ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Alabama Enacts Ban on Outdoor Burning Over Air Quality

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is banning outdoor burning in a dozen of its 67 counties to protect air quality. The order, which includes the state’s most populated counties, covers areas that have a history of air pollution problems, according to an announcement from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The ban includes Baldwin, DeKalb, Etowah, Jefferson, Lawrence, Madison, Mobile,…

Alabama Power Faces $250K Fine

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama environmental regulators have proposed a $250,000 fine against Alabama Power Company after groundwater tests near the company’s coal ash pond in Gadsden showed high levels of arsenic and radium. Alabama Department of Environmental Management says Alabama Power “caused or allowed the unpermitted discharge of pollutants associated with ash pond wastewater … to waters of the…