Section 22-30B-11 Record of hazardous waste or hazardous substances received for disposal; maintenance of records; penalties. - Alabama Statutes

Section 22-30B-11

Record of hazardous waste or hazardous substances received for disposal; maintenance of records; penalties.

Any operator of a commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances shall maintain written records of all such waste or substances received for disposal at the site and all waste or substances disposed of at the site. Said records shall contain the names and addresses of all persons, firms or corporations transporting and delivering such waste or substances to said facility, and the names and locations of all persons, firms or corporations from whence said waste or substance was produced or generated, the quantity of waste or substance received by such commercial hazardous waste or hazardous substance facility, and the date of delivery and such additional information as the Commissioner of Revenue or Director of the Department of Environmental Management reasonably may require for the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this act. This record must be a true, accurate and correct statement of the transaction as provided for under the provisions for this act, and any personnel or persons who knowingly make a false or fraudulent statement of a material fact with intent to defraud shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law. The records required, under the provisions of this act, shall be maintained by the operators of said commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances and shall be available during regular business hours to any duly authorized agent or employee of the State of Alabama Department of Revenue or the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, and such records shall be retained by said operators for a period of not less than three years. Any required records for such commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances shall be retained by said operators for a period of not less than three years. Any operator of such commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances which shall fail to maintain such records, or in any manner shall cause the falsification of same as to any material matter with an intent to defraud, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law.

(Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-872, p. 392, §11; Acts 1990, No. 90-326, p. 448, §5.)