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22-30-5.1
Section 22-30-5.1 Restriction on number of commercial hazardous waste treatment facilities
or disposal sites per county; legislative approval of sites. (a) The term "hazardous
waste" shall mean the same as defined by Section 22-30-3(5). (b) Committee shall mean
the continuing Select Joint Nuclear Energy Activities and Hazardous Chemical Toxic Waste Oversight
Committee as created by Act No. 81-307, H.J.R. 254 (p. 392), as amended by Act No. 84-329,
S.J.R. 214 (pp. 754-755). (c) There shall be no more than one commercial hazardous waste treatment
facility or disposal site as defined by subdivisions (4) and (14) of Section 22-30-3 situated
within any one county of the state. Provided, however, no commercial hazardous waste treatment
or disposal site not in existence on or before December 31, 1988, shall be situated until:
(1) a written proposal or application addressing the items found in subdivisions (d)(1) through
(d)(7) of this section is submitted by the applicant wishing to construct...
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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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22-30D-4
Section 22-30D-4 Election of coverage; administration of chapter; rules and regulations. (a)(1)
All owners and operators and all wholesale distributors shall elect by May 24, 2001, to be
covered or not to be covered by this chapter and shall do so by notifying the department in
writing that such owner or operator or wholesale distributor elects to be covered or not to
be covered by this chapter. Following May 24, 2001, any owner or operator or wholesale distributor
who may have initially elected not to be covered by this chapter or who may have inadvertently
failed to notify the department may notify the department that such owner or operator or wholesale
distributor has reconsidered and desires to be covered by the fund, but any such owner or
operator or wholesale distributor shall, with its notice of request for coverage, be required
to pay to the Department of Revenue the registration fees which would otherwise have been
due to the fund had such owner or operator or wholesale...
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22-30-16
Section 22-30-16 Responsibilities of hazardous waste storage and treatment facility and hazardous
waste disposal site operators. (a) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized
to promulgate rules and regulations establishing such standards, applicable to owners and
operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities as may be necessary
to protect human health or the environment. In establishing such standards, the department
may, where appropriate, distinguish in such standards between requirements appropriate for
new facilities and for facilities in existence on the date of promulgation of such regulations.
Such standards shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Unless exempted from
regulation by this chapter or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, obtaining
a permit from the department or interim status for each treatment, storage or disposal facility;
(2) Assuring that all hazardous wastes are stored, treated or...
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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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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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22-30-4
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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22-30-14
Section 22-30-14 Responsibilities of generators. (a) The department, acting through the commission,
is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations establishing such standards, applicable
to generators of hazardous waste as may be necessary to protect human health or the environment.
Such standards shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Determining if solid
wastes generated are hazardous wastes as defined by this chapter; (2) Proper labeling of hazardous
wastes; (3) Assuring that all hazardous wastes generated are treated, or disposed of at treatment,
storage or disposal facilities which: a. If in state, are permitted or have interim status
under this chapter; or b. If out of state, are permitted or have interim status from a state
authorized under Section 3006 of the RCRA to operate a hazardous waste permitting program
in lieu of the federal program or are permitted or have interim status under the RCRA; (4)
Maintaining records of hazardous waste produced, generated,...
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22-30-12
Section 22-30-12 Permit program. (a) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized
to promulgate a permit program for hazardous waste management practices and, acting through
the commission, to promulgate criteria for issuing permits and rules identifying procedures
for obtaining permits. (b) Except as provided by this subsection or subsections (i) and (j)
of this section, no person shall engage in the transportation, treatment, storage or disposal
of hazardous waste without having applied for and obtained a permit from the department issued
under authority of this section. The department, acting through the commission, may promulgate
rules which exempt certain hazardous waste management practices from the requirement to obtain
a permit under this section. (c) Unless specifically exempted from regulation by this chapter
or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, no person may commence or continue construction
or operation of any hazardous waste treatment,...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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