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AL Code § 22-22-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22 - Water Pollution Control.|Section 22-22-14 - Criminal Penalty for Violation of Chapter, Etc.

Section 22-22-14Criminal penalty for violation of chapter, etc. (a) Any person who willfully or with gross negligence violates any provision of the chapter, or rule, regulation or standard adopted under this chapter, or any condition or limitation in a permit issued under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,500.00 nor more than $25,000.00 per day of violation or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. If the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this subsection, punishment shall be by a fine of not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00 per day of violation or by imprisonment for not less than one year and one day nor more than two years, or by both. (b) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed, or required to be maintained, under this chapter or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both. (Acts 1973, No. 1166, p. 1959; Acts 1979, No. 79-277, p. 415, §7; Acts 1986, No. 86-542, p. 1053, §5.)
AL Code § 22-22A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-22A-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "the Alabama Environmental Management Act." (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §1.)
AL Code § 22-22A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-2 - Legislative Intent and Purposes of Chapter.

Section 22-22A-2Legislative 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 of environmental programs, to eliminate overlapping or duplication of effort within the environmental programs of the state, to provide for timely resolution of permitting actions, to improve services to the citizens of the state, to protect human health and safety, to develop and provide for a unified environmental regulatory and permit system, to provide that the responsibility within the Executive Branch for the implementation of environmental programs and policies is clearly fixed and ascertainable, and to insure that government is responsive to the needs of the people and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions. (2) It is also declared to be the intent of the Legislature to retain for the state, within the constraints of appropriate federal law, the control over its air, land and water resources and to secure cooperation between agencies of the state, agencies of other states, interstate agencies and the federal government in carrying out these objectives. (3) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize the unique characteristics of the Alabama coastal region and to provide for its protection and enhancement through a continued coastal area program. (4) It is not the intent of the Legislature to abrogate any of the powers or duties of the State Board of Health which are found in Sections 22-2-1 through 22-2-14. (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §2.)
AL Code § 22-22A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-8 - Adoption of Rules, Regulations and Standards; Review by Director; Public Notice and Hearing.

Section 22-22A-8Adoption of rules, regulations and standards; review by director; public notice and hearing. (a) All rules, regulations or standards shall be adopted by and promulgated by the Environmental Management Commission. With the exception of editorial changes, no rule, regulation or standard shall be adopted, amended or repealed unless such rule, regulation or standard has been reviewed by the director and until after a public hearing has been held. Unless different notice provisions are specifically required elsewhere by law, at least 45 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing the department shall give notice of such hearing by public advertisement in the three newspapers of this state with the largest regional circulation of the date, time, place and purpose of such hearing; and make available to any person upon request copies of the proposed rules, regulations or standards, together with summaries of the reasons supporting their adoption, amendment or repeal. (b) Any public hearing relating to the adoption, amendment or repeal of department rules, regulations or standards under this section shall be held before a department representative, who shall be designated by the Environmental Management Commission. All such hearings shall be open to the public, and reasonable opportunity to be heard with respect to the subject of the hearing shall be afforded to any person. All testimony taken before the department representative shall be recorded and transcribed. The transcript, any exhibits or any written submissions to the department in relation to such hearings shall be open to public inspection. (c) After such hearing, the department may revise the proposed rules, regulations or standards, before adoption in response to testimony, written submissions or exhibits introduced at the hearing, without conducting a further hearing on the revisions. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hearing prior to the issuance of any temporary emergency rule or regulation. (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §8.)
AL Code § 22-22A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-11 - Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund.

Section 22-22A-11Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund. There is hereby created a fund known as the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) all appropriations; (2) all grants, gifts, bequests or donations; (3) all money derived through any source of federal aid; (4) all fees; (5) all moneys from any program whose functions were transferred to the department by this chapter; and (6) all moneys from any other source whatsoever. However, the department may not solicit or accept any gift or donation from any person that has any official request or action pending before the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. All moneys deposited in said fund are hereby appropriated to the use of the department in addition to any other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made. The fund shall be used and expended by the department in accordance with the terms of the appropriations, gift, bequest, grant, donation or transfer from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of any such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by the department in furtherance of any of the provisions of this chapter. All necessary expenses of the department shall likewise be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director as may be deemed advisable. (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §12; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-783, p. 163, §2; Acts 1986, No. 86-542, p. 1053, §3.)
AL Code § 22-22A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-12 - Coastal Resources Advisory Committee; Composition; Terms; Chairman; Meetings.

