeguards, the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal
of such wastes can create conditions which threaten human health or the environment. The Legislature,
therefore, declares that in order to minimize and control any such hazardous conditions, it
is in the public interest to establish and to maintain a statewide program, administered by
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, to provide for the safe management of
hazardous wastes. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management seek and retain authorization to operate the State Hazardous Waste Management Program.
It is also the intent of the Legislature that the rules, regulations, guidelines and criteria
promulgated under authority of this chapter encourage...
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22-27-7
Section 22-27-7 Supervision and regulatory control; rules and regulations; penalty for violation
of article. With regard to the collection of solid wastes, the Health Department shall exercise
such supervision over equipment, methodology and personnel in the management of solid wastes
as may be necessary to enforce sanitary requirements, and the state and county boards of health
may adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to specify methodology and procedures
to meet the requirements of this article. With regard to the disposal of solid wastes, the
department shall exercise such regulatory control over the management of solid wastes as may
be necessary to enforce the requirements of the department, and the department may adopt such
rules and regulations as may be needed to meet the requirements of this article. Any person
violating any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made pursuant to this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall...
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45-49-252.14
a public street or on private property within sight of a street. This shall not prevent the
use of a garbage cart which can be rolled in and out from the house to the curb line. (g)
Residential refuse or garbage containers shall not be placed on the curb or grass plot prior
to 5:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled time of collection, and all containers shall
be removed from the curb or grass plot prior to 7:30 p.m. on the day of collection. (h) It
shall be unlawful to place any dead animal, or parts thereof, in a container for collection
without the consent of the collector or director, provided, however, this section shall not
apply to animal parts from food preparation for human consumption. (i) It shall be
unlawful for any builder, or building contractor to bury any trash and debris which includes
limbs, tree trunks, roots, concrete slabs, concrete blocks, bricks, building debris and all
other materials used by the contractors in the course of building or alterations, or...
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11-54-20
abatement, or prevention of water, air, noise, or general environmental pollution, including
but not limited to, any air pollution control facility, noise abatement facility, water management
facility, waste water collecting systems, waste water treatment works, or solid waste disposal
facility. (6) POLLUTION. The placing of any noxious or deleterious substances, including noise,
in any air or water of or adjacent to the State of Alabama or affecting the physical, chemical,
or biological properties of any air or water of or adjacent to the State of Alabama in a manner
and to an extent which renders or is likely to render such air or water inimical or harmful
to the public health, safety, or welfare or to animal, bird, or aquatic life or to
the use of such air or water for domestic, industrial, agricultural, or recreational purposes.
(Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §1; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 163, p. 227, §2; Acts 1971,
No. 1892, p. 3080, §2; Acts 1983, No. 83-429, p. 608.)...
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22-22B-2
Section 22-22B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PROGRAM FOR THE
MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. A formal program administered by state agencies
and/or public school systems for the recycling of recyclable materials collected by state
agencies and/or public school systems pursuant to a program for waste reduction and the collection
of recyclable materials. (2) PROGRAM FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE
MATERIALS. A formal program implemented by state agencies and/or public school systems for
the reduction of solid wastes generated by the operation of such agencies and/or public school
systems including the collection in lieu of disposal of recyclable materials. (3) PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEMS. All the state's universities, all elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools,
schools for the deaf and blind, mental retardation and...
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