SB113 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Trip Pittman
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Environmental Management Dept., centralized waste treatment facilities, permits, bond or financial assurance further provided for, provisions for fees based on cost to treat repealed, Secs. 22-25C-1, 22-25C-2 am'd.
Summary: SB113 repeals the 5% centralized waste treatment fee and related fund, strengthens bond requirements for facility closure, and adds closure-cost estimate rules with refunds for prior fees.
What This Bill Does
It eliminates the five percent waste-treatment fee and the dedicated fund, and requires refunds of any such fees collected before enactment. It clarifies and preserves bond or financial assurance requirements, including forfeiture rules that would use funds to close a facility and cover remediation if the operator abandons, ceases operation, or fails to maintain compliance. It adds a requirement for at least two detailed closure-cost estimates before permit issues and mandates updates if closure costs rise. It also requires the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to adopt rules to implement these changes and preserves existing remedies for bond issues.

Who It Affects
Owners/operators of centralized waste treatment facilities: must maintain bond/financial assurance, will receive refunds for prior fees, and must provide and update closure-cost estimates as part of permit processes.
ADEM and the state government: will regulate under the revised law, manage bond forfeiture and remediation funding, and issue rules to implement the changes.

Key Provisions
Bond/financial assurance required before issuing or modifying a permit for centralized waste treatment facilities; bond may be forfeited if the operator abandons the facility, ceases operation, or fails to properly maintain it, with funds used to close the facility and pay remediation costs.
Owner/operator must provide at least two detailed closure-cost estimates in current dollars with permit applications and must re-evaluate and update these estimates if changes significantly increase the maximum closure cost; updated documentation must be submitted before changes are made.
Repeal of the five percent fee to treat waste and the related fund; any fees collected before the act’s effective date must be refunded to the facility owner/operator.
ADEM to promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer the provisions.
Immediate effectiveness of the act upon governor’s approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Environmental Management Department