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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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22-30-17
Section 22-30-17 Manifest. (a) The department shall develop and, acting through the commission,
promulgate a manifest. (b) A manifest shall be required to accompany transportation, for off-site
storage, treatment or disposal of hazardous waste, provided, however, that regarding bulk
shipments by rail or water, a shipping paper may be substituted for the manifest if the shipping
paper meets the requirements set out in the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.
The manifest shall be originated by the hazardous waste generator and shall identify the hazardous
waste transported, the quantity of such waste, and such other information as the department
may require. (c) A copy of each complete manifest shall be forwarded monthly to the department
by owners or operators treating, storing or disposing of hazardous wastes received from off-site.
(Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 129, p. 1843, §17; Acts 1984, No. 84-50, p. 57, §1; Acts
1987, No. 87-807, p. 1590, §13.)...
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22-30B-20
Section 22-30B-20 Fee to be deposited in Alabama Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund. In addition
to all other fees levied herein, there is also hereby levied a fee to be paid by the operators
of each commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances in the
amount of $1.00 per ton on all wastes or substances disposed of at such site, to be deposited
and allocated specifically to the Alabama Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund established by
Sections 22-30A-1 to 22-30A-11, inclusive, such money to be used for the specific purposes
as expressed therein. (Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-658, p. 32, §9.)...
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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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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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22-27-71
Section 22-27-71 Disposal in approved manners. All commercial establishments, except nonlicensed
or permitted family farms, which produce waste cooking grease or any inedible animal by-product
in the course of doing business shall dispose of such grease or by-product only in a manner
approved by the agency granting a license or permit to operate the establishment, if applicable,
or in any case in a manner approved by the Department of Agriculture and Industries, Department
of Environmental Management, Department of Public Health, or local water and wastewater utilities,
as appropriate. (Act 2001-661, p. 1383, §2.)...
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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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45-49-252.09
Section 45-49-252.09 Disposal of waste. (a) All solid waste in Mobile County shall be disposed
of in accordance with this code and this part. No solid waste shall be disposed of except
in approved disposal facilities operated by the county or by persons possessing valid permits
and certificates of need issued according to this part. However, solid waste material may
be used for construction site fill with the approval of the Mobile County Building Inspector.
The approval shall be in writing. (b) Any producer of hazardous or infectious waste shall
possess a permit for handling or managing solid waste issued in accordance with Section 45-49-252.05.
This permit shall specify all management techniques to be used in connection with such solid
waste. Under no circumstances shall untreated hazardous or infectious wastes be disposed of
at disposal facilities not specifically permitted to dispose of such wastes. (c) Builders,
building contractors, and privately employed tree trimmers and tree...
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22-27-15
Section 22-27-15 Establishment and review of reduction goals. (a) No later than October 15,
2009, the department shall establish, by rule, a goal for the percentage, on a statewide basis
only, of the reduction in the amount of household and commercial solid waste and the time
frames for that reduction. Reduction, by means including, but not limited to, recycling, source
reduction, waste minimization, reuse, and composting shall be determined at public solid waste
disposal or incineration facilities on a statewide, per capita basis. In order to evaluate
the statewide efforts, the department shall adopt rules for the determination of the base
year data, and reporting requirements by local governing bodies and public solid waste disposal
or incineration facilities, to include both the quantity and origin of the solid waste disposed
or incinerated at such facilities. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the reduction
goals shall emphasize activities prior to the delivery of...
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22-27-48
Section 22-27-48 Implementation of plans. (a) In addition to any regulatory bodies, the governing
body of a county or municipality has a responsibility for and the authority to assure the
proper management of solid wastes generated within its jurisdiction in accord with its solid
waste management plan. A governing body may assign territories and approve or disapprove disposal
sites in its jurisdiction in accord with the plan approved for its jurisdiction. Such approval
or disapproval of services or activities described in the local plan shall be in addition
to any other approvals required from other regulatory authorities and shall be made prior
to any other approvals necessary for the provision of such services, the development of a
proposed facility or the modification of permits for existing facilities. (b) The department
may not consider an application for a new facility unless the application has received approval
pursuant to Section 22-27-48.1 by the affected local governing...
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