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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22-27-2
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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45-49-252.14
Section 45-49-252.14 Certain acts and practices prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful to dispose of solid waste except by sanitary landfill, incineration, recycling process, or other method approved by the director, consistent with applicable state law, operated by the county or permitted and possessing certificates of need as required herein. (b) It shall be unlawful to allow an unauthorized accumulation of rubbish, yard trash, garbage, and putrescible waste on any residential or commercial premises not engaged in a salvaging operation. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner or collector, or his or her agent, or employees to collect refuse or to interfere in any manner with any such receptacles from the place where the same are placed by the owner or person lawfully in control thereof, or to remove the contents of such receptacles. (d) No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley, or other public place, or upon private property, whether owned by such...
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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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22-27-3
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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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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45-49-252.08
Section 45-49-252.08 Transportation requirements. (a) All equipment used in collection and transportation of solid waste shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in such a manner as to minimize health safety hazards to solid waste collector personnel and the public. All vehicles shall be maintained in good mechanical condition, shall be enclosed or adequate provisions shall be made for suitable cover to prevent contents from escaping in accordance with this code; and shall be kept clean so as to prevent propagation and attraction of vectors and the creation of sanitary nuisances. (b) Garbage and putrescible waste shall be transported in enclosed vehicles which meet the standards established by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI, Section 245.1) safety standards for refuse collection equipment (or metal containers which are water-tight, impervious, and suitable to protect the contents from flies, insects, and rodents). (c) When transporting hazardous waste, the...
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45-43-170.03
Section 45-43-170.03 Solid waste disposal - Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BURNING. No garbage or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible materials or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the regulations of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management requirements and air pollution controls as now established or as may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall be permitted only under sharply controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill or landfill is not feasible and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the department. (2) DEPARTMENT. Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) EXCEPTION. A person, household, business, industry, or any property owner may store, haul, and...
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45-49-252.05
Section 45-49-252.05 Solid waste management permits. Permits required under Section 45-49-252.03 shall be issued in the following manner: (1) Any person desiring to obtain a permit shall file an application for a permit with the director on application forms provided by the director and shall accompany such application with: a. Name and address of the applicant, showing its legal identity (individual, partnership, corporation, etc.). b. The business address of the applicant. c. An inventory of all motorized equipment or other equipment to be used in such collection, transportation, or disposal. d. The methods of storage, transport, and processing to be used. e. The location and type of processing or disposal, or both, contemplated. f. The types and amounts of wastes to be covered by permit, including a description of the project or process generating wastes. g. The route or routes to be used in transporting and schedules used. h. Issuance of county permits shall not relieve applicants...
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11-44B-25
Section 11-44B-25 Procedures to reduce or delete areas from police jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality that is organized pursuant to this article may from time to time reduce or delete various portions and areas from the territorial limits of its respective police jurisdiction or its planning jurisdiction or both as established by law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11-40-10 and 11-52-30, Act 76-594 and as amended by Act 94-539, the reduction and deletion shall be pursuant to the following procedure: (1) INITIATION. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution calling for public hearings to consider the adoption of an ordinance or ordinances for the purpose of deleting a portion or portions of territory from its respective police jurisdiction or planning jurisdiction, or both, as the case may be. The resolution shall state the time, date, and place of all public hearings in regard to the ordinance and a reasonably...
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