The Alabama Department of Environmental Management does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in the administration of its programs or activities, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 

The Department has designated responsibility for coordination of compliance efforts and receipt of inquiries concerning nondiscrimination requirements, including grievances and discrimination complaints, as implemented by 40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7 to: 

Nondiscrimination Coordinator
Jeffery W. Kitchens

Response to Spills of Oil and Hazardous Material and Fish Kills

Spills and fish kills should be reported during normal office hours to the nearest ADEM Field Office or 24 hours per day by calling the Alabama Emergency Management Agency State Warning Point at 1-800-843-0699. The ADEM response staff can be reached after hours in emergency situations through the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.

The Industrial Program develops and regulates the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program for industrial sources and the Pretreatment program for significant indirect industrial sources. Under the NPDES program, industrial facilities are permitted to discharge storm water and/or wastewater to surface waters. Under the State Indirect Discharge (SID) program facilities are permitted to discharge to publicly or privately owned wastewater treatment works (POTW's).

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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program

General Overview

The Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act was passed in 2003 to comprehensively regulate scrap tire accumulations and to provide for cleanup and remediation of illegal scrap tire piles. The Act placed a $1.00 per tire fee on all replacement tires sold to establish a scrap tire fund, and required ADEM to develop a program to regulate the management of scrap tires. 

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The Clean Water Act and Federal regulations require construction site operators to obtain NPDES permit coverage for regulated land disturbances and associated discharges of stormwater runoff to State waters.

Effective April 1, 2011, ADEM established General NPDES Permit No. ALR100000 for discharges associated with regulated construction activity that will result in land disturbance equal to or greater than one acre or from construction activities involving less than one acre and which are part of a common plan of development or sale equal to or greater than one acre.