22-30A-9
Section 22-30A-9 Liability for actions taken or omitted under chapter. No action may be commenced against the director, any employee of the department, or any person under contract with the department for damages as a result of actions taken or omitted in the course of performing duties or functions under this chapter or in the course of rendering care, assistance, or advice at the direction of an on-scene coordinator appointed by the director, with respect to the cleanup of an abandoned or inactive hazardous substance site including any release of a hazardous substance or the threat thereof. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-859, p. 348, §9.)...
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22-30A-8
Section 22-30A-8 Liability for hazardous substance sites; action by department or Attorney General to recover expenses; administrative order or civil action; for what costs fund may be reimbursed; contributions among liable parties; declaratory judgment action to determine apportionment. (a) Liable parties shall be liable to the state for amounts expended for the investigation, identification, containment and cleanup of hazardous substance sites, including the cost of post-cleanup monitoring and maintenance of such sites. (b) The department or the Attorney General shall act to recover for the fund the reasonable and necessary amounts expended for the investigation, identification, containment, cleanup, monitoring and maintenance of inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites to the extent the department or the Attorney General can attribute these expenditures to liable parties as set out herein. Recovery of these expenditures by the department or the Attorney General can be either...
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22-22A-5
Section 22-22A-5 Powers and functions of department; representation of department by Attorney General in legal actions. In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred upon it by law, the department is authorized beginning October 1, 1982 to: (1) Administer appropriate portions of Sections 9-7-10 through 9-7-20, which relate to permitting, regulatory and enforcement functions; administer and enforce the provisions and execute the functions of Chapter 28 of this title; Chapter 22 of this title; Article 2 of Chapter 23 of this title; Chapter 30 of this title; appropriate portions of Article 1 of Chapter 27 of this title; Sections 22-24-1 through 22-24-11; Sections 22-25-1 through 22-25-15; and Sections 22-36-1 through 22-36-10. (2) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, promulgate rules, regulations, and standards in order to carry out the provisions and intent of this chapter; provided, however, that prior to the promulgation of any state primary or...
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22-30E-3
Section 22-30E-3 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definition of all terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. Other definitions as necessary may be promulgated as regulations by the department for further implementation of this chapter. Also, as used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA LAND RECYCLING AND ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. That commission which is created in Section 22-30E-12. (2) APPLICANT. An owner or operator or prospective purchaser of a qualifying property seeking to participate in the voluntary cleanup program established pursuant to this chapter. (3) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. A statement prepared by a professional engineer or geologist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama which certifies compliance with a voluntary cleanup plan required by Section 22-30E-9. (4) CLEANUP. For purposes of this chapter, cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation,...
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22-35-3
Section 22-35-3 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) ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination of stationary tanks affixed permanently to the ground or other support structure (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of motor fuels, the volume of which (including pipes connected thereto) is greater than 90 percent above the surface of the ground. The terms "Underground Storage Tank" and "Aboveground Storage Tank" do not include any: a. Farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; b. Tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored; c. Septic tank; d. Pipeline facility (including gathering lines) regulated under: 1. The Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 2. The Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and 3....
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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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22-30A-5
Section 22-30A-5 Identification of inactive or abandoned sites and liable parties by director; development and implementation of cleanup plan; public comment period; orders; notice and hearing; payment and reimbursement of expenses; appeal; recovery of expenses by order or civil action; penalties. (a) The director shall identify inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites, as defined herein, within the State of Alabama. Once identified the director shall refer to the most current national priorities list ("NPL") of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, ("CERCLA") 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. Any Alabama site identified by the director that also appears on the NPL shall not be subject to this chapter, except for the matching funds provision of Section 22-30A-3(c). (b) For all sites so identified by the director, not appearing on the NPL, the director shall attempt to identify all...
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22-30-10
Section 22-30-10 Development and revision of criteria for determining hazardous wastes. (a) The department, acting through the commission, shall promulgate and revise criteria for identifying hazardous waste. (b) When developing these criteria, the department shall determine whether the concentrations being disposed of present immediate or persistent toxic hazards to human health or the environment, or the resistance of such wastes to natural degradation or detoxification and/or whether such wastes are bioconcentrative, ignitable, reactive, toxic, irritating, corrosive or infectious in addition to any hazardous characteristics. (c) The department shall compile, and revise from time to time thereafter, a listing of solid wastes which have been determined to be hazardous by using these criteria. Unless specifically excluded, all solid wastes identified as hazardous by application of the criteria are hazardous wastes and must be managed in accordance with this chapter and the regulations...
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22-30E-5
Section 22-30E-5 Additional powers and duties of department. (a) In addition to the powers and duties specified in this chapter and in Sections 22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16, inclusive, the department shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties: (1) To establish and collect fees from applicants for participation in the voluntary cleanup program authorized by this chapter, to be utilized for the administration of this chapter. (2) To make determinations, in accordance with procedures and criteria enumerated in this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, as to whether a proposed voluntary cleanup plan is sufficient to bring the qualifying property into compliance with the cleanup standards. (3) To monitor actions taken under approved voluntary property assessment plans and voluntary cleanup plans for the purpose of determining whether an applicant remains eligible for limitation of liability and for the purpose of determining whether to concur in...
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22-11F-3
Section 22-11F-3 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION OF RULES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Any youth athletics association that sponsors or conducts sports training or high risk youth athletic activities for children age 14 years and younger shall require all coaches and athletics personnel to complete an online or residence course approved by the Department of Public Health, if available at no cost, which provides information and awareness of actions and measures that may be used to decrease the likelihood that a youth athlete will sustain a serious injury while engaged or participating in a high risk youth athletic activity. (b) Any youth injury mitigation and information course required to be taken by a coach or athletics personnel under this section, at a minimum, shall provide information on the following subjects: (1) Emergency preparedness, planning, and...
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