Alabama Department of Environmental Management

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) is committed to ensuring clean and healthy air for all Alabama residents. To help accomplish this goal, ADEM’s Air Division holds training classes in the field to better equip regulators to record and report gaseous emissions to ADEM to ensure these facilities are in compliance with applicable state laws.   ADEM’s Visible Emissions Certification Program, or ‘Smoke School’, teaches regulatory personnel, consultants, and the regulated community how to identify, grade, and record gaseous emissions. ADEM hosts two annual "smoke schools" in April and October. These trainings certify participants on federal visible emissions determinations. The program features a two-hour online lecture followed by an exam and a two-day in person field training. Lecture certification is valid for three years, while field certification is six months.

We're #hiring a new Environmental Engineering Specialist (Civil, Chemical, Agricultural/Biosystems, Mechanical Engineering) in Montgomery, Alabama. Apply today or share this post with your network.

On September 25th, ADEM Public Relation Unit's Dylan Hurst visited the city of Roanoke in Randolph County as part of a project to provide outreach to all 67 counties in the state. One of the locations visited was the Roanoke City Schools building, where he was able to provide educational materials pertaining to ADEM's website and donate binders for use by school staff and students. 

We are excited to announce we will be hosting a Student Posterboard Contest at this year’s Annual Conference. Five students, who have worked diligently in the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Redevelopment Section’s HBCU partnership program, will be competing and present to discuss their posterboards! We encourage you to visit with the students and hear about their experience in the Program and details of their poster. The posterboards will be scored and recognition will be given to the highest scorer! Best of luck students! We are so excited to hear from you. #AlabamaBrownfields #FutureLeaders

We're #hiring a new Environmental Engineering Specialist (Civil, Chemical, Agricultural/Biosystems, Mechanical Engineering) in Montgomery, Alabama. Apply today or share this post with your network.

ADEM will be attending the following career fairs this fall. We look forward to meeting students and answering any questions about our Department. Please stop by and say hello!

ADEM's Information Technology (IT) Branch recently presented another session in their "IT Training Series;" this time on the basics of the Alabama Environmental Permitting and Compliance System (AEPACS). Using this website, external parties can submit, edit, and sign documents such as permit applications, and can view information about their own facilities. The site also allows ADEM to view these documents, and use them when granting permits, as well as monitoring the site data to ensure these facilities are in compliance with state laws.  

ADEM staff gladly donate blood every month to those in need through LifeSouth. For two days every month, LifeSouth's Blood Mobile arrives at ADEM's Montgomery Office, ready to receive blood donations from ADEM volunteers. Staff who donate blood also receive a free A1C diabetes screening, as well as a LifeSouth t-shirt. The collected blood will then be transported to local hospitals to aid in transfusions to help those who need donated blood.  

As part of its annual School Supplies Drive, The Department recently delivered a large amount of donated supplies to Chisholm Elementary School in Montgomery. ADEM is constantly active in the community through events like the School Supply Drive, in hopes of aiding and educating all Alabamians.