22-28-23
Section 22-28-23 Local air pollution control programs. (a) Except as provided in this section, it is the intention of this chapter to occupy by preemption the field of air pollution control within all areas of the State of Alabama. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abrogate any private remedies now available to any person for the alleviation, abatement, control, correction, or prevention of air pollution or restitution for damage resulting therefrom. (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, each municipal governing body which had municipal ordinances in effect on, or before, July 1, 1969, which pertain to air pollution control and which provide for the creation and establishment of an air pollution control board and each county board of health shall have the authority to establish, and thereafter administer, within their jurisdictions, a local air pollution control program which: (1) Provides, subject to subsection (d) of this section, by ordinance,...
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9-16-103
Section 9-16-103 Alabama Surface Mining Fund. (a) All sums received through the payment of fees, the forfeiture of bonds, the recovery of civil penalties or appropriations by the Legislature shall be placed in the State Treasury and credited to an open account designated as the Alabama Surface Mining Fund. This fund, which shall include the Alabama Surface Mining Reclamation Fund established by Act No. 551, 1975 Regular Session, shall be available to the regulatory authority for expenditure in the administration and enforcement of this article, and training, reclamation and research programs; provided, that the proceeds from the forfeiture of any bond shall be used to the extent required by law in completing reclamation and revegetation of the area with respect to which the bond applies. Any unencumbered and any unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not lapse, but shall be carried forward for the purposes of this article until expended. (b) There...
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9-16-98
Section 9-16-98 Experimental practices. In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices or to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, or public use (including recreational facilities), the regulatory authority with approval by the Secretary of Interior may authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental protection performance standards promulgated under Sections 9-16-90 and 9-16-91 of this article. Such departures may be authorized if (i) the experimental practices are potentially more or at least as environmentally protective, during and after mining operations, as those required by promulgated standards; (ii) the mining operations approved for particular land use or other purposes are no larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices; and (iii) the experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded public...
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9-16-6
Section 9-16-6 Permit for engaging in surface mining operations - Amendments. (a) An operator desiring to amend a permit issued to him to include additional land may file an amended application with the department. Upon receipt of the amended application, such increase in the bond or surety as may be required under the provisions of this article and payment of a $50.00 fee, the department shall issue an amendment to the original permit covering the additional land described in the amended application for the period of time remaining in the original permit. (b) An operator desiring to amend a permit issued to him to withdraw land covered by such permit may file an amended application with the department. Upon receipt of the amended application and upon verification by inspection that the land to be withdrawn is not affected land resulting from surface mining of the applicant, the department shall proportionately reduce the bond or the security filed by the applicant pursuant to the...
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9-16-129
Section 9-16-129 Property subject to lien; statement by director; amount; priority. (a) Within six months after the completion of projects to restore, reclaim, abate, control or prevent adverse effects of past coal mining practices on privately owned land, the director shall itemize the moneys so expended and may file a statement thereof in the probate judge's office of the county in which the land lies together with a notarized appraisal by a qualified independent appraiser of the value of the land before the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control or prevention of adverse effects of past coal mining practices if the moneys so expended shall result in a significant increase in property value. Such statement shall constitute a lien upon the said land. The lien shall not exceed the amount determined by the appraisal to be the increase in the market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal...
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45-49-91.15
Section 45-49-91.15 Notice requirements. Prior to the adoption of a proposed master plan for the district or of any district land use ordinance or regulation, or amendment thereto, notice that the master plan or an ordinance or regulation, or amendment thereto, to be considered by the board shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county no less than two weeks prior to consideration by the board. The published notice shall state that a master plan for the district or an ordinance or regulation, or amendment thereto, will be considered by the board and that a copy of the proposed master plan or ordinance or regulation, or amendment thereto, is available for public inspection at the board office, or other location accessible to the public, which location shall be clearly published in the notice. The notice shall also state the time and the place and location where all persons may be heard in opposition to or in favor of the ordinance or regulation and...
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8-17-242
Section 8-17-242 Rules and regulations; orders; employment of personnel and purchasing of equipment. (a) In addition to any other legal powers, the State Fire Marshal may adopt, amend, suspend, repeal, and enforce reasonably necessary rules and regulations governing the use of explosives in the blasting of stone, rock, or any other natural formation, or in any construction, quarry work, or demolition of man-made structures. The rules and regulations adopted shall not be more stringent than those promulgated by federal law, rule, or regulation to control surface coal mining operations. The rules and regulations may apply to the state as a whole or may vary from area to area in order to take into account varying local conditions. (b) The authority granted to the State Fire Marshal shall not extend to surface coal mining operations, which shall continue to be regulated by the Alabama Surface Mining Commission, pursuant to the Alabama Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [Chapter 16...
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9-16-126
Section 9-16-126 Right of entry. (a) If the director makes a finding in writing with supporting facts that: (1) Land or water resources have been adversely affected by past coal mining practices; and (2) The adverse effects are at a stage where, in the public interest, action to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent should be taken; and (3) The owners of the land or water resources where entry must be made to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices are not known, or readily available; or (4) The owners will not give permission for the state or its agents, employees, or contractors to enter upon such property to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. Then, upon giving notice by mail to the owners if known or if not known by posting notice upon the premises and advertising once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the land lies, the...
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9-16-87
Section 9-16-87 Permits - Coal exploration. (a) Coal exploration operations including the removal of coal samples for testing, assaying or other associated non-commercial purposes which substantially disturb the natural land surface may be conducted after filing a notice of intention to explore, including a description of the exploration area, the period of proposed exploration and provisions for reclamation in accordance with Section 9-16-90. (b) Information submitted to the regulatory authority pursuant to this section as confidential concerning trade secrets or privileged commercial or financial information which relates to the competitive rights of the person or entity intended to explore the described area shall not be available for public examination. (c) Any person who conducts any coal exploration activities which substantially disturb the natural land surface in violation of this section or regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to the enforcement provisions of...
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9-9-31
Section 9-9-31 Tax levy to defray expenses of proposed works and improvements generally; water management tax record; additional taxes. (a) After the list of lands and other property with the assessed benefits and the decree and judgment of the court have been filed as provided in Section 9-9-29, the board of water management commissioners shall without unnecessary delay levy a tax of such portion of said benefit on all lands and other property in the district to which benefits have been assessed as may be found necessary by the board of water management commissioners to defray the costs and expenses of the proposed works and improvements as incorporated in the plan of water management, plus 10 percent of said total amount for emergencies. The said tax shall be apportioned to and levied on each tract of land or other property in said district in proportion to the benefits assessed and not in excess of 90 percent thereof; and, in case bonds are issued as provided in this article, then...
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