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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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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force. (a) Any
person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor chemical
violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements
of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by this
article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article to have a listed
precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this article, and knowingly
or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense under this subsection
shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20-2-188,
a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes or attempts to solicit another
or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical
or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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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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9-6-13
Section 9-6-13 Aid and cooperation of political subdivisions, agencies or other instrumentalities
of state. For the purpose of effecting the control, abatement or prevention of water, air
or general environmental pollution or of aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning,
development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation or protection of
equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems, the purpose of which is to control, abate or
prevent any such pollution, any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public
corporation, agency or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without
consideration, as it may determine: (1) Lend or donate money to or perform services for the
benefit of the authority; (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to the authority,
without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of
any kind, any interest therein and any franchise; and (3) Do any...
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22-29-19
Section 22-29-19 Grants to local public bodies - Applications. Any local public body which
is eligible for federal aid, grant or assistance under the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act for a portion of the cost of acquiring or constructing a project may apply also to the
authority for a grant. The application shall describe the project and state the total estimated
cost of the project, the amount anticipated to be paid by federal aid or assistance under
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the amount which the applicant will contribute to
the project, that request is made for a state grant for the remainder of the estimated cost
of the project and the plan or program proposed for funding such grant. The application shall
be accompanied by a certificate or letter from the Alabama Water Improvement Commission or
other state agency having authority to submit a state water control plan pursuant to the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, stating that the project proposed by the...
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22-22-1
Section 22-22-1 Short title; definitions. (a) This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama
Water Pollution Control Act." (b) For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise
indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this
section: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (2) WATERS. All
waters of any river, stream, watercourse, pond, lake, coastal, ground or surface water, wholly
or partially within the state, natural or artificial. This does not include waters which are
entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single individual, partnership
or corporation unless such waters are used in interstate commerce. (3) POLLUTION. The discharge
of a pollutant or combination of pollutants. A pollutant includes but is not limited to dredged
spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical
wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or...
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22-22-13
Section 22-22-13 Chapter supplementary to other laws; powers of Attorney General not affected.
This chapter is intended to supplement existing law, and no part of this chapter shall be
construed to repeal any existing laws specifically enacted for the protection of health or
the control of radiation. All remedies for the prevention and abatement of water pollution
given to the Attorney General through the authority of this chapter are merely cumulative.
Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as negating or destroying any common law or statutory
right, duty, power or authority of the Attorney General of Alabama. (Acts 1971, No. 1260,
p. 2175, §8.)...
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9-6-17
Section 9-6-17 Provisions of chapter cumulative; provisions of chapter exclusive as to incorporation,
issuance of bonds, etc. This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its
duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and
adequate powers to fulfill their functions. The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be
deemed to provide additional and alternative methods for the doing of the things authorized
thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to and not in derogation of any
powers conferred upon boards of water and sewer commissioners created by municipalities within
this state or upon any other agencies of the state or the municipalities thereof which are
concerned with the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental
pollution. Neither this chapter nor any provision contained in this chapter shall be construed
as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right or remedy...
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22-22-2
Section 22-22-2 Purpose of chapter; declaration of policy. Whereas the pollution of the waters
of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances,
is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial,
recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the
public policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to conserve the waters of the
state and to protect, maintain and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies,
for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life and for domestic, agricultural, industrial,
recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses; to provide for the prevention, abatement
and control of new or existing water pollution; and to cooperate with other agencies of the
state, agencies of other states and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
(Acts 1971, No. 1260, p. 2175, §1.)...
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22-28-10
Section 22-28-10 Powers of commission generally; advisory committees. In addition to other
powers conferred on it by law, the commission shall have power to: (1) Hold hearings relating
to any aspect of or matter in the administration of this chapter and, in connection therewith,
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence through subpoena, as provided
in this chapter; (2) Issue such orders as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
chapter and enforce the same by all appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings; (3)
Require access to records relating to emissions which cause or contribute to air contamination;
(4) Secure necessary scientific, technical, administrative and operational services, including
laboratory facilities, by contract or otherwise; (5) Prepare and develop a comprehensive plan
or plans for the prevention, abatement and control of air pollution in this state; (6) Encourage
voluntary cooperation by persons and affected groups to...
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