Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or any of his or her authorized representatives in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished upon conviction by a criminal penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development
Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally
Chapter 58 - The Arkansas Surface Coal Mining And Reclamation Act
Subchapter 3 - Violations and Penalties
§ 15-58-301. Violations not causing imminent danger or harm — Cessation order
§ 15-58-302. Conditions, practices, and violations causing imminent danger or harm — Cessation order
§ 15-58-303. Pattern violations — Order to show cause
§ 15-58-304. Violating a condition of a permit or order — Criminal penalties
§ 15-58-305. Interfering with the director or his or her agents — Criminal penalties
§ 15-58-306. False statement, representation, or certification — Criminal penalties
§ 15-58-307. Civil penalties generally