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22-28-2
Section 22-28-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIR POLLUTION. The presence
in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration
as are, or tend to be, injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life or
property or would interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the state and
in such territories of the state as shall be affected thereby. (2) AIR CONTAMINANT. Any solid,
liquid or gaseous matter, any odor or any combination thereof, from whatever source. (3) COMMISSION.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (4) PERSON. Any and all persons, natural
or artificial, including, but not limited to, any individual, partnership, association, society,
joint stock company, firm, company, corporation, institution, trust, estate, or other legal
or other business organization or any governmental entity, and any...
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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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22-22A-3
Section 22-22A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context or by legislation governing
functions transferred by this chapter, shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, established by this chapter. (2) DIRECTOR.
The director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) DIVISION. A subdivision
of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, which may be headed by a division chief.
Such divisions may be divided into sections where appropriate. (4) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION. The Environmental Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management. (5) FUNCTION(S). A duty, power or program exercised by or assigned to a commission,
board or the State Health Department, including all positions and personnel relating to the
performance of such function, unless otherwise provided by...
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22-22A-16
Section 22-22A-16 Pollution Control Grant Fund. (a) There is hereby created a fund known as
the Pollution Control Grant Fund. This fund shall consist of (1) All appropriations made to
the fund; and (2) All grants, gifts, bequests or donations made to the fund from any source
whatsoever. This fund shall be used and expended by the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management in accordance with the terms of the appropriation, gift, bequest, grant or donation
from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of such terms or stipulations, shall
be expended by said department in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b). All necessary
expenses of said department in implementing the provisions of this section shall likewise
be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director of said department as may be deemed
advisable. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management is authorized to make grants to any county, municipality or...
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45-43-170.03
Section 45-43-170.03 Solid waste disposal - Definitions. As used in this article, the following
words shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise: (1) BURNING. No garbage or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible
materials or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the
regulations of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management requirements and air pollution
controls as now established or as may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall
be permitted only under sharply controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill or landfill
is not feasible and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread
of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the department. (2) DEPARTMENT.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) EXCEPTION. A person, household, business,
industry, or any property owner may store, haul, and...
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22-40A-3
Section 22-40A-3 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPROVED. Authorized, certified, permitted by,
or meets standards of a regulatory authority. (2) AUTHORIZED DISPOSAL. For purposes of this
chapter only, authorized disposal shall be the deposit of a tire in a landfill properly permitted
to accept tires and tire materials for disposal. (3) CLEANUP. For purposes of this chapter,
cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation, control, or removal of scrap tires from the environment.
(4) CONSUMER. a. For purposes of this chapter a consumer is defined as either: 1. A retail
purchaser. 2. A dealer who buys a tire to be installed on a vehicle for resale. b. A wholesale
purchaser who buys tires for resale is not considered a consumer. (5) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) or its successor organization or organizations
having similar responsibility. (6) ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. An...
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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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22-27-17
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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22-27-3
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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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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