22-27-17
Section 22-27-17 Disposal fees; disposition of funds; exemptions; review of records; biennial report. (a) Beginning on October 1, 2008, the following disposal fees are levied upon generators of solid waste who dispose of solid waste at solid waste management facilities permitted by the department subject to this chapter, which shall be collected in accordance with subsection (b): (1) One dollar ($1) per ton for all waste disposed of in a municipal solid waste landfill. (2) One dollar ($1) per ton or twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard for all waste disposed of in public industrial landfills, construction and demolition landfills, non-municipal solid waste incinerators, or composting facilities, which receive waste not generated by the permittee. (3) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per cubic yard for all waste disposed of in a private solid waste management facility, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per calendar year. (4) Regulated solid waste that may be approved by the...
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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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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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22-30A-4
Section 22-30A-4 Powers of department; use of fund. (a) In relation or addition to the powers set forth in this section and any other provisions of laws of this state, the department is empowered, with regard to the regulation, control, or removal of hazardous substances as follows: (1) To respond to, direct, or initiate cleanup of inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites; (2) To conduct or contract for professional technical data gathering and analysis and damage assessment; (3) To conduct or contract for the removal or containment of hazardous substances where there has been or is a potential for release, regardless of quantity or concentration; and (4) Acting through the provisions of Sections 22-22A-5 and 22-22A-8 issue such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The fund shall be available to the department for expenditures for the purpose of providing for the identification, investigation, and for the containment and...
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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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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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22-14-20
Section 22-14-20 Adoption of rules requiring generators of low-level radioactive waste to implement best management practices as condition of access to disposal facilities. The State Radiation Control Agency shall develop and adopt rules which require generator of low-level radioactive waste to implement best management practices, including prevention, minimization, reduction, segregation, and hole-for-decay storage, as a condition of access to a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility licensed by the State Radiation Control Agency or by the appropriate authority of a state which has compacted with Alabama to dispose of low-level radioactive waste generated in Alabama. (Acts 1988, No. 88-535, p. 817, §2(a).)...
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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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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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22-22A-4
Section 22-22A-4 Department of Environmental Management created; principal office; director; deputy director; divisions and division chiefs; transfer of functions; designation as State Environmental Control Agency, etc.; contract with Health Department for routine bacteriological analyses. (a) There is hereby created and established the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and all functions transferred to the department by this chapter. The department shall maintain its principal office in the City of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. (b) The department shall be under the supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated as the director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The director shall be an individual knowledgeable and experienced in environmental matters. The director shall employ such officers, agents and employees as he deems...
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