Arkansas Code
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-58-106. Exempt activities

This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities:
(1)
(A) The mining, surface or otherwise, of any minerals or materials other than coal.
(B) All minerals and materials other than coal, when applicable, shall be regulated according to the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] or the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation, and Safe Closure Act, § 15-57-401 et seq.;

(2) The extraction of coal by a landowner for his or her own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him or her;
(3) The extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under rules established by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; or
(4) The extraction of coal incidental to the extraction of other minerals where coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for purposes of commercial use or sale or for coal exploration.

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