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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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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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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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22-22A-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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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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22-30-2
Section 22-30-2 Legislative findings; purpose and intent of chapter. The Legislature finds
that the generation and management of hazardous waste is a continuing problem. Further, that
without adequate safeguards, the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal
of such wastes can create conditions which threaten human health or the environment. The Legislature,
therefore, declares that in order to minimize and control any such hazardous conditions, it
is in the public interest to establish and to maintain a statewide program, administered by
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, to provide for the safe management of
hazardous wastes. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management seek and retain authorization to operate the State Hazardous Waste Management Program.
It is also the intent of the Legislature that the rules, regulations, guidelines and criteria
promulgated under authority of this chapter encourage...
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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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45-49-252.14
Section 45-49-252.14 Certain acts and practices prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful to dispose
of solid waste except by sanitary landfill, incineration, recycling process, or other method
approved by the director, consistent with applicable state law, operated by the county or
permitted and possessing certificates of need as required herein. (b) It shall be unlawful
to allow an unauthorized accumulation of rubbish, yard trash, garbage, and putrescible waste
on any residential or commercial premises not engaged in a salvaging operation. (c) It shall
be unlawful for any person other than the owner or collector, or his or her agent, or employees
to collect refuse or to interfere in any manner with any such receptacles from the place where
the same are placed by the owner or person lawfully in control thereof, or to remove the contents
of such receptacles. (d) No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley, or other public
place, or upon private property, whether owned by such...
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11-54-20
Section 11-54-20 Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly
appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings:
(1) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama. (2) PROJECT. Any
land and any building or other improvement thereon and all real and personal properties deemed
necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable
for use by the following or by any combination of two or more thereof: a. Any industry for
the manufacturing, processing, or assembling of any agricultural or manufactured products;
b. Any commercial enterprise in storing, warehousing, distributing, or selling products of
agriculture, mining, or industry; c. Any commercial enterprise providing linen rental services
(including laundry and cleaning services related or incidental thereto) primarily to industries
and commercial enterprises described in either of the preceding...
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22-22B-2
Section 22-22B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PROGRAM FOR THE
MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. A formal program administered by state agencies
and/or public school systems for the recycling of recyclable materials collected by state
agencies and/or public school systems pursuant to a program for waste reduction and the collection
of recyclable materials. (2) PROGRAM FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE
MATERIALS. A formal program implemented by state agencies and/or public school systems for
the reduction of solid wastes generated by the operation of such agencies and/or public school
systems including the collection in lieu of disposal of recyclable materials. (3) PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEMS. All the state's universities, all elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools,
schools for the deaf and blind, mental retardation and...
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