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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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22-30-11
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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22-30-15
Section 22-30-15 Regulations as to transporters. Subject to Section 22-30-21, the department,
acting through the commission, is authorized to promulgate regulations establishing such standards,
applicable to transporters of hazardous waste identified or listed under this chapter, as
may be necessary to protect human health or the environment. Such standards shall include
but not be limited to the following: (1) Unless exempted from regulation by this chapter or
rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, obtaining a permit from the department;
(2) Completing the manifest form in conjunction with the generator; (3) Assuring that all
hazardous wastes are transported to the permitted or interim status hazardous waste treatment,
storage facility or disposal facility or alternate facility designated on the manifest or,
if rejected by such facility, returned to the generator; (4) Maintaining records of hazardous
waste transported, and their source and delivery points; and (5)...
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22-30-3
Section 22-30-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter and except where the context prohibits,
the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Environmental
Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management as created by
Section 22-22A-6. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management as created
by Section 22-22A-4. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management. (4) DISPOSAL. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or
placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such hazardous waste or
any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged
into any waters, including ground waters. (5) HAZARDOUS WASTE. A solid waste, or combination
of solid wastes, which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics may: a. Cause, or significantly contribute to,...
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45-43-170.03
Section 45-43-170.03 Solid waste disposal - Definitions. As used in this article, the following
words shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise: (1) BURNING. No garbage or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible
materials or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the
regulations of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management requirements and air pollution
controls as now established or as may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall
be permitted only under sharply controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill or landfill
is not feasible and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread
of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the department. (2) DEPARTMENT.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) EXCEPTION. A person, household, business,
industry, or any property owner may store, haul, and...
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22-30E-6
Section 22-30E-6 Criteria for property qualification for voluntary cleanup program. (a) In
order to be considered a qualifying property for participation in the voluntary cleanup program
established pursuant to this chapter, a property shall, unless granted a variance under subsection
(b), meet the following criteria: (1) The property must not be listed on the federal National
Priorities List pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq. (2) The property must not be currently undergoing
response activities required by an order of either the department, or the regional administrator
of the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued pursuant to the provisions of the federal
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et
seq. (3) The property must not be a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility
as defined in Section 22-30E-3. (b) The department may...
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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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45-39-170.01
Section 45-39-170.01 Site evaluation test for repair of existing conventional septic system.
In Lauderdale County, notwithstanding all laws, rules, and regulations to the contrary, upon
request by a property owner, the county health department or its duly appointed agent shall
perform a site evaluation test for a fee of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250)
when the test is required for the repair of an existing conventional septic tank effluent
disposal field. (Act 2019-420, §1.)...
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11-89A-2
Section 11-89A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT.
A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county or
municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-89A-3. (2) AUTHORITY. Any public
corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION.
A resolution or ordinance adopted by the governing body of any county or municipality in accordance
with the provisions of Section 11-89A-3, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority.
(4) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (5) BONDS. Bonds, notes, or other obligations
representing an obligation to pay money. (6) COSTS. As applied to a facility or any portion
thereof, such term shall include all or any part of the cost of...
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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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