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9-7-11
Section 9-7-11 Purpose of chapter; legislative findings. The purpose of this chapter is to
promote, improve and safeguard the lands and waters located in the coastal areas of this state
through a comprehensive and cooperative program designed to preserve, enhance and develop
such valuable resources for the present and future well-being and general welfare of the citizens
of this state. In promulgating such a program, the Legislature of Alabama recognizes and declares
that: (1) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, industrial
and aesthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being
of the state; (2) There are increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of
the coastal area occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements
for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources
and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency
shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate
name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments,
with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the
board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and
repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as
the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define
their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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9-7-12
Section 9-7-12 Declaration of state policy. The Legislature finds and declares that it is state
policy: (1) To preserve, protect, develop and, where possible, to restore or enhance the resources
of the state's coastal area for this and succeeding generations; (2) To encourage and assist
counties and municipalities, wherever applicable, to exercise effectively their responsibilities
in the coastal area through the development and implementation of administration programs
to achieve wise use of the land and water resources of the coastal area, giving full consideration
to needs for economic development as well as to ecological, cultural, historic and aesthetic
values; (3) To assure that in development of the state's coastal area adequate consideration
is given to such uses of the coastal area as the establishment of harbor facilities for the
receiving of oil, gas and other commodities from ships and tankers, pipelines from such ports
and utility plant sites, utility generation,...
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22-22A-2
Section 22-22A-2 Legislative intent and purposes of chapter. The Legislature finds the resources
of the state must be managed in a manner compatible with the environment, and the health and
welfare of the citizens of the state. To respond to the needs of its environment and citizens,
the state must have a comprehensive and coordinated program of environmental management. It
is therefore the intent of the Legislature to improve the ability of the state to respond
in an efficient, comprehensive and coordinated manner to environmental problems, and thereby
assure for all citizens of the state a safe, healthful and productive environment. (1) To
this end an Alabama Department of Environmental Management is created by this chapter within
the Executive Branch of State Government in order to effect the grouping of state agencies
which have primary responsibility for administering environmental legislation into one department,
to promote economy and efficiency in the operation and management...
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9-16-71
Section 9-16-71 Declaration of public policy and legislative intent; all land surface mined
under this article shall be reclaimed. (a) The objective of this article is to provide for
the safe, responsible and reasonable reclamation of lands upon which surface disturbances
will be created by surface mining and the surface effects of underground mining so as to protect
the taxable value of property and preserve natural resources within the state and protect
and promote the health and safety of the people of this state, consistent with the protection
of property and with maximum employment and the economic and industrial well-being of the
state. The Legislature finds and declares that the extraction of coal by surface mining provides
a major present and future source of energy and is an essential and necessary activity which
contributes to the economic and material well-being of the state. (b) The Legislature finds
that the unregulated or irresponsible surface mining of coal may cause...
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22-30E-3
Section 22-30E-3 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definition of all
terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. Other definitions as
necessary may be promulgated as regulations by the department for further implementation of
this chapter. Also, as used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following
meanings: (1) ALABAMA LAND RECYCLING AND ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. That commission
which is created in Section 22-30E-12. (2) APPLICANT. An owner or operator or prospective
purchaser of a qualifying property seeking to participate in the voluntary cleanup program
established pursuant to this chapter. (3) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. A statement prepared
by a professional engineer or geologist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama which
certifies compliance with a voluntary cleanup plan required by Section 22-30E-9. (4) CLEANUP.
For purposes of this chapter, cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation,...
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9-7-15
Section 9-7-15 Coastal Area Board - Development of coastal area management program. The board
shall provide for the development of a comprehensive coastal area management program. The
program shall be prepared in cooperation with local, regional, state and federal interests.
The inland boundaries of the coastal area subject to the management program are described
as follows: begin at the southernmost point on the Mississippi-Alabama state line where the
land surface elevation reaches 10 feet above mean sea level and continue in a general easterly
direction along the 10-foot contour to the proximity of Mobile Bay; continue in a northerly
direction on the 10-foot contour along the western shore of Mobile Bay and the Mobile River
delta to the north line of Mobile County; thence southeastward along the north line of Mobile
County to the intersection with the Baldwin County lines in the Mobile River; thence along
the west and north lines of Baldwin County in the Mobile and Alabama Rivers to...
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9-10B-3
Section 9-10B-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) AREA OF THE STATE. Any municipality or county, including portions thereof, or other geographical
area of the state as may be designated by the commission pursuant to this chapter. (2) BENEFICIAL
USE. The diversion, withdrawal, or consumption of the waters of the state in such quantity
as is necessary for economic and efficient utilization consistent with the interests of this
state. (3) CAPACITY STRESS AREA. An area of the state designated by the commission pursuant
to this chapter where the commission determines that the use of the waters of the state, whether
ground water, surface water, or both, requires coordination, management, and regulation for
the protection of the interests and rights of the people of the state. (4) CERTIFICATE OF
USE. A certificate which shall be issued by the...
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9-7-10
Section 9-7-10 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used in this chapter shall have the
following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COASTAL
AREA. The coastal waters, including the lands therein and thereunder, and the adjacent shorelands,
including the waters therein and thereunder, strongly influenced by each and in proximity
to the shorelines of Alabama and including transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes,
wetlands, and beaches. The area extends seaward to the outer limit of the United States territorial
sea and extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent necessary to control shorelands,
the uses of which have a direct and significant impact on the coastal waters. (2) COASTAL
WATERS. Those waters, adjacent to the shoreline, which contain a measurable quantity or percentage
of sea water, including but not limited to, sounds, bays, lagoons, bayous, ponds and estuaries.
(3) ESTUARY. That part of a river or stream or other...
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9-7-13
Section 9-7-13 Activities deemed permissible uses within coastal area; determination of additional
permissible uses. (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds that the following activities shall
constitute permissible uses within the coastal area: (1) The accomplishment of emergency decrees
of any duly appointed health officer of a county or municipality or of the state acting to
protect the public health and safety; (2) The conservation, repletion and research activities
of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, the Marine Resources Division of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium; (3)
The exercise of riparian rights by the owner of the riparian rights; provided, that the construction
and maintenance of piers, boathouses and similar structures shall be on pilings that permit
a reasonably unobstructed ebb and flow of the tide; (4) The normal maintenance and repair
of bulkheads, piers, roads and highways existing on the...
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