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9-16-123
Section 9-16-123 Reclamation priorities. Expenditures of moneys from the fund on eligible lands
and water shall reflect the following priorities in the order stated: (1) The protection of
public health, safety, general welfare, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects
of coal mining practices; (2) The protection of public health, safety and general welfare
from adverse effects of coal mining practices; (3) The restoration of land and water resources
and the environment previously degraded by adverse effects of coal mining practices including
measures for the conservation and development of soil, water (excluding channelization), woodland,
fish and wildlife, recreation resources, and agricultural productivity. (4) Research and demonstration
projects relating to the development of surface mining reclamation and water quality control
program methods and techniques; (5) The protection, repair, replacement, construction, or
enhancement of public facilities such as utilities,...
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9-8-53
Section 9-8-53 Petition for formation of district - Generally. When 25 or more landowners within
a proposed watershed conservancy district or, if less than 50 landowners are involved, a majority
of the landowners in such proposed district desire to form a watershed conservancy district,
they shall file a petition with the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation
district. Such petition shall define the boundaries of the proposed watershed conservancy
district, the number of acres of land involved, reasons for requesting creation of such district,
the proposed name for such watershed conservancy district and other information pertinent
to such proposal. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §3.)...
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9-9-10
Section 9-9-10 Establishment of district - Presentation of opinion by representative of state
committee. On the day appointed for the hearing, a representative of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee may appear and by verbal or written statement advise the court of his
opinion of the need of establishing the proposed water management district. (Acts 1965, No.
685, p. 1246, §8.)...
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9-10B-25
Section 9-10B-25 Considerations when designating capacity stress areas; authority of local
organizations to implement proposed actions. During the designation of a capacity stress area,
the commission shall give due consideration to any hydrologic boundaries or other geographical
considerations in designating an area of the state as a capacity stress area. In addition,
the commission shall determine whether any local organization, including, but not limited
to, watershed management authorities, conservancy districts, or soil and water conservation
districts, are duly organized and authorized to implement the proposed actions in a capacity
stress area other than those actions delegated to the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management pursuant to Section 9-10B-23. In the absence of local organizations or in the event
any such local organizations do not have the authority or are not authorized to take the action
proposed within the capacity stress area, the Office of Water Resources...
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9-10A-2
Section 9-10A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. A governmental subdivision of this state and a public
body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for
the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter. (2)
DIRECTOR. One of the members of the governing body of a watershed management authority. (3)
AT LARGE DIRECTOR. A director of a watershed management authority who may reside within any
county that lies within the boundaries of the watershed management authority. (4) RESIDENT
DIRECTOR. A director of a watershed management authority who, pursuant to the requirements
of this chapter, must reside in a particular county. (5) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing
body of a watershed management authority. (6) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The...
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9-8A-3
Section 9-8A-3 Commission - Members and officers; terms of office; vacancies; compensation
and expenses; meetings; quorum; record of proceedings; copies of proceedings as evidence;
members and officers not personally liable. (a) The members of the commission shall consist
of the Governor; the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; the President of the Alabama
Farmers Federation; the President of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association; the Chair of the
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; a member of the Alabama Forestry Commission designated
by the Governor; the President of the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts; and two
citizens of the state of good reputation who are active farmers or timberland owners or involved
in environmental protection appointed by the Governor. Each voting member of the commission,
except the two citizens appointed by the Governor, may appoint a designee to represent him
or her at all commission meetings. The members of the commission may...
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9-15-56
Section 9-15-56 Application for beach project; issuance of permit. (a) Upon application by
a coastal municipality, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
acting through the Lands Division of the department, shall issue a permit for the construction
and maintenance of a beach project by the coastal municipality under the authority of Article
11 of Chapter 47 of Title 11, provided all of the requirements of this section shall have
been satisfied. (b) The application for a beach project shall contain, at a minimum, all of
the following: (1) A detailed description of the location, dimensions, and design features
of the proposed beach project. (2) A copy of the survey, map, metes and bounds description,
or plane coordinate references adopted by the governing body of the coastal municipality as
identifying the location of the mean high tide line and the locations of the limits of the
landward and seaward extensions of the proposed beach project relative to...
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9-8-21
Section 9-8-21 Legislative findings; declaration of policy. (a) It is hereby declared as a
matter of legislative determination: (1) That the farm, forest and grazing lands of the State
of Alabama are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands
is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare of its people;
(2) That improper land-use practices have caused and have contributed to, and are now causing
and contributing to, a progressively more serious erosion of the farm, forest and grazing
lands of this state by wind and water; (3) That the consequences of such soil erosion are
the silting and sedimentation of stream channels, reservoirs, dams, ditches and harbors, the
loss of fertile soil material, the reduction in productivity or outright ruin of rich bottom
lands by overwash of poor subsoil material, sand and gravel and the deterioration of soil
and its fertility; and (4) That to conserve soil resources and control and prevent...
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9-10B-21
Section 9-10B-21 Critical use studies to determine if areas should be designated as capacity
stress areas. The division chief shall notify the commission of the designation of areas of
the state for which the Office of Water Resources, in coordination with, or with the assistance
of, other agencies of the state or federal government, shall conduct a critical use study
to determine if such areas should be designated as capacity stress areas. Each critical use
study shall include an analysis of reasonable alternatives to address the quantitative water
resources problems identified by the Office of Water Resources during the study. At a minimum,
the critical use study shall include an assessment of a no-action alternative, a conservation
alternative, a water resources development alternative, and a restrictive use alternative.
Within each area of the state for which a critical use study is proposed, the Office of Water
Resources shall consult with all persons holding a certificate of use...
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9-16-84
Section 9-16-84 Reclamation plans; contents. (a) Each reclamation plan submitted as part of
a permit application pursuant to the provisions of this article shall include, in the degree
of detail necessary to demonstrate that reclamation required can be accomplished, a statement
of: (1) The identification of the lands subject to surface coal mining operations over the
estimated life of those operations and the size, sequence, and timing of the sub-areas for
which it is anticipated that individual permits for mining will be sought; (2) The condition
of the land to be covered by the permit prior to any mining including: a. The uses existing
at the time of the application, and if the land has a history of previous mining, the uses
which preceded any mining; and b. The capability of the land prior to any mining to support
a variety of uses giving consideration to soil and foundation characteristics, topography,
and vegetative cover, and, if applicable, a soil survey prepared pursuant to...
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