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AL Code § 22-23-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-45 - Right of Entry of Board for Investigations and Inspections.

Section 22-23-45Right of entry of board for investigations and inspections. The board and its inspectors shall have full power and authority to enter into and upon any and all places, property, enclosures and structures for the purpose of making investigations or inspections required by Section 22-23-42 and any routine or special inspections as the board may determine necessary. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §15.)
AL Code § 22-23-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-46 - Reports of Condition of Water Supply, Plant, etc., by Applicants, or Suppliers.

Section 22-23-46Reports of condition of water supply, plant, etc., by applicants, or suppliers. Any applicant or supplier of water may, for cause stated, be required by the board to furnish a complete report of the condition and operation of the water supply, plant, works or system owned, operated or controlled by the said applicant. This report shall be made by a duly licensed professional engineer, the cost and expenses of which shall be paid by the applicant. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §16.)
AL Code § 22-23-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-47 - Polluting Public Water Supply.

Section 22-23-47Polluting public water supply. No person shall deposit any dead animal or fowl or any noxious, nauseous or poisonous substance or any human waste in any portion of a public water supply or in any private well, spring, reservoir, tank, vessel or receptacle appurtenant to a public or private water supply. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §18.)
AL Code § 22-23-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-48 - Prohibited Acts.

Section 22-23-48Prohibited acts. The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited: (1) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with the requirements of Section 22-23-39, or dissemination by such supplier of any false or misleading information with respect to notices required pursuant to Section 22-23-37 or regulations promulgated thereunder or with respect to remedial actions being undertaken to achieve compliance with State Primary Drinking Water Regulations and State Secondary Drinking Water Regulations; (2) Failure by any supplier of water to comply with Section 22-23-38; (3) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to this article or with conditions for variances or exemptions authorized under Section 22-23-35; and (4) Failure by any person to comply with any order issued by the board pursuant to this article. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §19.)
AL Code § 22-23-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-49 - Powers and Duties of Board in Administration of Article.

Section 22-23-49Powers and duties of board in administration of article. To carry out the provisions and purposes of this article, the board is authorized and empowered to: (1) Perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this article relating to the adoption and enforcement of state primary drinking water regulations and state secondary drinking water regulations; (2) Administer and enforce the provisions of this article and all rules, regulations and orders promulgated or issued under this article; (3) Receive financial and technical assistance from the federal government and other public or private agencies; (4) Participate in related programs of the federal government, other states, interstate agencies or other public or private agencies or organizations; (5) Establish adequate fiscal controls and accounting procedures to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds appropriated or otherwise provided for the purpose of administering requirements of this article; (6) Maintain such records as may be required by the administrator pursuant to the federal act; (7) Delegate the authority to carry out the duties as deemed appropriate for the purpose of administering requirements of this article; (8) Establish and collect fees for the purpose of certifying or giving approval to any governmentally or privately owned laboratory desiring to perform laboratory analyses for water suppliers in a manner required by the board; (9) Collect fees from any supplier of water willfully or negligently causing the board to perform extraordinary or repetitive inspections, a sum equivalent to that expended by the board for its performance of additional inspections; and (10) Promulgate such regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §21.)
AL Code § 22-23-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-52 - Penalties.

Section 22-23-52Penalties. A fine not to exceed $5,000.00 may be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction on any person who violates Section 22-23-40, 22-23-41 or 22-23-47 or subdivision (1) or (2) of Section 22-23-48. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §20; Acts 1986, No. 86-542, p. 1053, §8.)
AL Code § 22-23-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-53 - Public Nuisances.

Section 22-23-53Public nuisances. Anything done, maintained or suffered in violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and dangerous to health, and may be abated, summarily or otherwise, by the board in a manner prescribed by law. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §22.)
AL Code § 22-27-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-27-1Short title. This article shall be known as the "Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act." (Acts 1969, No. 771, p. 1373, §1; Act 2008-151, p. 244, §1.)
AL Code § 22-27-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-4 - Hazardous Wastes; Unauthorized Dumps; Vermin Controls.

Section 22-27-4Hazardous wastes; unauthorized dumps; vermin controls. (a) Hazardous wastes. Hazardous wastes shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 22-30-1 through 22-30-24, and the rules promulgated thereunder. (b) Unauthorized dumps. The creation, contribution to, or operation of unauthorized dumps shall be prohibited, removed, enjoined, and enforced upon and regulated as provided in this article generally, and Section 22-27-11, specifically. (c) Vermin controls. Rodents and insects of public health importance, including, but not limited to, rats, flies, and mosquitoes shall be controlled in a manner consistent with the administrative rules of the Board of Health and the department, and the closure of any unauthorized dump where deemed necessary by the health officer and the department, shall be accompanied by an adequate vermin eradication program to prevent the spread of vermin to nearby properties. (Acts 1969, No. 771, p. 1373, §3; Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §11(f); Act 2008-151, p. 244, §1.)
AL Code § 22-27-5.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-5.1 - Tipping Fee for Use of Certain County Landfills.

