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22-27-5.2
Section 22-27-5.2 Solid waste landfill moratorium. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of
law, until May 31, 2014, neither the department nor any state or local agency may grant any
new permits to a new public solid waste landfill facility which is intended to receive waste
not generated by the permittee. (2) The moratorium period is necessary in order to allow the
department and the Alabama Department of Public Health to review their duties and responsibilities
pursuant to the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act. As appropriate, following
this review, the department, with input from the Alabama Department of Public Health, shall
make recommendations for necessary legislation or undertake rulemaking to implement enhancement
identified during the review period. (3) For the purpose of evaluating solid waste landfill
management issues facing the state and to allow for the update of the state's comprehensive
solid waste management plan to identify and provide for the...
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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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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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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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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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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management
Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing
the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste
facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the
needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods
of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on
landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population
estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules
are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall
be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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22-27-17
Section 22-27-17 Disposal fees; disposition of funds; exemptions; review of records; biennial
report. (a) Beginning on October 1, 2008, the following disposal fees are levied upon generators
of solid waste who dispose of solid waste at solid waste management facilities permitted by
the department subject to this chapter, which shall be collected in accordance with subsection
(b): (1) One dollar ($1) per ton for all waste disposed of in a municipal solid waste landfill.
(2) One dollar ($1) per ton or twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard for all waste disposed
of in public industrial landfills, construction and demolition landfills, non-municipal solid
waste incinerators, or composting facilities, which receive waste not generated by the permittee.
(3) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard for all waste disposed of in a private solid
waste management facility, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per calendar year.
(4) Regulated solid waste that may be approved by the...
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22-27-49
Section 22-27-49 Moratorium on issuance of permits. (a) For the purpose of evaluating solid
waste management problems facing the state and to allow for the development of comprehensive
plans to identify and provide for the state's solid waste management needs, there is hereby
imposed a moratorium on the issuance by the Department of Environmental Management of any
new or modified permits or transfers of existing permits for solid waste management facilities
which receive or are intended to receive wastes not generated by the permittee. Said moratorium
shall not apply to industrial landfills receiving waste generated in state only by the permittee.
Modifications for the limited purposes of changing liner and leachate collection design, changes
in waste streams from within the facility's designated service area, changes in sequence of
fill, and changes to incorporate new technology, or changes intended to bring a facility into
compliance with statutes and regulations are specifically...
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22-27-10
Section 22-27-10 Control of unauthorized dumping; open burning; construction with other rights
and remedies. (a) Solid waste shall be collected, transported, disposed, managed, or any combination
thereof, according to the requirements of this article, and the rules of the department or
the health department, as authorized by this article, and if disposed of in this state, shall
be disposed in a permitted landfill or permitted incineration, or reduced in volume through
composting, materials recovery, or other existing or future means approved by and according
to the requirements of the department, under authorities granted by this article. (b) The
creation, contribution to, or operation of an unauthorized dump is declared to be a public
nuisance per se, a menace to public health, and a violation of this article. In addition to
other remedies which are available, an unauthorized dump may be enjoined through an action
in the circuit court having jurisdiction over the property in which the...
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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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