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22-27-42
Section 22-27-42 Legislative intent. In furtherance of the policies and purposes set
forth herein, it is the intent of this legislation: (1) To develop an integrated system of
planning for solid waste management in the state by local governments, regional planning commissions
and the department; (2) To put in place the necessary procedures so that an effective and
integrated statewide network of solid waste management facilities may be planned, developed
and operated for the benefit of the people of the state; (3) To assure that solid waste management
planning and implementation activities should, to the extent economically feasible, encourage:
a. Reduction of the amount of source waste generated; b. Source separation and recycling;
and c. Waste processing such as the utilization of a waste-to-energy technology to reduce
the volume of waste necessary for land disposal. (4) To facilitate the siting of solid waste
management facilities as required to meet present and projected state and...
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22-14-16
Section 22-14-16 Non-consent of state to acquisition of land by federal government for
disposal of nuclear waste. Notwithstanding any law, order or regulation to the contrary, the
State of Alabama does not consent to the acquisition by any agency, department or instrumentality
of the United States of America by purchase, condemnation or otherwise of any land, building
or other site within the State of Alabama for use of storing, depositing or dumping any nuclear
spent fuel or any other radioactive material or waste, except for that nuclear spent fuel
or radioactive material or waste that is generated or used in Alabama. (Acts 1979, No. 79-105,
p. 126; Acts 1981, No. 81-702, p. 1179.)...
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22-27-46
Section 22-27-46 Regional planning and development commissions. (a) Not later than six
months from May 16, 1989, each regional planning and development commission in the state shall
prepare and adopt a regional needs assessment evaluating solid waste management needs in their
respective regions. This regional needs assessment shall be submitted to the department for
information and review and shall be considered by units of local government within the region
in the development of their individual plans as required herein. Thereafter, the assessment
shall be revised and submitted to the department and local governments in the region annually.
The regional needs assessment shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) An evaluation
of the amount of solid waste generated within the region and the amount of remaining disposal
capacity, expressed in years, at each solid waste disposal facility within the region; (2)
An evaluation of the needs of all localities within the district as to...
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22-30B-13.1
Section 22-30B-13.1 Credit for overpayment. Any operator subject to this chapter who,
after September 30, 1992, pays increased fees for disposal of waste and substances which have
been generated inside of Alabama shall be entitled to a credit of $72 per ton for the amount
of such waste generated inside Alabama and disposed of from July 15, 1990, to April 30, 1992.
Such credit created under this section shall be credited against any fees which are
payable to the General Fund of the State of Alabama and shall be granted at the rate of 1/12
th of such credit per month, beginning October 1, 1993, and until such credit is exhausted.
For purposes of this section, no certificate of overpayment must be issued by the state
Comptroller. (Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-658, §7; Acts 1993, No. 93-614, p. 1006, §2(1).)...
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2-16-41
Section 2-16-41 Operators of commercial poultry hatcheries, etc., to be equipped with
facilities for handling, destruction and disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs,
etc.; state board to adopt rules and regulations prescribing facilities required, manner of
disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs, etc. Every person who raises, grows, feeds
or otherwise produces poultry for commercial purposes and every person who operates a commercial
poultry hatchery for the production of baby chicks and turkey poults shall be equipped with
adequate facilities for the handling, destruction and disposal of all dead poultry, poultry
carcasses, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste. The State Board of Agriculture
and Industries is hereby authorized to prescribe the size, type, depth and dimensions for
any pit required for the burying of dead poultry, to require and prescribe chemical or disinfectant
treatments to be applied, the use of incinerators or other burning...
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22-27-15
Section 22-27-15 Establishment and review of reduction goals. (a) No later than October
15, 2009, the department shall establish, by rule, a goal for the percentage, on a statewide
basis only, of the reduction in the amount of household and commercial solid waste and the
time frames for that reduction. Reduction, by means including, but not limited to, recycling,
source reduction, waste minimization, reuse, and composting shall be determined at public
solid waste disposal or incineration facilities on a statewide, per capita basis. In order
to evaluate the statewide efforts, the department shall adopt rules for the determination
of the base year data, and reporting requirements by local governing bodies and public solid
waste disposal or incineration facilities, to include both the quantity and origin of the
solid waste disposed or incinerated at such facilities. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the reduction goals shall emphasize activities prior to the delivery of...
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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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22-32-3
Section 22-32-3 Acquisition of waste disposal site. The Department of Energy may accept
gifts or grants of title to real property for establishing a low-level radioactive waste disposal
site. Further, upon the determination by the Governor of the existence of a need for a site
by Alabama citizens within the next five years, the Department of Energy may acquire title
to real property by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise for the establishment of a low-level
radioactive waste site. Such need may include designation of the State of Alabama as a host
state for a low-level radioactive treatment, storage or disposal site by the Southeast Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management Commission. (Acts 1982, No. 82-328, p. 441, §3; Acts 1983, No.
83-511, p. 720, §3.)...
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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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45-49-252.05
Section 45-49-252.05 Solid waste management permits. Permits required under Section
45-49-252.03 shall be issued in the following manner: (1) Any person desiring to obtain a
permit shall file an application for a permit with the director on application forms provided
by the director and shall accompany such application with: a. Name and address of the applicant,
showing its legal identity (individual, partnership, corporation, etc.). b. The business address
of the applicant. c. An inventory of all motorized equipment or other equipment to be used
in such collection, transportation, or disposal. d. The methods of storage, transport, and
processing to be used. e. The location and type of processing or disposal, or both, contemplated.
f. The types and amounts of wastes to be covered by permit, including a description of the
project or process generating wastes. g. The route or routes to be used in transporting and
schedules used. h. Issuance of county permits shall not relieve applicants...
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