Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › LAND DIVISION - SCRAP TIRE PROGRAM › Chapter 335-4-2 - SCRAP TIRE SITE REMEDIATION › Section 335-4-2-.01 - Remediation Of Sites

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
				ADEM, ADPH or delegated County Enforcement Officers may access property
				suspected of containing scrap tire sites for the purpose of evaluation of the
				threat to public health, the environment and safety.
(2) The responsible party for a scrap tire
				site shall be responsible for the remediation of the site. If the responsible
				party is not determined, the landowner shall be responsible for remediation of
				the site, unless the landowner qualifies as an innocent landowner.
(3) If ADPH, County Health Departments or CDC
				determines that a significant threat to public health exists from disease
				vectors associated with the scrap tire site, ADEM can require the responsible
				party or landowner through an administrative or civil action to immediately
				implement vector control at the site. If the responsible party or landowner
				refuses to implement vector control measures, STF monies may be used for this
				purpose. ADEM may recover all costs associated with the vector control actions
				pursuant to a determination of a public health threat.
(4) Unless approved in advance by ADEM, a
				person remediating a scrap tire site, whether on their own initiative or at the
				direction of ADEM, shall submit a Remediation Plan prepared by an engineer
				which shall be used to direct remedial actions.
(5) If required by ADEM, the Remediation Plan
				shall be approved by ADEM prior to initiating action, and provide for the
				following as applicable:
(a) Remove all scrap
				tires from the site and transport to a permitted processor, solid waste
				transfer station or SWDF, unless otherwise approved by ADEM. Verification of
				removal and transport to an authorized facility shall be provided to ADEM. All
				other regulated solid waste at the may be require to be removed in the same
				manner.
(b) Removal or treatment of
				substances that are a threat to human health and the environment that may have
				been released to the environment from accumulation, burning or processing scrap
				tires and other materials.
(c)
				Restoration of the site by placing backfill in excavated areas, sloping and
				landscaping to minimize erosion and establish a vegetative cover over the site,
				if required.
(d) Securing the site
				by a barricade or other device and posting signs indicating the dump site is
				closed and the location of the nearest SWDF when considered necessary by ADEM.
				The method or methods of securing the site shall be approved by ADEM
(e) Methods to remediate the site and to
				remove scrap tires and other wastes, to include:
1. An estimate of the quantity of whole tires
				or processed tire material to be removed.
2. An estimate of other regulated wastes to
				be removed.
3. A list of equipment
				to be utilized.
4. Any processing
				of scrap tires on-site, and storage of processed tire material.
(f) Vector Control Plan.
(g) Stormwater runoff control.
(h) Access control.
(i) Fire protection measures.
(j) Key staff involved in the supervision and
				performance of the proposed work.
(k) A schedule of proposed work.
(l) Disposition of the scrap tires, processed
				tire materials and other materials removed from the site.
(m) Site restoration.
(n) The total cost of remediation, with a
				breakdown of costs estimated by the contractor, if the cost of remediation is
				to be paid from the STF.