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22-30B-2.4
Section 22-30B-2.4 Restrictions on disposal of hazardous waste; exceptions. No commercial
site for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous substances shall during any calendar
year receive and dispose of more than 600,000 tons of waste that cannot be legally disposed
of in a solid waste landfill permitted under Subtitle D of RCRA 42 U.S.C. ยง6941. Provided,
however, that the Environmental Management Commission or its designee may allow the disposal
of hazardous wastes in excess of the 600,000 ton annual limitation of volume imposed in this
section if such action is determined by the Environmental Management Commission or
its designee to be necessary to protect human health or the environment in the state. Provided
further, if the commission determines that public awareness of environmental matters may be
enhanced by special events or if amnesty or similar programs will promote the protection of
human health and the environment of Alabama, then it may exempt any wastes so...
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22-30-2
Section 22-30-2 Legislative findings; purpose and intent of chapter. The Legislature
finds that the generation and management of hazardous waste is a continuing problem. Further,
that without adequate safeguards, the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal
of such wastes can create conditions which threaten human health or the environment. The Legislature,
therefore, declares that in order to minimize and control any such hazardous conditions, it
is in the public interest to establish and to maintain a statewide program, administered by
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, to provide for the safe management of
hazardous wastes. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management seek and retain authorization to operate the State Hazardous Waste Management Program.
It is also the intent of the Legislature that the rules, regulations, guidelines and criteria
promulgated under authority of this chapter encourage...
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22-30B-2
Section 22-30B-2 Operator fees. In addition to all other fees levied and collected prior
to September 30, 1992, beginning on June 1, 2013, there is hereby levied fees on waste received
for disposal to be paid by the operators of each commercial site for the disposal of hazardous
waste or hazardous substances as follows: (1) A base fee of five dollars fifty cents ($5.50)
per ton on all hazardous waste that is identified or listed under Section 3001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 as amended (RCRA), and on polychlorinated biphenyl
(PCB) wastes received for disposal which is required to be disposed of in a chemical waste
landfill approved under the federal Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). (2) A fee of five
dollars fifty cents ($5.50) per ton on all other waste not subject to taxation in subdivision
(1) and disposed of at a commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous
substances. Beginning on August 31, 1993, any hazardous waste or hazardous...
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22-30-9
Section 22-30-9 General responsibilities of State Department. The responsibilities of
the department include the following: (1) The department may adopt procedures for granting
variances and is empowered to grant such variances. (2) The department, acting through the
commission, may promulgate, and may revise when appropriate, rules and regulations and may
enter into agreements to ensure that information obtained by the department regarding facilities
and sites for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste is available to the public
in substantially the same manner, and to the same degree, as would be the case under the Federal
Hazardous Waste Management Program administered by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency under authority of the RCRA and shall establish procedures to ensure that trade secrets
used by any person regarding methods of hazardous wastes handling and disposal are utilized
by the department, or any authorized representative of the department,...
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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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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for
violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters
of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate
all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2)
To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research
and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of
which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment
and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program
or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the
state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities
throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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11-54-20
Section 11-54-20 Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning
clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective
meanings: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama. (2) PROJECT.
Any land and any building or other improvement thereon and all real and personal properties
deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be
suitable for use by the following or by any combination of two or more thereof: a. Any industry
for the manufacturing, processing, or assembling of any agricultural or manufactured products;
b. Any commercial enterprise in storing, warehousing, distributing, or selling products of
agriculture, mining, or industry; c. Any commercial enterprise providing linen rental services
(including laundry and cleaning services related or incidental thereto) primarily to industries
and commercial enterprises described in either of the preceding...
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22-36-2
Section 22-36-2 Definitions. 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 Environmental Management Commission. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management. (4) OPERATOR. Any person in control of, or having responsibility
for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank. (5) OWNER OF AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK: a. In the case of an underground storage tank in use on November 8, 1984 or brought
into use after that date, any person who owns an underground storage tank used for the storage,
use, or dispensing of regulated substances, and b. In the case of any underground storage
tank in use before November 8, 1984 but no longer in use on that date, the present owner of
the tank and any person who owned such tank immediately before the...
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11-92A-1
Section 11-92A-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
ARTICLES. The articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation of an authority. (2)
AUTHORITY. A public corporation incorporated and reincorporated pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZED OPERATIONAL AREA. The county or counties in which the authority
has been or is proposed to be authorized to operate, as designated in its articles of incorporation
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If an authority does not designate an authorized
operational area, then such authority's authorized operational area shall be deemed for all
purposes to be solely the county of incorporation of the authority. (4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The board of directors of an authority. (5) BOND OR BONDS. A bond or bonds issued under the
provisions of this chapter. (6) COUNTY OF INCORPORATION. The county...
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