§ 282.50 Alabama State-Administered Program.
(a) History of the approval of Alabama's Program. The State of Alabama (Alabama or State) is approved to administer and enforce an underground storage tank (UST) program in lieu of the Federal program under subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq. The State's Underground Storage Tank Program (UST Program), as administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), was approved by EPA pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6991c and part 281 of this chapter. The EPA approved the Alabama UST Program on January 24, 1997 and it was effective on March 25, 1997. A subsequent program revision was approved by EPA and became effective November 15, 2021.
(b) Enforcement authority. Alabama has primary responsibility for administering and enforcing its federally approved UST Program. However, EPA retains the authority to exercise its corrective action, inspection, and enforcement authorities under sections 9003(h), 9005, and 9006 of subtitle I of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6991b(h), 6991d, and 6991e, as well as under any other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
(c) Retention of program approval. To retain program approval, Alabama must revise its approved UST Program to adopt new changes to the Federal subtitle I program which make it more stringent, in accordance with section 9004 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6991c, and 40 CFR part 281, subpart E. If Alabama obtains approval for revised requirements pursuant to section 9004 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6991c, the newly approved statutory and regulatory provisions will be added to this subpart and notice of any change will be published in the Federal Register.
(d) Final approval. Alabama has final approval for the following elements of its UST Program submitted to EPA and approved effective March 25, 1997, and the program revisions approved by EPA effective on November 15, 2021:
(1) State statutes and regulations—(i) Incorporation by reference. The Alabama materials cited in this paragraph (d)(1)(i) and listed in appendix A to this part, are incorporated by reference as part of the UST Program under subtitle I of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may access copies of the Alabama statutes that are incorporated by reference in this paragraph (d)(1)(i) from the Alabama Legislative Services Agency, Alabama State House, Suite 613, 11 South Union Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2400; Phone number: (334) 271-7700; website: http://lsa.state.al.us. You may access copies of the regulations that are incorporated by reference at the following website http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us. You may inspect all approved material at EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303; Phone number: (404) 562-9900; or the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), email: fedreg.legal@nara.gov, website: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.