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Association of County
Engineers of Alabama
Annual Conference
May 13, 2015

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• AST Compliance Assistance Project
Update
• Solid Waste Management Plans
• Unauthorized Dump/Scrap Tire Site
Remediation Programs
• Scrap Tire ROW Cleanup Program
• ADEM Budget

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• Inform local governments of AST compliance requirements
• Inform local governments of Alabama Tank
Trust Fund (ATTF) benefits
• Provide local governments with resources to aid in compliance and ATTF eligibility

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• County/City Maintenance Shops
• County/City School Systems
• Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities

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• Contact appropriate local government personnel
• Conduct compliance assistance visits
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Provide appropriate informational handouts such as AST notification, SPCC Brochure, and
AST Owner Memorandum
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Provide owner/operator with points of contact for questions

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• Registration of AST with ADEM
• Remain in Substantial Compliance
• Comply with NPDES Permit Requirements
• Comply with SPCC Requirements
• Maintain Financial Responsibility in the
Amount of $10,000 per Release

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ADEM
Office
Decatur
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Total
Total
Visited
20
8
76
20
124
Total
Sites
37
50
87
40
214
Total
Complete
54.10%
16.00%
87.40%
50.00%
57.90%

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ADEM
Office
Decatur
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Total
Priority
Visited
Priority
Sites
Priority
Complete
5
8
50
20
83
5
16
55
20
96
100.00%
50.00%
90.90%
100.00%
86.50%

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• New Tanks Not Registered at Existing Sites or Unregistered Satellite Tank Sites
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ADEM Form# 283
• Incomplete or No SPCC Plan
• Secondary Containment Not Maintained
(valves left open or berm having cracks/ holes)

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• Facility Diagram & Description of Facility
• Facility Drainage
• Facility Inspections
• Personnel Training & Oil Prevention Briefings
• Recordkeeping Requirements
• Plan Certification
• Site Security

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Questions?
ADEM Groundwater Branch
334-270-5655

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A Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) is a plan that outlines the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste within a jurisdictional boundary.
• Began with the passage of Section 22-27 Article 3 of the
Code of Alabama in 1989.
• Currently there are 89 SWMP in Alabama.

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2014
• 35 County SWMP Expired
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20 Renewed
• 7 Pending (Bullock, Coosa, Lamar, Lawrence, Jefferson, Perry, Washington)
2015
• 20 County SWMP Expiring
• 5 Renewed
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2 Pending (Clay, Mobile)
2016-2017
• 4 County SWMP Expiring

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Sumter
Current Status of SWMPs
Lauderdale Limestone
Jackson
Madison
Franklin
Colbert
Lawrence
Marion
Lamar
Pickens
Fayette
Winston
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Morgan
Cullman
Jefferson
Shelby
Dekalb
Marshall
Etowah
Blount
St. Clair Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburne
Talladega
Clay
Randolph
Bibb
Greene Tallapoosa Chambers
Coosa
Chilton
Hale
Perry
Elmore
Autauga Lee
Marengo
Dallas
Lowndes
Montgomery
Macon
Bullock
Russell
Choctaw
Wilcox
Barbour
Butler Pike
Crenshaw
Clarke
Monroe
Henry
Washington
Conecuh Coffee Dale
Covington
Escambia Geneva Houston
Mobile*
Baldwin
Expires in 2014
Expires in 2015
Expires in 2016-17
Recently renewed

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Who Should Have a SWMP?
• All Counties are Required
• Municipalities may opt out of County Plan and create their own local SWMP (Currently 24)
• Counties can join together to form a regional plan
(last 10 yr. cycle = 1 regional plan formed by 3 counties)

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Local Solid Waste Management Plans
• Each County and any municipality shall submit to the Department a plan for the management of solid waste generated within its boundaries.
• A County’s plan shall include the municipal jurisdictions within it’s bounties except for any municipality that opts out for their own plan.
• Cities which do not choose to exclude themselves from the County’s plan shall be responsible to share the County costs proportionately.
• Counties may combine in the development of a joint solid waste management plan.
• If a County or City does not submit a required plan (nor meets minimum requirements), the Department shall prepare the official plan.

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Local Solid Waste Management Plans (cont.)
Each plan should contain, at a minimum:
1. Describe and explain the general origin, and weight or volume of solid waste currently generated within the jurisdiction’s boundaries.
2. Identify current methods of collection and haulage of solid waste within the jurisdiction.
3. Identify and describe the facilities where solid waste is currently being disposed or processed and the remaining available capacity and the capacity which could be made available through the reasonable expansion of such facilities.

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Local Solid Waste Management Plans (cont.)
4. Provide a description of current or planned recycling programs and an analysis of their impact on waste generated within the jurisdiction.
5. Address the requirements proposed under Subtitle D of the federal
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to assure proper management of its wastes.
6. Propose procedures for the identification and elimination of unauthorized dumps in the jurisdiction.
7. Describe and explain the general origin and weight of volume of solid waste reasonably expected to be generated annually during the next 10 years.

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Why is it important to have an updated SWMP?
1. Contracts (Collection, Transportation, and Disposal)
2. Landfill Permitting
3. Recycling Grants Opportunities

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Section 22-27-48 of the Code of Alabama states:
“The governing body of a county or municipality has a responsibility for and the authority to assure the proper management of solid wastes generated within its jurisdiction in accord with its solid waste management plan.”
Law Impacts Contracts and Operations of:
• Solid Waste Collection
• Transfer Stations
• Landfills

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Requirements for Approving New or Certain
Modifications to Landfills (Section 22-27-48 of the
Code of Alabama)
• Approved SWMP
• Host Government Approval
• Consideration of the Application by ADEM
NOTE: This does not apply to private industrial landfills.

