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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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22-36-2
Section 22-36-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management. (4) OPERATOR. Any person in control of, or having responsibility
for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank. (5) OWNER OF AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK: a. In the case of an underground storage tank in use on November 8, 1984 or brought
into use after that date, any person who owns an underground storage tank used for the storage,
use, or dispensing of regulated substances, and b. In the case of any underground storage
tank in use before November 8, 1984 but no longer in use on that date, the present owner of
the tank and any person who owned such tank immediately before the...
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22-30D-3
Section 22-30D-3 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definitions of
terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. For the purposes of
this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED DRYCLEANING FACILITY.
Any real property premises or individual leasehold space located in this state owned by any
person in which a drycleaning facility or wholesale distribution facility formerly operated;
provided, however, that any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who shall have elected
not to be covered by the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered a person owning
or leasing such a facility for the purposes of this chapter. (2) ADJACENT LAND OWNER. Any
owner, lessor, or mortgagee of any real property onto which contamination from a drycleaning
facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or wholesale distribution facility of any owner
or operator or wholesale distributor who shall have elected to be covered...
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45-49-252.07
Section 45-49-252.07 Storage and containers of solid waste prior to collection. (a) The property
owner or occupant shall store solid waste on his or her premises or property or shall require
it to be stored or handled in such a manner as to prevent the propagation, or harborage of
rats or arthropod vectors or the creation of a sanitary nuisance. (b) All garbage and putrescible
matter or mixed garbage and rubbish shall be stored in containers which are nonabsorbent,
water-tight, vector resistant, durable, easily cleaned, and designed for safe handling; or
in paper or plastic bags having sufficient strength and water tightness and which are designed
for proper containment. (c) All solid waste containers shall be of adequate size and sufficient
numbers to contain without overflowing all the refuse, except yard trash or bulky waste, a
residence or other establishment generates within the designated period of time between collections.
All containers shall be maintained in a sound, clean...
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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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22-27-47
Section 22-27-47 Local plans required. (a) Each county and any municipality as described below
shall submit to the department, within one and one-half years of May 16, 1989, a plan for
the management of solid waste generated within its boundaries. A county's plan shall include
the municipal jurisdictions within its boundaries except that any municipality may choose
to submit its own solid waste management plan intended for implementation within its city
limits and thereby be excluded from its county plan. Cities which do not choose to exclude
themselves from their county's plan shall be responsible to share in the county's costs proportionately
on a per capita basis. The content of all plans shall be consistent with the requirements
of this article and every plan shall not become final until it has been officially adopted
and approved pursuant to the requirements of this article. In the event a county or city does
not submit a required plan or if said plan does not meet the minimum...
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22-40A-3
Section 22-40A-3 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPROVED. Authorized, certified, permitted by,
or meets standards of a regulatory authority. (2) AUTHORIZED DISPOSAL. For purposes of this
chapter only, authorized disposal shall be the deposit of a tire in a landfill properly permitted
to accept tires and tire materials for disposal. (3) CLEANUP. For purposes of this chapter,
cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation, control, or removal of scrap tires from the environment.
(4) CONSUMER. a. For purposes of this chapter a consumer is defined as either: 1. A retail
purchaser. 2. A dealer who buys a tire to be installed on a vehicle for resale. b. A wholesale
purchaser who buys tires for resale is not considered a consumer. (5) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) or its successor organization or organizations
having similar responsibility. (6) ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. An...
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22-25B-1
Section 22-25B-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADEM. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management. (2) ADPH. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
(3) CERTIFICATE OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY. The certification by the commission of the financial
viability of a wastewater management entity's financial viability pursuant to this chapter.
(4) CLUSTER WASTEWATER SYSTEM. An integrated wastewater collection system or treatment system,
or both, or multiple systems serving a single development or contiguous developments, which
collectively have a design flow of 15,000 GPD or less, and is designed and permitted for discharge
of the treated wastewater to a subsurface distribution system, but excluding systems that
discharge directly to surface waters of the state. The system must be designed by and certified
by a licensed professional engineer to comply with design and permit...
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45-49-252.06
Section 45-49-252.06 Collection of solid waste. (a)(1) Only county franchised collectors possessing
valid permits shall engage in the business of providing solid waste management services to
residential property within the county. Fees for such service shall be established by resolution
or ordinance of the Mobile County Commission, consistent with the provisions of franchise
agreements. Upon May 3, 1988, any proposed increase in fees charged shall be reviewed and
approved in the following manner: a. A franchised residential collector shall provide notice
in a newspaper of general circulation in Mobile County that the collector will apply in writing
to the solid waste management advisory board for an increase in fees charged, including the
amount of the proposed fee increase, at least three weeks prior to the giving of such written
application. b. The collector, not less than 10 days thereafter, shall provide the written
request for the fee increase to the advisory board. c. The board...
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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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