(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice, order, or other instrument issued by or under authority of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may be served upon any person affected thereby, personally or by publication. Proof of the service may be made in like manner as in the case of service of a summons in a civil action, with the proof to be filed in the office of the commission.
(b)
(1) Service may be had by mailing a copy of the notice, order, or other instrument, by certified mail, directed to the person affected at his or her last known post office address as shown by the files or records of the commission. Proof of the mailing may be made by the affidavit of the person that did the mailing, filed in the office of the commission.
(2) Service by publication shall be accomplished by one (1) insertion in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected.
(c) Every certificate or affidavit of service made and filed as provided in this section shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and a certified copy thereof shall have like force and effect.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 4 - Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act
Subchapter 2 - Water Pollution
§ 8-4-201. Powers and duties of division and commission generally
§ 8-4-203. Permits generally — Definitions
§ 8-4-204. Permits — Revocation
§ 8-4-206. State water pollution control agency — General authority
§ 8-4-207. State water pollution control agency — Powers and duties generally
§ 8-4-208. State water pollution control agency — Administration of permit program generally
§ 8-4-210. Investigations and hearings generally
§ 8-4-212. Adjudicatory hearings and orders
§ 8-4-213. Conclusiveness of commission actions
§ 8-4-214. Service of notice, orders, etc
§ 8-4-215. Intergovernmental cooperation
§ 8-4-216. Information and inspections
§ 8-4-218. Violations of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Hearings — Notice
§ 8-4-219. Violations of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Hearings — Conduct
§ 8-4-220. Violation of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Order of division without hearing
§ 8-4-221. Violations of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Hearing — Orders
§ 8-4-222. Appeals — Entitlement
§ 8-4-226. Appeal — Response by commission and record
§ 8-4-227. Appeal — Review by circuit court
§ 8-4-228. Appeal — Stay of proceedings
§ 8-4-229. Appeals, proceedings, etc. — Presumptions
§ 8-4-230. Temporary variances and interim authority
§ 8-4-231. Effectiveness of regulations, rules, or orders
§ 8-4-232. Nutrient water quality trading programs — Definition
§ 8-4-233. Nutrient Water Quality Trading Advisory Panel — Creation — Members — Duties