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Requirements for Host Government Approval:
• Public Notice in Newspaper of General Circulation
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Date of Public Hearing
Landfill Action to be Considered
Must state the relevance and consistency with the local solid waste management plan
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Contact person to obtain additional information and to review both the SWMP and the application of proposed action
• Public Hearing
• Approval by Host Government

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• ADEM will not consider applications for new landfills or certain modifications to existing landfills until local host government approval has been granted.
• Proposed landfill actions that require host government approval:
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New Landfills
Horizontal Expansion of Facility
Volume Increases
Service Area Increases
Upgrading Classification of Landfill (i.e. C/D to MSW)

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Alabama Recycling Fund Grants
• Provide Grants to local governments, authorities, and nonprofit organizations for use in developing, implementing, and enhancing local recycling, reuse and waste minimization projects and programs. Applications due by March 1 st .
• Funding – ARF Funds: ~$10.7 million awarded
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FY 2009, ~$1.1 million in grants.
FY 2010, ~$1.7 million in grants.
FY 2011, ~$2 million awarded to 22 projects from 34 applicants.
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FY 2012, ~$2 million awarded to 17 projects from 23 applicants.
FY 2013, ~$2.3 million awarded to 19 projects from 31 applicants.
FY 2014, ~$1.6 million awarded to 16 projects from 22 applicants

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• Recycling Trucks
• Roll Carts
• MRF Construction
• Drop-Off Boxes
• Education Materials
• SWMP Revision
• Separators
• Balers
• Bins
• Facility Costs
• Trucks
• Trailers
• Shredders
• PSA
• Compactors
• Conveyors
• Bags
• Forklift
• Pick-ups
• Scales

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Sumter
Current Status of SWMPs
Lauderdale Limestone
Jackson
Madison
Franklin
Colbert
Lawrence
Marion
Lamar
Pickens
Fayette
Winston
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Morgan
Cullman
Jefferson
Shelby
Dekalb
Marshall
Etowah
Blount
St. Clair Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburne
Talladega
Clay
Randolph
Bibb
Greene Tallapoosa Chambers
Coosa
Chilton
Hale
Perry
Elmore
Autauga Lee
Marengo
Dallas
Lowndes
Montgomery
Macon
Bullock
Russell
Choctaw
Wilcox
Barbour
Butler Pike
Crenshaw
Clarke
Monroe
Henry
Washington
Conecuh Coffee Dale
Covington
Escambia Geneva Houston
Mobile*
Baldwin
Expires in 2014
Expires in 2015
Expires in 2016-17
Recently renewed

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Questions?
Scott Story, Chief
Solid Waste Engineering Section
(334) 271-7764 sss@adem.state.al.us

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• Provides funding for the remediation of eligible UAD/Tire Pile sites
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Funded by a portion of $1/Ton fee on SW
Disposal and $1/Tire fee on tire sales
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Sites subject to eligibility requirements
• 110 UAD eligible sites currently on cleanup list
• 16 Tire Pile sites currently in-process for cleanup

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• From 2010-2015:
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348 UAD sites remediated
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~49,000 T of SW removed and properly disposed
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155 cleaned up through ICA process
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~$11 million expended from SWF
• ~$7 million ICA process

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Unauthorized Dump Site
Remediation

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• From 2010-2015:
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122 ST sites remediated
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~40,000 ST/~3,000 T SW removed and properly disposed
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32 sites cleaned up through ICA process
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~$1.9 million expended from STF
• ~$800,000 ICA process

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Scrap Tire Site Remediation

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• Established to provide assistance to counties with ST ROW issues.
• Items eligible for reimbursement:
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Personnel Costs
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Equipment Costs
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Costs of Disposal/Beneficial Use of Discarded
Tires
• Subject to certain limitations

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• Activities 2011-Present
• 47 of the 67 counties currently enrolled
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Removed approximately 480,000 PTE from county rights-of-way
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Reimbursed counties ~ 3.6 million

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Questions?
Brent Watson
(334) 271-7894 baw@adem.state.al.us

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$7 000 000
STATE GENERAL FUNDS FOR ADEM OPERATIONS
$6 000 000
$5 000 000
$4 000 000
$3 000 000
$2 000 000
$1 000 000
$0

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• ADEM requested an additional $1.3 million for FY16 above FY15 appropriation
• Governor Bentley’s FY16 budget proposed level funding for ADEM (~$1.0 million)
• Current austerity budget in Legislature would eliminate ADEM from the General
Fund appropriation (“zero-out”) AND would require Department to rebate ~$9.6 million to the General Fund for FY16.

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• If this austerity budget were to pass:
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County ROW program would likely end, or at least be significantly reduced;
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Recycling grants would likely cease;
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UAD/UASTA remediation would be significantly cut or possibly eliminated;
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UST remediation funds could be reduced;
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Permit and other fees would likely need to be increased by at least 20% to generated revenue necessary to match federal grants

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• What can you do?
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Explain the importance of ADEM funding to your
County Commissioners and Administrators
Engage ACCA to advocate on ADEM’s behalf
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Contact your local legislative delegation and explain the need to adequately fund ADEM at levels at least equal to FY15 amounts
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Share this information with other counties, cities and businesses that would be adversely impacted by the elimination of ADEM programs