Under existing law, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources jointly administer the Alabama Coastal Area Management Program under delegated federal authority to ensure consistency in balancing conservation, economic, and other interests with regard to coastal area projects. This bill would require a person who annually dredges over 1 million cubic yards of material in a coastal area to cause at least 70 percent of that material to be beneficially used. This bill would also require the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to adopt rules to administer this act, including revising the Alabama Coastal Area Management Program as necessary.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 9-7-13