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AL HB171
Bill
Status
2/9/2016
Primary Sponsor
Will Ainsworth
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AI Summary
HB171 Summary
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Amends Section 22-25B-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to modify definitions of privately owned wastewater systems subject to regulation by the Department of Environmental Management, Department of Public Health, and Public Service Commission.
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Removes the exclusion for systems that discharge directly to surface waters of the state from the definitions of "cluster wastewater system," "community wastewater system," and "small-flow cluster systems."
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Brings wastewater systems with direct surface water discharge under the regulatory oversight of state agencies, expanding the scope of systems subject to regulation under this chapter.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Sewer systems, community and cluster wastewater systems, regulation by Public Service Commission, Sec. 22-25B-1 am'd.
Public Service Commission
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
2/9/2016