45-43-170.01
Section 45-43-170.01 Solid waste disposal - Rules and regulations; participation. In
Lowndes County, the county commission, or any municipal governing body therein, providing
services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority by resolution
or ordinance to adopt rules and regulations providing for mandatory public participation in
and subscription to such system of services. Every individual, household, business, industry,
or property generating solid wastes, garbage, or ash as defined in this section shall
participate in and subscribe to such system of service unless granted a certificate of exception
as provided in subdivision (3) of Section 45-43-170.03. In the event such individual,
household, business, industry, or property owner who has not been granted a certificate of
exception refuses to participate in and subscribe to such system of service, the county commission
or municipal governing body may bring an appropriate civil action in circuit court 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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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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45-49-252.06
Section 45-49-252.06 Collection of solid waste. (a)(1) Only county franchised collectors
possessing valid permits shall engage in the business of providing solid waste management
services to residential property within the county. Fees for such service shall be established
by resolution or ordinance of the Mobile County Commission, consistent with the provisions
of franchise agreements. Upon May 3, 1988, any proposed increase in fees charged shall be
reviewed and approved in the following manner: a. A franchised residential collector shall
provide notice in a newspaper of general circulation in Mobile County that the collector will
apply in writing to the solid waste management advisory board for an increase in fees charged,
including the amount of the proposed fee increase, at least three weeks prior to the giving
of such written application. b. The collector, not less than 10 days thereafter, shall provide
the written request for the fee increase to the advisory board. c. The board...
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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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22-27-48
Section 22-27-48 Implementation of plans. (a) In addition to any regulatory bodies,
the governing body of a county or municipality has a responsibility for and the authority
to assure the proper management of solid wastes generated within its jurisdiction in accord
with its solid waste management plan. A governing body may assign territories and approve
or disapprove disposal sites in its jurisdiction in accord with the plan approved for its
jurisdiction. Such approval or disapproval of services or activities described in the local
plan shall be in addition to any other approvals required from other regulatory authorities
and shall be made prior to any other approvals necessary for the provision of such services,
the development of a proposed facility or the modification of permits for existing facilities.
(b) The department may not consider an application for a new facility unless the application
has received approval pursuant to Section 22-27-48.1 by the affected local governing...

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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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22-27-5.2
Section 22-27-5.2 Solid waste landfill moratorium. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision
of law, until May 31, 2014, neither the department nor any state or local agency may grant
any new permits to a new public solid waste landfill facility which is intended to receive
waste not generated by the permittee. (2) The moratorium period is necessary in order to allow
the department and the Alabama Department of Public Health to review their duties and responsibilities
pursuant to the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act. As appropriate, following
this review, the department, with input from the Alabama Department of Public Health, shall
make recommendations for necessary legislation or undertake rulemaking to implement enhancement
identified during the review period. (3) For the purpose of evaluating solid waste landfill
management issues facing the state and to allow for the update of the state's comprehensive
solid waste management plan to identify and provide for the...
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22-30-4
Section 22-30-4 Regulatory and investigative authority; monitoring of commercial sites
for hazardous wastes; fees; hearings and investigations. (a) The department has exclusive
regulatory authority over all hazardous waste generation, transportation, storage, treatment
and disposal and other management practices in the state, and shall, from time to time, investigate
and monitor sources of generation, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous
waste. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the Alabama
Department of Public Health to regulate wastes containing radioactive materials under Chapter
14 of this title. (b) In exercising such exclusive authority, the department shall provide
sufficient personnel with training in hazardous waste management and a minimum of a bachelor's
degree in the sciences or engineering to comprehensively monitor all commercial sites for
the disposal of hazardous wastes. Such personnel shall be hired by...
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36-29-14
Section 36-29-14 Health insurance coverage under State Employees' Insurance Board; operation
of board. (a) Any agency of the state, or any governmental entity, body, or subdivision thereto,
any county, any municipality, any municipal foundation, any fire or water district, authority,
or cooperative, any regional planning and development commission established pursuant to Sections
11-85-50 through 11-85-73, that is not and was not for the 12 months immediately preceding
the date of application to participate in any plan created pursuant to the provisions of this
article a member of an existing government sponsored health insurance program, formed under
the provisions of Section 11-26-2, the Association of County Commissions of Alabama
or the Alabama League of Municipalities, the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association,
the Alabama State Employees Credit Union, Easter Seals Alabama, Alabama State University,
the Alabama Rural Water Association, Rainbow Omega, Incorporated, The Arc...
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