Section 22-22A-12Coastal Resources Advisory Committee; composition; terms; chairman; meetings. (a) There is hereby created a Coastal Resources Advisory Committee to advise the department and the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs on all matters concerning the coastal area. The committee shall consist of not less than seven members who shall be predominantly from Baldwin and Mobile Counties. (b) The initial members of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee shall be the current Coastal Area Board established by Section 9-7-14, as amended and abolished by this chapter. The terms of the initial members of the committee shall be for one year beginning October 1, 1982. (c) The subsequent membership of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee shall be as follows: (1) One member shall be a member of the Mobile City Commission and shall be selected by that commission; (2) One member shall be a member of the Mobile County Commission and shall be selected by that commission; (3) One member shall be a member of the Baldwin County Commission and shall be selected by that commission; (4) One member shall be an official of a municipal corporation in Baldwin County and shall be selected by the Baldwin County Mayors Association; (5) One member shall be the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, who may designate an employee of his department to represent him on the committee; (6) One member shall be the State Geologist who may designate an employee of his agency to represent him on the committee; and (7) One member shall be the director of the Marine Environmental Science Consortium. The term of each of these members of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee shall be consistent with his elective or appointive office. (d) Additional members of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee may be appointed by the Governor for terms not to exceed four years and shall be eligible for reappointment. (e) The committee shall meet initially to select a chairman and subsequent meetings of the committee shall be at the call of the chairman of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee or the director of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs. (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §13.)
AL Code § 22-22A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-13 - Effect of Chapter on Powers of Attorney General.

Section 22-22A-13Effect of chapter on powers of Attorney General. All remedies for the prevention and abatement of pollution given to the Attorney General through the authority of this chapter are merely cumulative. Except as provided in subdivisions (12) and (15) of Section 22-22A-5 nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as negating or destroying any common law or statutory right, duty, power or authority of the Attorney General of Alabama. (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §15.)
AL Code § 22-22A-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-15 - Chapter Does Not Repeal Section 22-30-5.1.

Section 22-22A-15Chapter does not repeal Section 22-30-5.1. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to repeal in whole or in part any provision of Section 22-30-5.1. (Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §14(e); Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-131, p. 137, §1.)
AL Code § 22-22A-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-16 - Pollution Control Grant Fund.

Section 22-22A-16Pollution Control Grant Fund. (a) There is hereby created a fund known as the Pollution Control Grant Fund. This fund shall consist of (1) All appropriations made to the fund; and (2) All grants, gifts, bequests or donations made to the fund from any source whatsoever. This fund shall be used and expended by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management in accordance with the terms of the appropriation, gift, bequest, grant or donation from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by said department in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b). All necessary expenses of said department in implementing the provisions of this section shall likewise be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director of said department as may be deemed advisable. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is authorized to make grants to any county, municipality or public corporation, agency or instrumentality organized under the laws of the state, for the purpose of carrying out any air, land or water pollution control, prevention or abatement practices, measures, experiments or research, from the Pollution Control Grant Fund and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith and include in any contract or agreement such conditions as it may deem reasonable and appropriate. (c) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is authorized to promulgate rules, regulations and standards to carry out the provisions of this section. (Acts 1985, No. 85-755, p. 1255.)
AL Code § 22-22A-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22A - Environmental Management.|Section 22-22A-17 - Navigable Waters Dredging Fund.

