Environmental Law Matters

In early 2020, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission promulgated rules establishing procedures by which the Department of Environmental Management will regulate land application of eligible non-hazardous by-product materials within the State.  The rules became effective April 13, 2020, and are intended to work in conjunction with the U.S. EPA’s Biosolids Program governing the use or disposal of sewage sludge.

The term “land application” is not defined in the ADEM rules, but, in general, it is the spreading, spraying, injection, or incorporation of ...