Section 22-27-5.1Tipping fee for use of certain county landfills. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county having a population of 25,000 inhabitants or less, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, which voluntarily operates a landfill as defined in Section 22-27-2(8), may charge a tipping fee for use of the county landfill. The county may deposit any or all of the tipping fee in the county general fund to be used for county general purposes. This section shall not be construed to grant any solid waste disposal authority or unit of local government the authority to impose a tipping fee on the processing, treatment, or disposal of solid waste at a privately-owned or privately-operated solid waste facility. (b) The provisions of this section are remedial and shall be given retroactive effect for any time period for any county to which this section applies and which has operated a county landfill for inert solid waste. (Act 98-610, p. 1342, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 22-27-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-7 - Supervision and Regulatory Control; Rules and Regulations; Penalty for Violation of Article.

Section 22-27-7Supervision and regulatory control; rules and regulations; penalty for violation of article. With regard to the collection of solid wastes, the Health Department shall exercise such supervision over equipment, methodology and personnel in the management of solid wastes as may be necessary to enforce sanitary requirements, and the state and county boards of health may adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to specify methodology and procedures to meet the requirements of this article. With regard to the disposal of solid wastes, the department shall exercise such regulatory control over the management of solid wastes as may be necessary to enforce the requirements of the department, and the department may adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to meet the requirements of this article. Any person violating any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00, and, if the violation or failure or refusal to obey or comply with such provision of this article or such rule or regulation is a continuing one, each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punished accordingly. Any person, firm or corporation granted an exception under subsection (g) of Section 22-27-3 who or which fails to carry out and comply with the provisions of the proposals embodied in the application and plan upon which a certificate of exception was issued to him or it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in this section. Any person, firm or corporation which has not been issued a certificate of exception under subsection (g) of Section 22-27-3 and which utilizes the Solid Waste Disposal System of any county or municipality and which fails to pay the fee, rate or charge established by the county commission or municipal governing body therefor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in this section. All citations to violators of this article shall be served by any lawful officer or by the Solid Waste Officer. (Acts 1969, No. 771, p. 1373, §6; Acts 1971, No. 2247, p. 3604, §3; Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §11(f); Acts 1989, No. 89-630, p. 1231, §3.)
AL Code § 22-27-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-8 - Financial Assurance.

Section 22-27-8Financial assurance. (a) All persons having or requesting a permit for the operation of a municipal solid waste landfill shall establish and maintain financial assurance for proper closure, post-closure care, or corrective action in the form and amount the department specifies by regulation. This requirement is applicable to all municipal solid waste landfills required by federal law or regulations to demonstrate such assurance. (b) All municipal solid waste landfills permitted or to be permitted by the department shall submit financial assurance forms and supporting documents to the department, and such forms and documents shall establish that there is funding to the appropriate levels required by department regulation. The financial assurance mechanism shall be maintained for the life of the municipal solid waste landfill, and for a period of not less than 30 years after closure, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the director that a period less than 30 years is sufficient to protect human health and the environment and the director approves this demonstration, or the solid waste is removed and the department determines that no waste or contamination remains at the site. The department may extend post-closure care or corrective action periods for longer than 30 years when necessary to protect human health and the environment. (c) The financial assurance and requirements established by the department pursuant to this section shall in all respects comply with Environmental Protection Agency rules and regulations regarding closure, post-closure care, or corrective action for a municipal solid waste landfill. In no event shall the department require financial assurance or other requirements pursuant to this section which are more stringent than the Environmental Protection Agency requirements in effect at the time. (d) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. (Act 2005-302, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 596, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-9 - Authority of Department of Environmental Management and Department of Public Health.

