Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally
Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally

Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Reclamation by Landowners

§ 15-57-201. Reclamation to be voluntary - Any land reclamation or improvement conducted by the owner of...

§ 15-57-202. Exemption from land reclamation laws - (a) The owners of lands on which are situated open-cut...

§ 15-57-203. Notice of proposed reclamation — Investigation - (a) Any owner of such lands who wishes to make...

§ 15-57-204. Quartz crystal mined on private property - (a) A person who owns both the surface rights and...

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act

§ 15-57-301. Title - This subchapter shall be known and cited as “The Arkansas...

§ 15-57-302. Declaration of policy - It is declared to be the policy of this state...

§ 15-57-303. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Affected land” means the...

§ 15-57-304. Violations - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1)...

§ 15-57-305. Civil and administrative penalties - (a) Civil Penalties. The Division of Environmental Quality is authorized...

§ 15-57-306. Administration - The Division of Environmental Quality through the Director of the...

§ 15-57-307. Rules - The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may adopt and...

§ 15-57-308. Technical and financial assistance - The Division of Environmental Quality shall have the authority to...

§ 15-57-309. Entry on lands for inspection - The Division of Environmental Quality or its designated representatives may...

§ 15-57-310. Necessity of permit — Effective date - (a) It shall be unlawful for any operator to engage...

§ 15-57-311. Application for permit — Fee — Bond - (a) Any person desiring to engage in open-cut mining shall...

§ 15-57-312. Permit as state property - Although issued to the operator, the permit is at all...

§ 15-57-313. Withdrawal of land covered by permit - An operator may withdraw any land covered by a permit,...

§ 15-57-314. Extension of permit - Where the area for which a permit is in effect...

§ 15-57-315. Duties of operator - Any operator of an open-cut mine will be subject to...

§ 15-57-316. Bond of operator - (a) (1) (A) Any bond provided in this subchapter to...

§ 15-57-317. Bond forfeiture proceedings - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality may institute proceedings to...

§ 15-57-318. Registration of existing open-cut mines - The Division of Environmental Quality shall require registration of all...

§ 15-57-319. Land Reclamation Fund — Permit fee - (a) A Land Reclamation Fund is established on the books...

§ 15-57-320. Exemptions - (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require...

Subchapter 4 - Quarry Operation Reclamation, Operation, and Safe Closure

§ 15-57-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 15-57-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Active” means a quarry...

§ 15-57-403. Notification — Filing — Public notice and response - (a) It shall be unlawful for any operator to engage...

§ 15-57-404. Notification of intent to quarry - (a) (1) Except for operators of quarries excluded by §...

§ 15-57-405. Notification of temporarily closed quarry - (a) Quarry sites in which operations are only occasionally conducted...

§ 15-57-406. Notification of reactivated quarry - Prior to resuming operation in a temporarily closed quarry, an...

§ 15-57-407. Notification refiling required - (a) Every five (5) years all notifications of intent to...

§ 15-57-408. Notifications of exhausted quarry - (a) When a quarry becomes exhausted, the operator will notify...

§ 15-57-409. Reclamation of land at exhausted quarry site - (a) When the quarry is exhausted, the planned reclamation of...

§ 15-57-410. Site safety - The quarry operator will take the following measures to safeguard...

§ 15-57-411. Complaints of violations of this subchapter - (a) The operator is required to document and respond to...

§ 15-57-412. Bond - (a) In order to assure that all reclamation is completed...

§ 15-57-413. Hearing - An operator may request and obtain an adjudicatory hearing and...

§ 15-57-414. Distribution of fees, fines, and forfeiture amounts - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality shall collect fees, fines,...