22-30-4
Section 22-30-4 Regulatory and investigative authority; monitoring of commercial sites for hazardous wastes; fees; hearings and investigations. (a) The department has exclusive regulatory authority over all hazardous waste generation, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal and other management practices in the state, and shall, from time to time, investigate and monitor sources of generation, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the Alabama Department of Public Health to regulate wastes containing radioactive materials under Chapter 14 of this title. (b) In exercising such exclusive authority, the department shall provide sufficient personnel with training in hazardous waste management and a minimum of a bachelor's degree in the sciences or engineering to comprehensively monitor all commercial sites for the disposal of hazardous wastes. Such personnel shall be hired by...
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38-7-11
Section 38-7-11 Inspection of facilities. The department shall have the right and its authorized representatives shall be afforded reasonable opportunity, to inspect any child-care facility seeking a license or an approval or a six-month permit pursuant to this chapter, any child-care facility seeking a renewal of a license or an approval or a six-month permit pursuant to this chapter and any child-care facility which is operating under a license or an approval or a six-month permit issued pursuant to this chapter. Such inspection shall include, but not be limited to, premises, services, personnel, program, accounts and records, interviews with agents and employees of the child-care facility being inspected and interviews with any child or other person within the custody or control of said child-care facility. Such inspection shall be made at any reasonable time, without prior notice, and as often as necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the...
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5-25-9
Section 5-25-9 Maintenance and examination of records, etc. (a) Any person required to be licensed under this chapter shall maintain in its offices or such other location as the department shall permit the books, accounts, and records as the department may reasonably require in order to determine whether the person is complying with this chapter and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. These books, accounts, and records shall be maintained apart and separate from any other business in which the person is involved. (b) The department may, by its designated officers and employees, as often as it deems necessary, but at least once every 24 months, investigate and examine the affairs, business, premises, and records of any person required to be licensed under this chapter insofar as they pertain to any business for which a license is required by this chapter. (c) The department, at its discretion, may: (1) Cause an examination to be made at the licensee's place of...
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33-6-10
Section 33-6-10 Enforcement of chapter, rules, etc.; prosecutions under chapter; violations and penalties. (a) This chapter and rules and orders adopted under this chapter shall be enforced by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources according to rules adopted by the board and department. (b) Any person may complain under oath to a magistrate, district attorney, or grand jury concerning a violation of this chapter or of a rule adopted under this chapter and if a warrant is issued by the magistrate or district attorney, or indictment returned by a grand jury, the charge shall be tried in court to which the warrant is returnable, and the warrant may be made returnable to a district court or to the circuit court and the courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of the offense, or if an indictment is returned, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of the offense. Convicted persons may appeal as now provided by law. Whether...
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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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9-15-56
Section 9-15-56 Application for beach project; issuance of permit. (a) Upon application by a coastal municipality, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the department, shall issue a permit for the construction and maintenance of a beach project by the coastal municipality under the authority of Article 11 of Chapter 47 of Title 11, provided all of the requirements of this section shall have been satisfied. (b) The application for a beach project shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) A detailed description of the location, dimensions, and design features of the proposed beach project. (2) A copy of the survey, map, metes and bounds description, or plane coordinate references adopted by the governing body of the coastal municipality as identifying the location of the mean high tide line and the locations of the limits of the landward and seaward extensions of the proposed beach project relative to...
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22-27-12
Section 22-27-12 Powers of department. The department may do the following: (1) Adopt rules to implement this article. (2) Adopt rules establishing requirements and restrictions for the management of solid waste, excluding the collection and transportation of nonhazardous and nonmedical solid waste. The rules may include factors such as the characteristics of the solid waste, the potential for contamination of soils or ground and surface waters, the design and operation of management facilities, the financial capabilities of the applicant, soil and geological considerations, human health, and other environmental considerations. With respect to solid waste disposal or materials recovery facilities, the rules may also include factors such as the quantity, nature, and origin of solid wastes and recovered materials to be managed. The department may condition the issuance of a permit for any solid waste management or materials recovery facility upon the facility being consistent with...
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22-30E-3
Section 22-30E-3 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definition of all terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. Other definitions as necessary may be promulgated as regulations by the department for further implementation of this chapter. Also, as used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA LAND RECYCLING AND ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. That commission which is created in Section 22-30E-12. (2) APPLICANT. An owner or operator or prospective purchaser of a qualifying property seeking to participate in the voluntary cleanup program established pursuant to this chapter. (3) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. A statement prepared by a professional engineer or geologist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama which certifies compliance with a voluntary cleanup plan required by Section 22-30E-9. (4) CLEANUP. For purposes of this chapter, cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation,...
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25-8-59
Section 25-8-59 Penalties; notice of violation and opportunity to show cause; hearing. (a) Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey within a reasonable time any lawful order or direction given by the state officials charged with the enforcement of this chapter, and any parent, guardian, or custodian who suffers or permits a person under his or her care or control who is under 19 years of age to work in violation of this chapter, shall be subject to civil penalties in addition to other penalties provided in this chapter. (b) The department may impose a civil penalty of three hundred dollars ($300) upon the following determination: An employer has violated a statutory provision of Section 25-8-35(17), 25-8-36, 25-8-37, 25-8-38, 25-8-39, 25-8-40, 25-8-41, 25-8-44(a), 25-8-44(b), 25-8-45, 25-8-54, 25-8-57, 25-8-60, or 25-8-61. (c) The department may impose a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon the following...
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34-1A-7
Section 34-1A-7 Licenses - Required. (a) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for any person or business entity to engage in a business regulated by this chapter in this state without a current valid license or in violation of this chapter and applicable rules and regulations of the board. (b) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for a person or business entity not licensed under this chapter to advertise or hold out to the public that he or she is a licensee of the board. (c) Any person or business entity who violates this chapter or any order, rule, or regulation of the board shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and for each offense for which he or she is convicted shall be punished as provided by law. (d) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor to willfully or intentionally do any of the following: (1) Obliterate the serial number on an alarm system for the purpose of falsifying service reports. (2) Knowingly and deliberately...
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