Section 22-27-9Authority of Department of Environmental Management and Department of Public Health.  (a) The Department of Environmental Management shall be the agency with primary regulatory authority over the management of solid waste in the state, except for the collection and transportation of nonhazardous and nonmedical solid waste. The department may exercise the regulatory authority over the permitting and operation of solid waste management facilities necessary to enforce the requirement and purposes of this article. (b) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall have primary regulatory authority over the collection and transportation of solid waste, excluding medical waste and hazardous waste, the management of sanitary waste in septic tanks, excluding landfill disposal, and the management of collection activities including, but not limited to, the provision of collection services by county and municipal governing bodies, participation in local collection systems, the temporary retainment of solid waste on the generator's own property, not constituting storage, and any containers, or container systems used in the collection of solid waste, such as bulk refuse receptacles, dumpsters, roll-off containers, and household collection carts. The State Board of Health may adopt rules necessary to enforce the requirements of this article. (c) The State Health Officer and the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall ensure that their responsibilities under this article are consistently and equitably applied. (Act 2008-151, p. 244, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-11 - Violations; Penalties; Administrative Orders; Injunctive Relief.

Section 22-27-11Violations; penalties; administrative orders; injunctive relief. (a) Any violation of this article, any rule promulgated under the authority of this article, any order issued under the authority, or any term or condition of any permit issued under the authority of this article is unlawful. In addition to any penalties lawfully assessed, any person committing a violation shall be liable for all costs of abatement of any pollution and correction of any public nuisance caused by the violation. (b) The department may issue administrative orders under Section 22-22A-5 or initiate civil actions, or both, as it deems necessary against any person in the enforcement of this article, or any regulation promulgated or permit issued under the authority of this article. (c) In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, the department or the health department may institute suit against any person for a violation of law or, whenever a public nuisance is threatened or exists, for an injunction to restrain a violation of this article or the rules, standards, or orders adopted or issued under this article. (d) In addition to any other remedies provided in this article, upon relation of the Attorney General or any district attorney, an action may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction to restrain any and all violations of this article, or the rules promulgated under this article, or to restrain any public nuisance or detriment to public health. (e) Except as otherwise provided by law, other than administrative orders and notices issued by the department or the health department to enforce this article, all citations to violators of this article shall be served by any law enforcement officer or by the solid waste officer. (Act 2008-151, p. 244, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-13 - Search Warrants.

Section 22-27-13Search warrants. The department or any appropriate law enforcement agency may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an appropriate search warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this article within the court's territorial jurisdiction. The warrant shall be issued upon probable cause. (Act 2008-151, p. 244, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-14 - Commencement of Actions.

Section 22-27-14Commencement of actions. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, actions to correct any violations of this article, the rules promulgated under this article, or for civil or criminal penalties under this article shall be commenced within a period of four years from the date the offense is discovered by the department or other enforcing agency or person. (Act 2008-151, p. 244, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-15 - Establishment and Review of Reduction Goals.

Section 22-27-15Establishment and review of reduction goals.  (a) No later than October 15, 2009, the department shall establish, by rule, a goal for the percentage, on a statewide basis only, of the reduction in the amount of household and commercial solid waste and the time frames for that reduction. Reduction, by means including, but not limited to, recycling, source reduction, waste minimization, reuse, and composting shall be determined at public solid waste disposal or incineration facilities on a statewide, per capita basis. In order to evaluate the statewide efforts, the department shall adopt rules for the determination of the base year data, and reporting requirements by local governing bodies and public solid waste disposal or incineration facilities, to include both the quantity and origin of the solid waste disposed or incinerated at such facilities. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the reduction goals shall emphasize activities prior to the delivery of solid waste to public solid waste disposal or incineration facilities, unless reduction activities are provided on the site of the solid waste disposal or incineration facility under an agreement between the generator or collector of the solid waste and the solid waste disposal facility. (b) Every three years after the implementation of subsection (a), the director shall review the solid waste reduction activities of the state and determine whether the reduction goal established pursuant to this section should be modified by future rulemaking. (c) In determining the minimum solid waste reduction goals, the department may consider factors such as local collection and disposal costs, solid waste composition, the population density of counties or municipalities, and the distance to available markets for recovered materials. (Act 2008-151, p. 244, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 1 - Solid Wastes Disposal Act.|Section 22-27-16 - Ownership and Disposition of Recovered Materials.

Section 22-27-16Ownership and disposition of recovered materials. Notwithstanding any other law or any provision of this article to the contrary, a generator of recovered materials owns those materials until such time as the generator may voluntarily relinquish ownership of those materials. The generator may not be prohibited from selling, conveying, or arranging for the transportation of recovered materials to a recycler or recovered materials processing facility for reuse or recycling, nor preventing a recycling company, recovered materials processing facility, or nonprofit entity from buying, accepting, collecting, or transporting recovered materials from a buy-back center, drop-box, or from any generator of recovered materials. (Act 2008-151, p. 244, §2.)