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AL Code § 22-35-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-8 - Rehabilitation of Contamination Sites.

Section 22-35-8Rehabilitation of contamination sites. (a) The Legislature finds that in order to provide for the expeditious rehabilitation of contamination sites, voluntary rehabilitation of contamination sites should be encouraged, provided that such rehabilitation is conducted in a manner and to a level of completion which will protect the public health, safety, and welfare and will minimize damage to the environment. To accomplish this purpose, the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the approval and compensation of response action contractors or through the use of their own personnel. The state shall not be party to contracts established between an owner or operator and a response action contractor and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a state contract but to the contrary, it is expressly manifest that these are not state contracts and are expressly exempt from any competitive bid laws. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit a person from conducting site rehabilitation through approved response action contractors. (c) In the event the director determines that environmental response actions are required, the director may delegate to an approved response action contractor the authority to enter private property, under the supervision of the department, for the purpose of taking investigative and corrective action. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §8; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §8; Act 2002-495, p. 1265, §1.)
AL Code § 22-35-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-9 - Administration Cost of Chapter; Annual Budgets for Administration.

Section 22-35-9Administration cost of chapter; annual budgets for administration. (a) Administration cost of all the provisions of this chapter shall be charged to the fund. Annual budgets for administration are to be included as part of the regular department budget, except that the annual budget of the management board shall not be a part of the department budget. There is hereby appropriated to the department by the Legislature, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for each following fiscal year, the department's actual cost, not to exceed 8 percent of total fees and charges collected annually or a maximum of seven hundred five thousand dollars ($705,000) per year, whichever is less, excluding any legal expenses incurred by the department in discharging its duties under the provisions of this chapter. In no event shall the department's budget provisions for this activity in any given year be less than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Provided, however, the Legislature may make additional appropriations to the department from the fund upon a showing of the need for such additional monies in the administration of the fund. The department shall provide the management board with an assessment of its needs no less than 45 days prior to requesting additional appropriations from the Legislature. Such additional monies shall not exceed in any given fiscal year five percent of the total fees and charges collected annually by the fund. Any additional appropriation authorized by the Legislature shall be for only that fiscal year for which it was authorized. (b) As a first charge against revenues collected under the provisions of this chapter, to offset its initial costs in administering such collections, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Revenue for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). The Department of Revenue shall be appropriated for each fiscal year by the Legislature the amount of money necessary to pay its actual costs in administering and enforcing this chapter, not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) per annum, which money shall be deducted, as a first charge thereon, from the revenues collected under the provisions of this chapter. After payment of the aforesaid expenses, the balance of the revenues collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as directed elsewhere in this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §9; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §9; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-891, p. 165, §1; Act 2003-483, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 1486, §1.)
AL Code § 22-35-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-10 - Rules and Regulations; Department May Require Owner or Operator to Provide Information.

Section 22-35-10Rules and regulations; department may require owner or operator to provide information. (a) Rules and regulations pertaining to this chapter shall be adopted by the commission in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. The commission shall not adopt any rules or regulations pertaining to underground or aboveground storage tanks under the provisions of this chapter that are more stringent than those provided by federal rules or regulations. (b) The department may require the owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank to provide to the department information concerning the aboveground storage tank which may include, but is not limited to the name of the owner, the name of the operator, the location, and description of the facility at which the aboveground storage tank is located, regulated substances and quantities of regulated substances used or stored. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §10; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §10.)
AL Code § 22-35-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-11 - Notice to Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Owners of Provisions of Chapter.

Section 22-35-11Notice to underground and aboveground storage tank owners of provisions of chapter. No later than 90 days after October 1, 1988, with regard to underground storage tank owners and no later than 90 days after August 1, 1993, with regard to aboveground storage tank owners, the department shall notify said tank owners of the privileges of this chapter, the required timely payment of fees, the deadlines for payment thereof, and the manner in which late charges may be applied. This notification shall be accomplished by publication in newspapers published at least once per week in each county of the state. In the event a county does not have a newspaper which is published at least once a week, the publication in a newspaper published at least once a week in an adjoining county shall be sufficient. Registration of aboveground storage tanks as provided herein shall occur no later than January 31, 1994. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §12; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §11.)
AL Code § 22-35-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-12 - Liability of Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Owner.

Section 22-35-12Liability of underground and aboveground storage tank owner. This chapter is to assist the underground and aboveground storage tank owner to the extent provided for in this chapter, but not to relieve the owner of any liability that cannot be satisfied by the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §13; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §12.)
AL Code § 22-35-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-13 - No Disbursements From Fund Until Adoption of Rules and Regulations Governing Disbursements.

