HB50 Summary

• Removes existing exemption from solid waste regulation for fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, boiler slag waste, and flue gas emission control wastes resulting from coal or fossil fuel combustion at electric generating plants.

• Adds new definition of "coal combustion by-products" to Alabama Code Section 22-27-2 to classify these materials as subject to solid waste disposal regulations.

• Authorizes Alabama Department of Environmental Management to develop and adopt rules governing coal combustion by-products disposal, consistent with federal requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

• Allows existing permitted facilities to continue operating without additional authorization until federal regulatory requirements take effect; permits beneficial uses of coal combustion by-products as alternative to disposal.

• Became effective immediately upon passage by House (March 31, 2011) and Senate (May 5, 2011).