Environmental Law Matters

A bill amending the Alabama Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act by specifying when local approval of solid waste disposal permit modifications is necessary has passed both houses of the Alabama Legislature and is now law. 

Under Act Number 2023-290, local governing body review and approval of permit modifications for landfills will be required only when the landfill seeks to:

1. Increase the service area.
2. Convert from an industrial or construction and demolition landfill into a municipal solid waste landfill, or convert from a construction and demolition landfill ...