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22-30-11
Section 22-30-11 Adoption of regulations, guidelines, criteria and standards by State
Department; states from which hazardous wastes cannot be accepted; penalty; contracts to satisfy
federal capacity assurance programs limited. (a) The department, acting through the commission,
is authorized to promulgate, and may revise when appropriate, rules and regulations, guidelines,
criteria and standards for all hazardous waste management practices. (b) It is unlawful for
any person who owns or operates a commercial hazardous waste treatment or disposal facility
within this state to dispose or treat any hazardous wastes generated in any state outside
the State of Alabama which: (1) Prohibits by law or regulation the treatment or disposal of
hazardous wastes within that state and which has no facility permitted or existing within
that state for the treatment or disposal of hazardous wastes; or (2) Has no facility permitted
or existing within that state for the treatment or disposal of hazardous...
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22-27-2
Section 22-27-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AGENCY. Any controlling
agency, public or private, elected, appointed, or volunteer utilizing methods approved by
the health department or the department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the
collection or management of solid wastes or recyclable materials. (2) ALTERNATIVE COVER. Material
other than earth used to cover a landfill or sanitary landfill. An alternative cover shall
be approved by the Department of Environmental Management in compliance with federal law and
United States Environmental Protection Agency rules or guidance to achieve a level of performance
equal to or greater than earthen cover material. (3) ASHES. The solid residue from burning
of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible material used for heating, from incineration of
solid wastes, or for the production of electricity at electric generating...
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45-49-252
Section 45-49-252 Definitions. The following words, phases, or terms as used in this
part, unless the context indicates otherwise, shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED
PROPERTY. Wrecked or derelict property having no value other than nominal salvage value, if
any, which has been left abandoned and unprotected from the elements and shall include wrecked,
inoperative, or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, boats, machinery, refrigerators,
washing machines, plumbing fixtures, and other similar articles which have no value other
than nominal salvage value, if any; and is in a condition violative of Alabama statutes. (2)
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. The department charged by the Mobile County Commission with the
administrative management of this part. (3) COMMISSION. The Mobile County Commission of Mobile
County, Alabama. (4) BULKY WASTE. Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling
by normal collection, processing, or disposal methods. (5) BUNDLE. A...
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22-30-5.1
Section 22-30-5.1 Restriction on number of commercial hazardous waste treatment facilities
or disposal sites per county; legislative approval of sites. (a) The term "hazardous
waste" shall mean the same as defined by Section 22-30-3(5). (b) Committee shall
mean the continuing Select Joint Nuclear Energy Activities and Hazardous Chemical Toxic Waste
Oversight Committee as created by Act No. 81-307, H.J.R. 254 (p. 392), as amended by Act No.
84-329, S.J.R. 214 (pp. 754-755). (c) There shall be no more than one commercial hazardous
waste treatment facility or disposal site as defined by subdivisions (4) and (14) of Section
22-30-3 situated within any one county of the state. Provided, however, no commercial hazardous
waste treatment or disposal site not in existence on or before December 31, 1988, shall be
situated until: (1) a written proposal or application addressing the items found in subdivisions
(d)(1) through (d)(7) of this section is submitted by the applicant wishing to construct...
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22-30-4
Section 22-30-4 Regulatory and investigative authority; monitoring of commercial sites
for hazardous wastes; fees; hearings and investigations. (a) The department has exclusive
regulatory authority over all hazardous waste generation, transportation, storage, treatment
and disposal and other management practices in the state, and shall, from time to time, investigate
and monitor sources of generation, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous
waste. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the Alabama
Department of Public Health to regulate wastes containing radioactive materials under Chapter
14 of this title. (b) In exercising such exclusive authority, the department shall provide
sufficient personnel with training in hazardous waste management and a minimum of a bachelor's
degree in the sciences or engineering to comprehensively monitor all commercial sites for
the disposal of hazardous wastes. Such personnel shall be hired by...
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22-30B-1
Section 22-30B-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter and except where the context
prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIAL
SITE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. A site or facility receiving
hazardous waste or hazardous substances, as defined herein, not generated on site, for disposal
and to which a fee is paid or other consideration given for such disposal. (2) DISPOSAL. The
discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, incineration, leaking or placing of any
waste or substance into or on any land or water so that such waste or substance or any constituent
thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters
including groundwaters at a commercial site within the State of Alabama for the disposal of
hazardous waste or hazardous substances as defined herein. For the purpose of this chapter
incineration does not include hazardous substances or waste that have been...
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22-30A-2
Section 22-30A-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter and except where the context
prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CLEANUP. All
activities including administrative activities related to the identification, investigation
and evaluation of hazardous substance sites and the removal of hazardous substances or other
closure or containment of hazardous substances and any subsequent monitoring of such sites.
(2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission as created by Section
22-22A-6. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management as created by
Section 22-22A-4. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management. (5) FUND. The Alabama Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund. (6) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE.
Any substance defined as a hazardous substance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ยง9601(14) or listed
as a hazardous waste pursuant to the Hazardous Wastes Management Act, Section 22-30-1
et seq. and...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Compact. The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby
enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally
joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST
INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There
is hereby created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The party states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the
availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level
radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of
defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities.
They also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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22-30B-1.1
Section 22-30B-1.1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state is
increasingly becoming the nation's final burial ground for the disposal of hazardous wastes
and materials; (2) The volumes of hazardous wastes and substances disposed in the state have
increased dramatically for the past several years; (3) The existence of hazardous waste disposal
activities in the state poses unique and continuing problems for the state; (4) As the site
for the ultimate burial of hazardous wastes and substances, the state incurs a permanent risk
to the health of its people and the maintenance of its natural resources that is avoided by
other states which ship their wastes to Alabama for disposal; (5) The state also incurs other
substantial costs related to hazardous waste management including the costs of regulation
of transportation, spill cleanup and disposal of ever-increasing volumes of hazardous wastes
and substances; (6) Because all waste and substances disposed at commercial...
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22-30-18
Section 22-30-18 Reporting of wastes generated; when reports deemed trade secrets. Every
generator, transporter, and owner and operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility
of hazardous wastes shall establish and maintain such records for a three-year period, make
such reports and furnish such information pertaining to the generation, transportation, treatment,
storage or disposal of said waste, and install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment
or methods, sample such wastes, materials, soils or waters, in accordance with such methods
and procedures, at such locations and times, as the department shall require. The retention
period for all records required to be maintained by this chapter or rules and regulations
promulgated under this chapter is automatically extended during the period of any unresolved
enforcement action regarding the facility or as requested by the department. Any records,
reports or information obtained under this chapter shall be available to the...
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