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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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22-40A-11
Section 22-40A-11 Administration and enforcement. (a) Except as provided for herein, the department
is designated by this chapter as the administrating agency for this chapter including administering
remediation and enforcement programs; provided, however, the department may enter into delegation
agreements with county commissions for enforcement of this chapter. The department is hereby
authorized to carry out the purposes of this chapter and is empowered to administer and enforce
this chapter using the authorities granted to it by the Environmental Management Act. (b)
The department shall develop and manage a remediation contract program for cleanup, management,
or disposal of scrap tires. (c) The department may by regulation exempt certain tires under
this chapter and grant variances or place additional requirements on persons subject to this
chapter and the department's regulations. (d) The department shall administer the program
in a way to ensure enforcement of the chapter in all...
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45-42-170.20
Section 45-42-170.20 Solid waste landfill location and operation. (a) In addition to any other
provision of law or any rule or regulation by the state or federal government or local government
in Limestone County, and specifically Chapter 27, Title 22, as amended, relating to the regulation,
operation, or location of any privately-owned or controlled regional landfill for solid waste,
the Limestone County Commission shall provide for a referendum on the question of the location,
acceptance, or operation of such privately owned or controlled regional landfill for solid
waste after the public hearing thereon. The referendum shall be held within 20 days but not
less than 10 days after such public hearing. Such referendum shall be held pursuant to the
general laws of the state calling for local elections except where there is a direct conflict
herewith. (b) If a majority of the qualified electorate voting on the proposed acceptance,
operation, or location of a privately-owned or controlled...
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45-43-170.01
Section 45-43-170.01 Solid waste disposal - Rules and regulations; participation. In Lowndes
County, the county commission, or any municipal governing body therein, providing services
to the public under this article shall have the power and authority by resolution or ordinance
to adopt rules and regulations providing for mandatory public participation in and subscription
to such system of services. Every individual, household, business, industry, or property generating
solid wastes, garbage, or ash as defined in this section shall participate in and subscribe
to such system of service unless granted a certificate of exception as provided in subdivision
(3) of Section 45-43-170.03. In the event such individual, household, business, industry,
or property owner who has not been granted a certificate of exception refuses to participate
in and subscribe to such system of service, the county commission or municipal governing body
may bring an appropriate civil action in circuit court to...
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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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31-9-16
Section 31-9-16 Immunity of state, etc., from liability for torts resulting from emergency
management activities; exemptions of emergency management workers from license requirements;
powers, duties, etc., of emergency management workers. (a) All functions under this article
and all other activities relating to emergency management are hereby declared to be governmental
functions. (b) Neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof nor other agencies
of the state or political subdivisions thereof, nor, except in cases of willful misconduct,
gross negligence, or bad faith, any emergency management worker, individual, partnership,
association, or corporation complying with or reasonably attempting to comply with this article
or any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this article or
pursuant to any ordinance relating to blackout or other precautionary measures enacted by
any political subdivision of the state, shall be liable for the death of or...
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13A-7-29
Section 13A-7-29 Criminal littering. (a) A person commits the crime of criminal littering if
he or she engages in any of the following acts: (1) Knowingly deposits in any manner litter
on any public or private property or in any public or private waters without permission to
do so. For purposes of this subdivision, any series of items found in the garbage, trash,
or other discarded material including, but not limited to, bank statements, utility bills,
bank card bills, and other financial documents, clearly bearing the name of a person shall
constitute a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name appears on the material knowingly
deposited the litter. Advertising, marketing, and campaign materials and literature shall
not be sufficient to constitute a rebuttable presumption of criminal littering under this
subsection. (2) Negligently deposits, in any manner, glass or other dangerously pointed or
edged objects on or adjacent to water to which the public has lawful access for...
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2-27-16
Section 2-27-16 Penalty for violation of article; injunctions. (a) Any person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article declared to be unlawful or who shall fail or refuse
to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this article, or who shall
violate any rule or regulation duly promulgated under this article or who shall sell or offer
for sale or distribute for sale any pesticide or device in violation of any of the requirements
of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as
now prescribed by law for such an offense. Fines imposed under this article shall be paid
into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. (b) In addition to the penalty and other
enforcement remedies of this article and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate legal
remedy, the circuit court, or any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction and for cause shown
and upon a hearing to grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary or...
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11-89-7
Section 11-89-7 Powers of district generally; power of district to acquire, operate, etc.,
systems, etc., outside service area; provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally.
(a) The district shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name for the duration of time (which may be perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section
11-89-17) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and to defend civil actions
against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;
(5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to
hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether...
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