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22-28-23
Section 22-28-23 Local air pollution control programs. (a) Except as provided in this
section, it is the intention of this chapter to occupy by preemption the field of air
pollution control within all areas of the State of Alabama. However, nothing in this section
shall be construed to limit or abrogate any private remedies now available to any person for
the alleviation, abatement, control, correction, or prevention of air pollution or restitution
for damage resulting therefrom. (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, each
municipal governing body which had municipal ordinances in effect on, or before, July 1, 1969,
which pertain to air pollution control and which provide for the creation and establishment
of an air pollution control board and each county board of health shall have the authority
to establish, and thereafter administer, within their jurisdictions, a local air pollution
control program which: (1) Provides, subject to subsection (d) of this section, by
ordinance,...
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22-39-5
Section 22-39-5 Certification requirement; civil penalty. (a) The Alabama Department
of Environmental Management is hereby authorized to require any person, firm, or corporation
who is the owner or operator of any asbestos removal project for which notification is required
pursuant to the requirements of the Clean Air Act of the United States to insure that the
personnel executing the asbestos removal project are certified by the Safe-State Program,
the accreditation agency of the State of Alabama, which is authorized to accredit asbestos
removal personnel. (b) Failure of an owner or operator of any asbestos removal project for
which notification is required pursuant to the requirements of the Clean Air Act of the United
States to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may be subject
to a civil penalty as prescribed in the Alabama Environmental Act, Section 22-22A-5(18).
(Acts 1989, No. 89-517, p. 1063, ยง5.)...
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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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41-22-3
Section 41-22-3 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except when
the context otherwise requires: (1) AGENCY. Every board, bureau, commission, department, officer,
or other administrative office or unit of the state, including the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management, other than the Legislature and its agencies, the Alabama State Port Authority,
the courts, the Alabama Public Service Commission, or the State Banking Department, whose
administrative procedures are governed by Sections 5-2A-8 and 5-2A-9. The term does not include
boards of trustees of postsecondary institutions, boards of plans administered by public pension
systems, counties, municipalities, or any agencies of local governmental units, unless they
are expressly made subject to this chapter by general or special law. (2) COMMITTEE. The Joint
Committee on Administrative Rule Review, comprised of the members of...
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22-38-2
Section 22-38-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following words and
phrases shall have the following meaning: (1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee. (2) COST-SHARE FUNDS or COST-SHARE GRANTS. Any federal financial assistance
for landusers received by the department or other state agencies to support implementation
of agricultural nonpoint source pollution control. Such funds shall include federal match
and nonfederal match funds. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(4) LANDUSER. Any person, individual, partnership, company, corporation or other legal entity
who qualifies for the receipt of cost-share funds from the Alabama state soil and water conservation
committee in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations or practices. (5) PLAN. The
state nonpoint source management program for the control of discharges of pollution from nonpoint
sources to waters of the state and for improving the quality of...
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22-23-31
Section 22-23-31 Definitions. When used in this article and except where the context
prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) FEDERAL ACT.
The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, being Public Law 93-523. (2) ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (3) NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER
REGULATIONS. Primary drinking water regulations promulgated by the administrator pursuant
to the federal act. (4) FEDERAL AGENCY. Any department, agency or instrumentality of the government
of the United States, the regulation of which has been delegated to the State of Alabama pursuant
to the federal act. (5) BOARD. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (6) HEALTH
OFFICER. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (7) LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL
UNIT. Any community, town, city, county, board, authority, nonprofit corporation or other
unit of government created by the Legislature. (8) PERSON....
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22-22A-2
Section 22-22A-2 Legislative intent and purposes of chapter. The Legislature finds the
resources of the state must be managed in a manner compatible with the environment, and the
health and welfare of the citizens of the state. To respond to the needs of its environment
and citizens, the state must have a comprehensive and coordinated program of environmental
management. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to improve the ability of the state
to respond in an efficient, comprehensive and coordinated manner to environmental problems,
and thereby assure for all citizens of the state a safe, healthful and productive environment.
(1) To this end an Alabama Department of Environmental Management is created by this chapter
within the Executive Branch of State Government in order to effect the grouping of state agencies
which have primary responsibility for administering environmental legislation into one department,
to promote economy and efficiency in the operation and management...
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22-40A-21
Section 22-40A-21 Scrap Tire Commission. (a) There is created the Scrap Tire Commission
(STC) to review the implementation of this chapter, including the scrap tire program, and
recommend changes to this chapter to the Legislature, as needed. The STC may promulgate regulations
to establish procedures for its operations. On September 1, 2003, the present monies received
under the existing Alabama Scrap Tire Study Commission (STSC) are transferred to the Scrap
Tire Fund created herein. (b) The Scrap Tire Commission shall be comprised of the following
individuals or their designees or a representative of each of the authorities listed below:
(1) The State Health Officer. (2) The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management. (3) The Alabama Department of Transportation. (4) The Association of County Commissions
of Alabama. (5) The Alabama Tire Dealers Association shall be represented by two members,
one of which shall be the president of the association. (6) The Rubber...
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9-6-7
Section 9-6-7 Advisory committee. Whenever the described area of operation shall include
three or more counties or portions thereof, there shall be created an advisory committee to
consult with and assist the authority. The advisory committee shall consist of one member
from each affected county who shall be a person of good moral character and a duly qualified
elector of the county he represents on the advisory committee, together with the Governor,
the State Health Officer, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the State
Geologist, the Director of the State Industrial Development Board, the Chairman of the Alabama
Water Improvement Commission, the President of the Alabama Wildlife Federation and the head
of any air pollution regulating body which might be created by the Legislature of this state,
who shall be members ex officio of the advisory committee. The Governor shall be the chairman
of the advisory committee, and he shall designate one of the appointive...
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22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and procedures before commission; appeal and review. (a) Beginning
October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority
which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to: (1) Develop and prescribe
its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and (2) Administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls,
documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management
Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt...
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