22-27-46
Section 22-27-46 Regional planning and development commissions. (a) Not later than six months
from May 16, 1989, each regional planning and development commission in the state shall prepare
and adopt a regional needs assessment evaluating solid waste management needs in their respective
regions. This regional needs assessment shall be submitted to the department for information
and review and shall be considered by units of local government within the region in the development
of their individual plans as required herein. Thereafter, the assessment shall be revised
and submitted to the department and local governments in the region annually. The regional
needs assessment shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) An evaluation of the amount
of solid waste generated within the region and the amount of remaining disposal capacity,
expressed in years, at each solid waste disposal facility within the region; (2) An evaluation
of the needs of all localities within the district as to...
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22-30E-6
Section 22-30E-6 Criteria for property qualification for voluntary cleanup program. (a) In
order to be considered a qualifying property for participation in the voluntary cleanup program
established pursuant to this chapter, a property shall, unless granted a variance under subsection
(b), meet the following criteria: (1) The property must not be listed on the federal National
Priorities List pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq. (2) The property must not be currently undergoing
response activities required by an order of either the department, or the regional administrator
of the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued pursuant to the provisions of the federal
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et
seq. (3) The property must not be a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility
as defined in Section 22-30E-3. (b) The department may...
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2-16-40
Section 2-16-40 Purpose of division. The purpose of this division is to control, eradicate
and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of poultry through the proper
destruction and disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste
by requiring commercial growers of poultry and commercial hatcheries to be equipped with and
to use disposal facilities as provided in this division. (Acts 1963, No. 548, p. 1164, §1.)...

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45-49-252.01
Section 45-49-252.01 Powers and duties of administrative department. (a) The director, or his
or her duly appointed designee, shall be responsible for the administrative management of
this part. (b) The director shall provide for a solid waste management system consistent with
this part, consisting of storage, collection, transport, processing, separation, recovery,
and disposal. (c) The solid waste management system must be submitted to the Mobile County
Commission of Mobile County, Alabama, for review and approval or rejection. (Act 81-450, p.
773, §2.)...
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22-27-42
Section 22-27-42 Legislative intent. In furtherance of the policies and purposes set forth
herein, it is the intent of this legislation: (1) To develop an integrated system of planning
for solid waste management in the state by local governments, regional planning commissions
and the department; (2) To put in place the necessary procedures so that an effective and
integrated statewide network of solid waste management facilities may be planned, developed
and operated for the benefit of the people of the state; (3) To assure that solid waste management
planning and implementation activities should, to the extent economically feasible, encourage:
a. Reduction of the amount of source waste generated; b. Source separation and recycling;
and c. Waste processing such as the utilization of a waste-to-energy technology to reduce
the volume of waste necessary for land disposal. (4) To facilitate the siting of solid waste
management facilities as required to meet present and projected state and...
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22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and procedures before commission; appeal and review. (a) Beginning
October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority
which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to: (1) Develop and prescribe
its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and (2) Administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls,
documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management
Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt...
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45-49-252.04
Section 45-49-252.04 Certificates of need. Certificates of need as required by Section 45-49-252.03
may be obtained for the management of solid waste in the following manner: (1) An applicant
for a certificate of need for a solid waste management activity or facility shall petition
the Mobile County Commission to deter- mine the need of such requested service by the applicant.
The applicant shall provide the commission with the following information as applicable: a.
A statement of purpose and need for the activity, service, or facility. b. A statement of
funding sources. c. A statement of financial resources of the applicant. d. A statement of
the cost of operation. e. A statement of existing facilities or services available. f. Any
other information requested by the commission. g. Information described in paragraphs b.,
c., and d. shall not be required from persons desiring certificates of need to provide nonresidential
solid waste management activities, services, or facilities. (2)...
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22-22A-5
Section 22-22A-5 Powers and functions of department; representation of department by Attorney
General in legal actions. In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred
upon it by law, the department is authorized beginning October 1, 1982 to: (1) Administer
appropriate portions of Sections 9-7-10 through 9-7-20, which relate to permitting, regulatory
and enforcement functions; administer and enforce the provisions and execute the functions
of Chapter 28 of this title; Chapter 22 of this title; Article 2 of Chapter 23 of this title;
Chapter 30 of this title; appropriate portions of Article 1 of Chapter 27 of this title; Sections
22-24-1 through 22-24-11; Sections 22-25-1 through 22-25-15; and Sections 22-36-1 through
22-36-10. (2) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, promulgate rules, regulations,
and standards in order to carry out the provisions and intent of this chapter; provided, however,
that prior to the promulgation of any state primary or...
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22-30A-5
Section 22-30A-5 Identification of inactive or abandoned sites and liable parties by director;
development and implementation of cleanup plan; public comment period; orders; notice and
hearing; payment and reimbursement of expenses; appeal; recovery of expenses by order or civil
action; penalties. (a) The director shall identify inactive or abandoned hazardous substance
sites, as defined herein, within the State of Alabama. Once identified the director shall
refer to the most current national priorities list ("NPL") of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, ("CERCLA") 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. Any Alabama site
identified by the director that also appears on the NPL shall not be subject to this chapter,
except for the matching funds provision of Section 22-30A-3(c). (b) For all sites so identified
by the director, not appearing on the NPL, the director shall attempt to identify all...
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22-30-19
Section 22-30-19 Penalties and remedies. (a) Whenever, on the basis of any information, the
department determines that any person is in violation of any requirement of this chapter,
any rule or regulation promulgated by the department or any permit issued under authority
granted by this chapter, the department may issue an order requiring compliance immediately
or within a specified time period, and, in cases where an imminent threat to human health
or the environment is demonstrated, suspend operations causing such threat until the department
determines that adequate steps are being taken to correct such violations. (b) Whenever, on
the basis of any information, the department determines that there is or has been a release
of hazardous waste into the environment from a facility authorized to operate under Section
22-30-12(i), the department may issue an order requiring corrective action or such other response
measure as it deems necessary to protect human health or the environment....
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