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22-27-48.1
Section 22-27-48.1 Approval process by local governing body for siting of new solid waste management
facility. (a) This section applies to the siting of any new solid waste management facility,
as defined in Section 22-27-2. (b) The governing body of a county or municipality shall make
a discretionary decision to approve or disapprove the siting of a new solid waste management
facility in accordance with this section. (c) Any person or entity seeking approval from the
governing body of a county or municipality for the siting of a new solid waste management
facility shall also submit to the governing body as part of its application, the application
fee required under subsection (d) of Section 22-27-48 and all of the following information:
(1) A written document addressing each of the criteria described in subsection (c) of Section
22-27-48. (2) The applicant's experience of owning or operating other solid waste facilities.
(3) Information relating to the applicant's financial resources,...
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22-27-49
Section 22-27-49 Moratorium on issuance of permits. (a) For the purpose of evaluating solid
waste management problems facing the state and to allow for the development of comprehensive
plans to identify and provide for the state's solid waste management needs, there is hereby
imposed a moratorium on the issuance by the Department of Environmental Management of any
new or modified permits or transfers of existing permits for solid waste management facilities
which receive or are intended to receive wastes not generated by the permittee. Said moratorium
shall not apply to industrial landfills receiving waste generated in state only by the permittee.
Modifications for the limited purposes of changing liner and leachate collection design, changes
in waste streams from within the facility's designated service area, changes in sequence of
fill, and changes to incorporate new technology, or changes intended to bring a facility into
compliance with statutes and regulations are specifically...
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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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22-27-46
Section 22-27-46 Regional planning and development commissions. (a) Not later than six months
from May 16, 1989, each regional planning and development commission in the state shall prepare
and adopt a regional needs assessment evaluating solid waste management needs in their respective
regions. This regional needs assessment shall be submitted to the department for information
and review and shall be considered by units of local government within the region in the development
of their individual plans as required herein. Thereafter, the assessment shall be revised
and submitted to the department and local governments in the region annually. The regional
needs assessment shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) An evaluation of the amount
of solid waste generated within the region and the amount of remaining disposal capacity,
expressed in years, at each solid waste disposal facility within the region; (2) An evaluation
of the needs of all localities within the district as to...
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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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11-89A-1
Section 11-89A-1 Legislative findings. It is hereby found and declared as follows: That the
collection, disposal, and utilization of solid waste is a matter of grave concern to all citizens
and is an activity thoroughly affected with the public interest; that the health, safety,
and welfare of the people of this state require efficient solid waste collection and disposal
service and efficient utilization of such waste; that the need exists to develop alternative
energy sources for public and private consumption in order to reduce our dependence on such
sources as petroleum products, natural gas, nuclear and hydroelectric generation; that solid
waste represents a potential source of solid fuel, oil or gas that can be converted into energy;
that technology exists to produce usable energy from solid waste; that there is a need for
planning, research, development, and innovation in the design, management, and operation of
facilities for solid waste management, in order to encourage...
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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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22-32-1
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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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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31-9-6
Section 31-9-6 Powers and duties of Governor with respect to emergency management. In performing
his or her duties under this article, the Governor is authorized and empowered: (1) To make,
amend, and rescind the necessary orders, rules and regulations to carry out the provisions
of this article within the limits of the authority conferred upon him or her in this article,
with due consideration of the plans of the federal government. (2) To prepare a comprehensive
plan and program for the emergency management of this state, such plan and program to be integrated
and coordinated with the emergency management plans of the federal government and of other
states to the fullest possible extent, and to coordinate the preparation of plans and programs
for emergency management by the political subdivisions of this state, such plans to be integrated
into and coordinated with the emergency management plans and programs of this state to the
fullest possible extent. (3) In accordance with such...
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