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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-58-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 15-58-102. Legislative findings - The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas finds, and...
§ 15-58-103. Declaration of policy - The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas declares that...
§ 15-58-104. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Affected governmental agency” means...
§ 15-58-105. Public agencies, utilities, and corporations - Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of federal, state, or local...
§ 15-58-106. Exempt activities - This chapter does not apply to any of the following...
§ 15-58-107. Water rights and replacement - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting...
Subchapter 2 - Administration
§ 15-58-201. Division — Jurisdiction, powers, and duties - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality is designated as the...
§ 15-58-202. Commission — Powers and duties - (a) The authority shall be vested in the Arkansas Pollution...
§ 15-58-203. Director — Powers and duties - (a) The authority shall be vested in the Director of...
§ 15-58-204. Adoption of rules - (a) Before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule,...
§ 15-58-205. Inspections - (a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality shall...
§ 15-58-206. Prohibition on enforcement personnel having financial interest - (a) No person performing any function or duty under this...
§ 15-58-207. Public hearing — Procedures - (a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or...
§ 15-58-208. Public hearing — Examiners - (a) For the purpose of receiving and responding to written...
§ 15-58-209. Adjudicatory hearing — Application for review - (a) A permittee or any person having an interest which...
§ 15-58-210. Adjudicatory hearing — Presiding officers - (a) The following persons shall preside at an adjudicatory public...
§ 15-58-211. Adjudicatory hearing — Procedures generally - (a) In any adjudicatory public hearing, if a person refuses...
§ 15-58-212. Judicial review - (a) Any person who participated in the administrative proceeding may...
§ 15-58-213. Administrative and judicial review — Costs - Whenever an order is issued as a result of a...
Subchapter 3 - Violations and Penalties
§ 15-58-301. Violations not causing imminent danger or harm — Cessation order - (a) If the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality...
§ 15-58-302. Conditions, practices, and violations causing imminent danger or harm — Cessation order - (a) If the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality...
§ 15-58-303. Pattern violations — Order to show cause - (a) On the basis of an inspection, if the Director...
§ 15-58-304. Violating a condition of a permit or order — Criminal penalties - (a) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition...
§ 15-58-305. Interfering with the director or his or her agents — Criminal penalties - Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully...
§ 15-58-306. False statement, representation, or certification — Criminal penalties - A person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or...
§ 15-58-307. Civil penalties generally - (a) Any person who violates any permit condition or who...
§ 15-58-308. Civil actions — Injunctions, etc - (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or the...
§ 15-58-309. Right of private action - (a) Any person having an interest which is or may...
Subchapter 4 - State Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program
§ 15-58-401. Lands eligible - (a) Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement...
§ 15-58-402. State priorities - Expenditure of moneys from the fund on lands and water...
§ 15-58-403. Costs of projects - The costs for each proposed project under the abandoned mine...
§ 15-58-404. Abatement of adverse effects — Lien - (a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or...
§ 15-58-405. Right of entry - (a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or...
§ 15-58-406. Condemnation - (a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, personally...
§ 15-58-407. Use of acquired lands — Public hearing - (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, pursuant to...
Subchapter 5 - Surface Coal Mining Regulation
§ 15-58-501. Designation of land as unsuitable - (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall issue...
§ 15-58-502. Necessity of permit — Application - (a) Any person in expectation of conducting surface coal mining...
§ 15-58-503. Rules generally - (a) (1) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall...
§ 15-58-504. Exploration operations - (a) Coal exploration operations which substantially disturb the natural land...
§ 15-58-505. Filing objections to permits - Any person having an interest which is or may be...
§ 15-58-506. Permit renewal - (a) Any valid permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall...
§ 15-58-507. Termination of permit - (a) A permit shall terminate if the permittee has not...
§ 15-58-508. Fees — Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund - (a) Each application for a surface coal mining permit or...
§ 15-58-509. Performance bonds - (a) After a surface coal mining and reclamation permit application...
§ 15-58-510. Environmental protection performance standards - (a) Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter to conduct...