Alabama Administrative Code
Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 220-4 - STATE LANDS DIVISION
Section 220-4-.06 - State of Alabama Natural Heritage Program - General Policies
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 220-4-.06
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1) Requests for Information.
(a) Persons wishing to obtain information
from the natural heritage data bank may do so by filing a written request with
the State Lands Division in the form specified by the Department and agreeing
to pay reasonable fees associated with responding to that request.
(b) Written requests shall be filed at the
following address:
State Lands Division
64 North Union Street, Room 464
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
(2) Sources and Reliability of Data; Entry Upon Private Property; Limitations.
(a) The SNHP receives biological data from
many sources, including its own personnel, private consultants, scientists from
other state and federal agencies, scientists employed by or associated with
institutions of higher learning, and any other person with relevant
information. In many cases, this information is not the result of comprehensive
or site-specific field surveys. Many natural areas in Alabama have never been
thoroughly surveyed, and new occurrences of plants and animals are still being
discovered. Consequently, SNHP is not able to provide a definite statement on
the presence, absence or condition of biological elements in any part of
Alabama. A SNHP response to a request for information summarizes the existing
information known to the Department at the time of the request and is not a
substitute for on-site surveys.
(b)
Employees and contractors of the SNHP shall obtain oral or written informed
consent from the owner of the property prior to entering private land for the
purpose of obtaining or verifying biological data. Oral permission received
from the landowner shall be documented contemporaneously in writing by the SNHP
employee or contractor.
(c) SNHP
responses to requests for information shall be limited to biological
observations of species and communities in the study area specified in the
written request for information. The SNHP will not provide opinions on the
possible impacts of specific activities on these species and communities to
anyone other than the landowner.
Author: Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 9-2-12 (1987 Repl. Volume); Ala. Const. Amend. 543, §§5(b), 11(b).
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