Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-4-1-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 335-4-1-.03 - Communications with the Department

(1) All correspondence such as: applications, registrations, certifications, and permits along with any supporting documentation including payment of any fees, as defined in 335-1, shall be completed and submitted electronically via the Department-approved electronic system.

(2) All applications, reports required by permits or registrations, or other information requested by ADEM shall be signed and completed electronically by a responsible official or by a duly authorized representative.

(3) Any person submitting an application or a report under 335-4 shall make the following certification:

"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."

(4) Electronic submittal of reports, applications and other documents required under 335-4 may be sent to ADEM in accordance with Code of Alabama 1975, § 8-1A-1et seq. The electronic submittal shall contain all required information and be formatted in an electronic file format approved by ADEM.

(a) Any document submitted electronically is assumed by ADEM to have been submitted on behalf of the responsible corporate official having responsibility to certify the submittal in 335-4-1-.03(3).

(b) A written signature is not required for documents sent electronically. The applicant assumes the responsibility of assuring himself that any electronic document submitted on his behalf would have been certified by his written signature as required in 335-4-1-.03(3).

(c) The receipt date for an electronic submittal shall be the date and time the document is received by ADEM as indicated by the computer software accepting the submission, in accordance with Code of Alabama 1975, § 8-1A-15.

(d) All fees may be submitted electronically as provided by the Department.

(e) All governmental organizations, whether federal, state, or other local governing bodies, shall be exempt from the payment of the Scrap Tire Environmental Fee. These organizations shall comply with all provisions of these rules regarding the storage, transport, processing, cleanup, and disposal of scrap tires.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-4-1-.03

New Rule: Filed June 30, 2004; effective August 4, 2004.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLII, Issue No. 09, June 28, 2024, eff. 8/12/2024.

Author: James L. Bryant; M. Gavin Adams; Adam N. Rhodes

Statutory Authority:Code of Alabama 1975, §§ 22-40A-1et seq., 22-22A-1 et seq.