Section 22-35-13No disbursements from fund until adoption of rules and regulations governing disbursements. Disbursements from the fund for the purpose of paying clean-up costs or satisfying third party liability claims shall not be made until rules and regulations establishing administrative guidelines and procedures which shall govern the manner in which disbursements are made are effective. Rules and regulations establishing these administrative procedures shall be effective no later than June 1, 1989. Rules and regulations establishing these administrative procedures for aboveground storage tanks shall be effective no later than June 1, 1994. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §14; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §13; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-891, p. 165, §1.)
AL Code § 22-36-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-36-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act of 1988." (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §1.)
AL Code § 22-36-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-4 - Information to Be Furnished by Owner Upon Request of Department; Owner to Permit Access to Records and Entry and Inspection of Facilities.

Section 22-36-4Information to be furnished by owner upon request of department; owner to permit access to records and entry and inspection of facilities. For the purposes of determining compliance with regulations or detecting pollution, any owner or operator of an underground storage tank shall upon request of a duly authorized representative of the department: (1) Furnish engineering, technical, and other information relative to such underground storage tank and installation; (2) Furnish information describing regulated substances stored in an underground storage tank; (3) Permit the representative, at all reasonable times, access to all records concerning the storage of regulated substances and permit the representative to copy said records; and (4) Permit the representative to enter, at all reasonable times, property and buildings where an underground storage tank is located and allow the representative to inspect facilities and equipment and to conduct monitoring and sampling. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §4.)
AL Code § 22-36-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-5 - Tank Regulation Fee.

Section 22-36-5Tank regulation fee. To provide revenue for regulation, the department shall, beginning October 1, 1988, collect a tank regulation fee of not less than $15.00 and not more than $30.00 per regulated tank per year. This fee shall be collected in lieu of a permit or certification fee as provided by Section 22-22A-5. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §5.)
AL Code § 22-36-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-6 - Expenditure of Funds From Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund; Investigative and Corrective Powers in Regard to Administration of Funds; Liability of Owner or Operator for Costs.

Section 22-36-6Expenditure of funds from leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund; investigative and corrective powers in regard to administration of funds; liability of owner or operator for costs. (a) The department shall be authorized to administer the expenditure of any funds made available from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund established by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. (b) To enable the department to administer the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, or state fund, where applicable, the department: (1) Shall have authority to take investigative and corrective action with respect to releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks; (2) Shall have the authority to expend any state funds which may be made available for investigative and corrective action or federal funds which are authorized for state use under 42 U.S.C. §6991b.(h) for investigative or corrective action involving releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks. Prior to expenditure of funds, except when a delayed response will result in an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment, the department shall attempt to locate the person responsible for the release and shall attempt to require the responsible person, if the responsible person is solvent, to perform the investigation and to take corrective action. If no responsible person can be found within 90 days or such shorter period as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment, the department may proceed with expenditure of federal funds for investigative and corrective actions. (3) Is authorized to enter private property for the purpose of taking investigative and corrective action with respect to releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks; and (4) May authorize persons, who have been awarded contracts by the department to take investigative and corrective actions with respect to releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks, to enter private property for the purpose of taking investigative and corrective action. (c) Whenever costs have been incurred by the department for taking corrective action or enforcement action with respect to the release of petroleum from an underground storage tank, the owner or operator of the underground storage tank shall be liable to the department for such costs. The department shall seek recovery of any federal funds expended only to the extent required by the federal law and regulations providing the funds and shall seek recovery of state funds expended unless recovery of these funds were not intended by the funding authority. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §6.)
AL Code § 22-36-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-7 - Rules and Regulations to Establish and Protect Wellhead Areas.

Section 22-36-7Rules and regulations to establish and protect wellhead areas. The department, acting through the commission, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to establish and protect wellhead areas, associated with public water supply systems, from contaminants which may have any adverse effect on the health of persons. The development and implementation of rules and regulations shall be in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, policies, and regulations relative to wellhead protection areas and shall not be more stringent than the United States Environmental Protection Agency program. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §7.)
AL Code § 22-36-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-8 - Availability to Public of Records, Reports, or Information Obtained Under Chapter.

