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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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22-30B-2.4
Section 22-30B-2.4 Restrictions on disposal of hazardous waste; exceptions. No commercial site
for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous substances shall during any calendar year
receive and dispose of more than 600,000 tons of waste that cannot be legally disposed of
in a solid waste landfill permitted under Subtitle D of RCRA 42 U.S.C. ยง6941. Provided, however,
that the Environmental Management Commission or its designee may allow the disposal of hazardous
wastes in excess of the 600,000 ton annual limitation of volume imposed in this section if
such action is determined by the Environmental Management Commission or its designee to be
necessary to protect human health or the environment in the state. Provided further, if the
commission determines that public awareness of environmental matters may be enhanced by special
events or if amnesty or similar programs will promote the protection of human health and the
environment of Alabama, then it may exempt any wastes so...
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11-89A-15
Section 11-89A-15 Cooperation, aid, and agreements from and with other bodies. (a) For the
purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any county, municipality, or other political
subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality
may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all
of the following: (1) Lend or donate money to any authority or perform services for the benefit
thereof; (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to any authority, without the
necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind;
(3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise
prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with any authority
in attaining the objectives of this chapter; and (4) To pay to any authority the proceeds
of any special tax appropriated, apportioned, or allocated to...
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22-30-9
Section 22-30-9 General responsibilities of State Department. The responsibilities of the department
include the following: (1) The department may adopt procedures for granting variances and
is empowered to grant such variances. (2) The department, acting through the commission, may
promulgate, and may revise when appropriate, rules and regulations and may enter into agreements
to ensure that information obtained by the department regarding facilities and sites for the
treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste is available to the public in substantially
the same manner, and to the same degree, as would be the case under the Federal Hazardous
Waste Management Program administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
under authority of the RCRA and shall establish procedures to ensure that trade secrets used
by any person regarding methods of hazardous wastes handling and disposal are utilized by
the department, or any authorized representative of the department,...
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11-89A-4
Section 11-89A-4 Incorporation procedure; contents, execution, and filing of certificate of
incorporation; notice to Secretary of State. (a) Within 40 days following the adoption of
an authorizing resolution (or, if there is more than one, the last adopted thereof), the applicants
shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge
of probate of the county in which the principal office of the authority is to be located a
certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements
of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this
chapter and shall also be in the form theretofore approved by the governing body of each determining
subdivision. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The names
of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of
the determining subdivision (or, if there is more than one, at least...
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22-27-7
Section 22-27-7 Supervision and regulatory control; rules and regulations; penalty for violation
of article. With regard to the collection of solid wastes, the Health Department shall exercise
such supervision over equipment, methodology and personnel in the management of solid wastes
as may be necessary to enforce sanitary requirements, and the state and county boards of health
may adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to specify methodology and procedures
to meet the requirements of this article. With regard to the disposal of solid wastes, the
department shall exercise such regulatory control over the management of solid wastes as may
be necessary to enforce the requirements of the department, and the department may adopt such
rules and regulations as may be needed to meet the requirements of this article. Any person
violating any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made pursuant to this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall...
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22-4-3
Section 22-4-3 State Board of Health designated as State Health Planning and Development Agency;
powers and duties generally. (a) The State Board of Health is hereby designated as the sole
and official State Health Planning and Development Agency. (b) The State Board of Health is
authorized and empowered: (1) To conduct the health planning and development activities of
the state; (2) To prepare, review and revise as necessary a preliminary state health plan,
which shall be made up of the health systems plans of the health systems agencies within the
state, and which shall be submitted to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council for approval
or disapproval and for use in developing the state health plan; (3) Upon implementation of
Title XVI of the Public Health Service Act and adoption of federal regulations thereto, to
prepare, review and revise as necessary a State Medical Facilities Plan, which shall be submitted
to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council for approval or...
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22-4-8
Section 22-4-8 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Functions. (a) The Statewide Health
Coordinating Council shall advise and serve as consultants to the State Board of Health regarding
policies and regulations necessary for carrying out this article. (b) In addition, the council
shall perform the following functions: (1) Review annually and coordinate the health systems
plans of each of the health systems agencies; (2) Prepare, review and revise as necessary,
with the assistance of the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve or disapprove,
the State Health Plan, which shall be made up of the health systems plans modified to achieve
their coordination and compliance with statewide health planning criteria and standards; (3)
Review the State Medical Facilities Plan, pursuant to Title XVI of the Public Health Service
Act, prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve the plan as
consistent with the State Health Plan and advise and consult...
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35-19-2
Section 35-19-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVITY
AND USE LIMITATIONS. Restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to
real property. (2) AGENCY or DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(3) COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY. A condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect
to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated
to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real
property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community. (4)
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her
designated representative. (5) ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. A servitude arising under an environmental
response project that imposes activity and use limitations. (6) ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROJECT.
A plan or work performed for environmental remediation...
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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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