Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 22-22A-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “the Alabama Environmental Management Act.”
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: Dept. of Env't Mgmt. v. Leaf, 973 So. 2d 369 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007).
Dept. of Env't Mgmt. v. Leaf, 973 So. 2d 369 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007). “The Environmental Management Act The procedural history of this case is best understood against the background of the Environmental Management Act ("the Act"), §§ 22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16, Ala. Code 1975, which governs the authority and procedures of ADEM and the AEMC.”
Kim McAbee v. City of Fort Payne, 318 F.3d 1248 (11th Cir. 2003). “Code §§ 22-22-1 to 22-22-14, and the Alabama Environmental Management Act (the “AEMA”), Ala.Code §§ 22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16, constitute “State law comparable” to subsection 309(g) of the federal Clean Water Act (the “CWA”), 33 U.”
Sierra Club v. Alabama Env't Mgmt. Comm'n, 627 So. 2d 927 (Ala. 1993). “82-612, now codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 22-22A-1 et seq. ADEM is the “state environmental control agency for purposes of federal environmental law,” § 22- *929 22A-4(n); AEMC has the duty to “establish .”
Keith v. Lefleur, 256 So. 3d 1206 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Code 1975, and the notice and hearing requirements of the Alabama Environmental Management Act ("the AEMA"), Ala. Code 1975, § 22-22A-1 et seq., and that, as a result, the documents are invalid.”
Legal Env't Assistance Found., Inc. v. Pegues, 904 F.2d 640 (11th Cir. 1990). “39 The judgment of the district court is therefore AFFIRMED. . Codified as amended at 33 U.”
Alabama Dep't of Env't Mgmt. v. Water Works & Sewer Bd., 623 So. 2d 1061 (Ala. 1993). “The complaint, pursuant to the Alabama Environmental Management Act, §§ 22-22A-1 to -16, requested the court to enjoin the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Birmingham (“the Board”) from exceeding “the hydraulic capacity” of the Moody Wastewater Treatment Plant (“the…”
LTV Corp. v. Gulf States Steel, Inc., of Alabama, 133 B.R. 665 (D.D.C. 1991). “On August 26, 1991, this Court granted the August 23, 1991 Motion of the Attorney General of the State of Alabama to appear as amicus curiae pursuant to its parens patriae authority and Ala.”
Alabama Dep't of Env't Mgmt. & Lance R. LeFleur, in his Off. capacity as Dir. of the Alabama Dep't of Env't Mgmt. v. Env't Def. All. (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-900512). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 22-22A-1 et seq. See Ala. Code 1975, § 22-22A-2(1) (discussing the creation of ADEM); Ala.”
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