Section 22-22A-17Navigable Waters Dredging Fund.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the budget proposed each year for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall include as a line item in the General Fund Budget the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund for the dredging of the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The director of the department shall present the proposed budget at the appropriate budget hearing scheduled by the Alabama Legislature. (b) There is established a Navigable Waters Dredging Fund which shall be administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management which funds shall be paid to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purposes of dredging the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The principal of the fund shall consist of the following: (1) Funds appropriated by any governmental entity. (2) Funds received as gifts from any source. (c) All funds collected or received by the department for the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund shall be deposited into the fund and payments from the fund made to the corps may be used only to carry out the provisions of this section. (Act 2015-436, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 22-22B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies.|Section 22-22B-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-22B-1Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state faces a looming crisis in solid waste management related to the ever-increasing volumes of waste intended for disposal; (2) The solid wastes presently disposed of in the state contain substantial volumes of materials which are capable of recovery and reuse if recycling programs are developed and implemented within the state; (3) The failure to recover and recycle materials from solid waste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of natural resources; (4) The state government, through its departments and agencies, generates substantial amounts of solid wastes which could be recovered through a coordinated recycling program; (5) A recycling program by state departments and agencies would serve to demonstrate to local governments and private businesses the practical benefits of and proper techniques for implementing such a program; and (6) An effective recycling program within state government should be initiated by an agency with expertise in solid waste management, and such agency should serve as the point of coordination for the state's program. (Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §1.)
AL Code § 22-22B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies.|Section 22-22B-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-22B-2Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PROGRAM FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. A formal program administered by state agencies and/or public school systems for the recycling of recyclable materials collected by state agencies and/or public school systems pursuant to a program for waste reduction and the collection of recyclable materials. (2) PROGRAM FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. A formal program implemented by state agencies and/or public school systems for the reduction of solid wastes generated by the operation of such agencies and/or public school systems including the collection in lieu of disposal of recyclable materials. (3) PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. All the state's universities, all elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools, schools for the deaf and blind, mental retardation and youth services school districts which receive state revenues. (4) RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Materials generated by the operation of state agencies which would otherwise be processed as solid wastes, but which possess physical and economic characteristics that allow them to be recovered, separated and reprocessed for sale or reuse (other than use as a fuel). (5) RECYCLING. The recovery, separation and reprocessing for sale or reuse of materials which would otherwise be processed as solid wastes. (6) SOLID WASTES. Shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 22-27-2. (7) STATE AGENCIES. All departments and agencies of state government. City and county governments are specifically excluded from the provisions of this chapter to the extent of activities not specifically described above. (8) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. All agencies or organizations whose income or profit is not distributed to their members, directors or officers, excluding religious organizations. (Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §2.)
AL Code § 22-22B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies.|Section 22-22B-4 - Program for Management and Marketing of Recyclable Materials; Contracts Authorized.

Section 22-22B-4Program for management and marketing of recyclable materials; contracts authorized. State agencies and public school systems are hereby authorized to enter into contracts of three years or less duration with private and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of managing recyclable materials, subject to the approval of the surplus property division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Recyclable materials produced by state agencies and public school systems may be sold to public purchasers or may be donated to nonprofit organizations as long as the materials are substantially recycled. Sales and donations of recyclable materials shall be conducted through or approved by the surplus property division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs governing the sale or donation of recyclable materials. (Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §4.)
AL Code § 22-22B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies.|Section 22-22B-5 - Proceeds From Sale of Recycled Materials; Employee Awards.

Section 22-22B-5Proceeds from sale of recycled materials; employee awards. (a) All proceeds from the sale of recyclable materials generated by the state agencies shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the operations fund of the agency which generated the recyclable materials. (b)(1) Employee awards in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per fiscal year for each employee of the state agency are hereby authorized but not required. It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount of such awards not be considered cumulative and the maximum amount expended in any one fiscal year for any one employee shall not exceed $25.00. These awards may be paid for from the proceeds of the sale of recyclable materials and/or other departmental funds, provided such expenditures are budgeted for. (2) Each state agency's employee awards shall be administered by a duly elected board of employees in that agency, with the advice and consent of the agency head, and shall be subject to periodic audits by the examiners of public accounts. (3) Employee awards shall include plaques or like awards acquired in accordance with the state's competitive bid laws. These plaques or like awards are to express recognition or appreciation for retirement, longevity, outstanding performance or other accomplishments which in the opinion of the board and the agency head merit recognition. (c) All proceeds from the sale of recycled materials generated by the public school systems shall be credited to the public school system generating the recyclable materials. (Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §5.)
AL Code § 22-23A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23A - Alabama Water System Assistance Authority.|Section 22-23A-1 - Definitions.

Section 22-23A-1Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter as a public corporation, agency and instrumentality of the state and known as the "Alabama Water System Assistance Authority." (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution or order adopted by the board of directors of the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority pursuant to this chapter. (3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the Alabama Water System Assistance Authority. (4) BONDS. The "Water System Assistance Bonds," notes or obligations or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter. (5) BOND PROCEEDS. The direct proceeds of sale of bonds or notes, and the income derived from the investment of such proceeds. (6) COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A public water system as defined in Section 22-23-31(12). (7) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Economic and Community Affairs or any successor. (8) PROJECT(S). Research and development, site purchase and preparation, initial construction, expansion or renovation of water supply facilities. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-857, p. 338, §1.)