Environmental Rules in Alabama (2026)

Anyone disturbing land in unincorporated Jefferson County must register an erosion and sedimentation control plan with…

Auburn bans dumping anything but stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system (MS4) under City Code § 7-105, part…

Bessemer declares any unauthorized discharge into its storm sewer system a public nuisance under Code of Ordinances §…

Birmingham's Stormwater Protection Ordinance bans dumping anything but stormwater into the city's storm drain system…

Hoover bars visible scum, oil, unnatural color, odor, or hazardous concentrations in any stormwater discharge to the…

Huntsville requires a grading permit and city engineer sign-off on building permits to control stormwater drainage and…

Any new subdivision in unincorporated Lee County must include an engineer-designed Storm Drainage Plan before the…

Every new subdivision in unincorporated Madison County must submit an engineered Storm Drainage Plan before its plat is…

Mobile requires site development plans to hold post-construction stormwater runoff to pre-development rates, certified…

Montgomery prohibits discharging anything but storm water into its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)…

Tuscaloosa bans discharging anything other than stormwater into its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) under…

Vestavia Hills bans dumping anything but storm water into its municipal storm drains and watercourses under Chapter…

Any land-disturbing construction work in Birmingham needs a soil erosion and sediment control permit from the city…

Tuscaloosa requires erosion control best management practices on any development, earth change or driveway…

Anyone disturbing one acre or more of land in Auburn must obtain an NPDES stormwater permit under City Code § 7-73…

Bessemer requires an erosion and sedimentation control plan for any subdivision land-disturbing activity exceeding one…

Any land-disturbing activity in Hoover needs a city permit and an approved BMP plan before grading starts, with…

Huntsville requires anyone with a graded construction site to keep surface stabilization measures in place, silt…

Property in the U.S. Highway 280 Corridor Overlay must follow Sec. 1502.08's grading and drainage standards before…

Every road built in a Lee County subdivision must use Best Management Practices for erosion control throughout…

Road and site construction in unincorporated Madison County subdivisions must follow the state's erosion-control manual…

Mobile requires land-disturbing sites to revegetate cleared ground within 10 days of substantial completion, using…

Montgomery requires a grading permit before any land-disturbing activity begins, whether it's clearing, excavating, or…

Vestavia Hills requires a land-disturbance permit before any grading, clearing or excavation begins under Chapter 5.5…

Alabama's Coastal Area Management Program, administered by ADEM under Code §9-7, regulates development in Mobile and…

Jefferson County can block subdivision of any land lying within a stream's floodplain outright: Section 10.20(b)(6)…

Any development in Auburn's FEMA-designated special flood hazard areas needs a floodplain development permit before…

Bessemer regulates every FEMA special flood hazard area within city limits under Code of Ordinances §§ 58-31 and 58-33…

Birmingham requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, fill, grading, or other development in an…

Hoover's floodplain map runs on FEMA's Jefferson County and Shelby County flood studies since city limits straddle both…

Huntsville requires a floodplain development permit from the city engineer before any grading, filling, excavation, or…

Building or filling in a Lee County flood hazard area requires a Floodplain Development Permit before work starts. New…

Unincorporated Madison County requires a Floodplain Development Permit before any construction begins in a FEMA-mapped…

Mobile requires a floodplain development permit from the permitting department before any construction or…

Montgomery requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, fill, or substantial improvement in a…

Tuscaloosa governs development in flood-prone areas through a standalone Floodplain Management and Flood Damage…

Any development in a Vestavia Hills special flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work starts…

Montgomery, Alabama permits boat docks, slips, piers, wharves and moorages for yachts and pleasure boats only inside…

Anyone wanting to build, alter, or place a dock, pier, boathouse, gazebo, or seawall on city land surrounding Lake…

Montgomery bans idling or leaving any motor vehicle running unattended for more than 15 minutes, treating the act as a…

Auburn requires the lowest floor of new construction and substantially improved buildings in mapped flood hazard areas…

Bessemer requires new and substantially improved homes in a mapped special flood hazard area to sit at least two feet…

New construction and substantial improvements in a Birmingham flood hazard area must have the lowest floor, including…

New and substantially improved buildings in Hoover's mapped flood zones must elevate the lowest floor, including…

New or substantially improved buildings in Huntsville's floodway fringe must have their lowest floor built at least one…

Before Jefferson County will accept a final subdivision plat, Section 204.03(d)(6) of the Subdivision and Construction…

In unincorporated Lee County's mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas, new construction and substantially improved…

In Madison County's unincorporated area, new construction and substantial improvements in a Special Flood Hazard Area…

Mobile requires new construction in special flood hazard areas without mapped base flood elevation data to elevate the…

Montgomery requires new construction and substantial improvements in mapped flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest…

New construction in a Vestavia Hills special flood hazard area must sit at least one foot above the base flood…