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ADEM details proposed form and fee schedule revisions at public hearing
Summary
ADEM staff summarized proposed changes to Administrative Code Division 335-1, including revisions to departmental forms, a correction to Fee Schedule A's 'Type O' entry, formatting updates across fee schedules, and an added visible-emission certification fee in Fee Schedule G. The record remains open for written comment.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management presented a summary of proposed revisions to Administrative Code Division 335-1 and related fee schedules during a public hearing. Brian Espie, identified himself as the Chief of the General Services Branch in the Permits and Service Division at ADEM, and framed the changes as necessary to implement program regulations and align agency procedures with statutory authority. "These revisions propose to modify, remove, and add forms required to implement the ADEM program regulations," Espie said.
Espie said the department proposes to revise Regulation 3.30.5-1107 (Departmental Forms, Instructions and Procedures) to update the set of forms used by the agency. He also described changes to fee schedules: a correction to the 'Type O' entry in Fee Schedule A, formatting adjustments in Fee Schedules C, D, G and H, and the addition of a certification fee to Fee Schedule G associated with visible-emission certification provided through a smoke school conducted by the air division. Espie cited the Alabama Environmental Management Act (transcript citation: 22-22-a-1, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended) as the department's rulemaking authority and referenced the Administrative Procedures Act requirements for agency rules of practice.
ADEM staff framed the proposed edits as administrative and implementation-focused updates rather than new substantive permitting standards. Espie said the department intends to use the hearing record, including written submissions and exhibits, to evaluate the proposed rules and any costs reasonably anticipated from permit and certification processes. The transcript records no oral questions or debate from members of the public or other parties during the hearing.
The department will consider comments received in the record before finalizing any revisions and will forward the final draft, the hearing record, and any concise statements of principal reasons for and against adoption to the Environmental Management Commission for its consideration.