Section 22-36-8Availability to public of records, reports, or information obtained under chapter. Any records, reports, or information obtained under this chapter shall be available to the public; except that upon a showing satisfactory to the department by any person that records, reports or information, or a particular part thereof to which the department has access under this section if made public, would divulge production or sales figures or methods, processes or production unique to such person or would otherwise tend to affect adversely the competitive position of such person by revealing trade secrets, the department shall consider such record, report, or information or particular portion thereof, confidential. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent disclosures of such report, record, or information to federal or state representatives as necessary for purposes of administration of any federal or state laws or when relevant to proceedings under this chapter. Information concerning the presence or concentration of substances in waters shall not be considered confidential by the department. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §8.)
AL Code § 22-36-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-9 - Penalties.

Section 22-36-9Penalties. (a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or rule, regulation or standard adopted under this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of no 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 no more than $50,000.00 per day of violation or by imprisonment for not 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 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 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §10.)
AL Code § 22-36-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 36 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank and Wellhead Protection Act.|Section 22-36-10 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-36-10Rules and regulations. Rules and regulations pertaining to this chapter shall be adopted in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §11.)
AL Code § 22-37-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37 - Alabama Lead Ban Act.|Section 22-37-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-37-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Lead Ban Act of 1988." (Acts 1988, No. 88-583, p. 911, §1.)
AL Code § 22-37-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37 - Alabama Lead Ban Act.|Section 22-37-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-37-2Definitions. When used in this chapter and except where the context prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission as created by Section 22-22A-6. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management as created by Section 22-22A-4. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (4) FEDERAL ACT. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act as established by Public Law 93-523 and all subsequent amendments. (5) PERSON. The same as defined by Section 22-23-31(8). (6) PLUMBING CODE. Any established ordinance or code used to establish material standards and construction practices associated with the plumbing of any house, apartment, or building. (7) SUPPLIER OF WATER. The same as defined by Section 22-23-31(9). (8) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. The same as defined by Section 22-23-31(11). (9) LEAD-FREE. A solder or flux containing not more than 0.2 percent lead and pipes, fittings, joints, or liners containing not more than eight percent lead. (Acts 1988, No. 88-583, p. 911, §2.)
AL Code § 22-37-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37 - Alabama Lead Ban Act.|Section 22-37-3 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-37-3Rules and regulations. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to restrict the import, distribution, and sale of plumbing, appurtenances and materials which are not lead-free. In addition, such regulations shall prohibit the use of any pipe, solder, or flux which is not lead-free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing providing water for human consumption which is connected to or supplied by a public water system. (Acts 1988, No. 88-583, p. 911, §3.)
AL Code § 22-37-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37 - Alabama Lead Ban Act.|Section 22-37-4 - Amendment of City and County Plumbing Codes to Include Provisions of This Chapter.

Section 22-37-4Amendment of city and county plumbing codes to include provisions of this chapter. All formally adopted city and county plumbing codes shall be amended within 12 months of May 10, 1988, to include the provisions of this chapter for installation and repair of plumbing facilities. All proposed plumbing codes shall include appropriate lead ban provisions as determined by the department, prior to adoption. (Acts 1988, No. 88-583, p. 911, §4.)
AL Code § 22-37-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37 - Alabama Lead Ban Act.|Section 22-37-5 - Notice to Customers of Water Suppliers of Potential for Lead Contamination.

Section 22-37-5Notice to customers of water suppliers of potential for lead contamination. Suppliers of water in public water systems shall provide notice to the customers of the potential for lead contamination from drinking water in a format to meet the department and federal act provisions. (Acts 1988, No. 88-583, p. 911, §5.)
AL Code § 22-37-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37 - Alabama Lead Ban Act.|Section 22-37-6 - Use or Sale of Materials That Are Not Lead-Free for Drinking Water System or Plumbing; Civil Penalty.

Section 22-37-6Use or sale of materials that are not lead-free for drinking water system or plumbing; civil penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person constructing, installing, or repairing a drinking water system or plumbing to provide drinking water to use any pipe, solder or flux which is not lead-free in the construction, installation or repair of such system or plumbing. It shall be unlawful to sell, exchange or in any manner convey solder, flux, or piping which is not lead-free to any person for the repair or installation of any piping used to provide drinking water. The department is authorized to issue an order assessing a civil penalty to any person who violates any provision of this chapter and take other action prescribed in Section 22-22A-5. (Acts 1988, No. 88-583, p. 911, §6.)
AL Code § 22-37A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 37A - Alabama Lead Reduction Act of 1997.|Section 22-37A-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-37A-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Lead Reduction Act of 1997. (Acts 1997, No. 97-553, p. 975, §1.)