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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 8-4-101. Title - This chapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Water and...
§ 8-4-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Any wastes” and “pollutants”...
§ 8-4-103. Criminal, civil, and administrative penalties - (a) Criminal Penalties. (1) (A) Any person that violates any...
§ 8-4-104. Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission — Members - (a) There is created and established an Arkansas Pollution Control...
§ 8-4-106. Technical and other services and public assistance - (a) Technical, scientific, legal, or other services may be performed,...
§ 8-4-107. Prosecution of public nuisance actions - In any legal action arising from, relating to, or including...
Subchapter 2 - Water Pollution
§ 8-4-201. Powers and duties of division and commission generally - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality or its successor is...
§ 8-4-202. Rules - (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission is given...
§ 8-4-203. Permits generally — Definitions - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality or its successor is...
§ 8-4-204. Permits — Revocation - The Division of Environmental Quality or its successor is given...
§ 8-4-205. Permits — Hearings upon denial, revocation, or modification and other permit actions — Definition - (a) Any person that is denied a permit by the...
§ 8-4-206. State water pollution control agency — General authority - (a) In addition to any other powers which it may...
§ 8-4-207. State water pollution control agency — Powers and duties generally - Without limiting the generality of the provisions of this chapter...
§ 8-4-208. State water pollution control agency — Administration of permit program generally - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality is authorized, subject to...
§ 8-4-209. State water pollution control agency — Participation of certain persons prohibited in approval of permit applications - Any provision of state law to the contrary notwithstanding, no...
§ 8-4-210. Investigations and hearings generally - (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission is given...
§ 8-4-211. Declaratory orders - (a) Any permittee or person subject to regulation may petition...
§ 8-4-212. Adjudicatory hearings and orders - (a) No final order resolving a contested decision of the...
§ 8-4-213. Conclusiveness of commission actions - (a) If no appeal is taken from an order, a...
§ 8-4-214. Service of notice, orders, etc - (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice, order, or...
§ 8-4-215. Intergovernmental cooperation - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality or its successor and...
§ 8-4-216. Information and inspections - (a) The owner or operator of or any contributor of...
§ 8-4-217. Unlawful actions - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1)...
§ 8-4-218. Violations of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Hearings — Notice - (a) Whenever the Division of Environmental Quality or its successor...
§ 8-4-219. Violations of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Hearings — Conduct - (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall afford...
§ 8-4-220. Violation of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Order of division without hearing - (a) When the Division of Environmental Quality or its successor...
§ 8-4-221. Violations of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Hearing — Orders - On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing,...
§ 8-4-222. Appeals — Entitlement - An appeal may be taken from a final order, rule,...
§ 8-4-223. Appeals — Notice - (a) (1) Within thirty (30) days after service of a...
§ 8-4-224. Appeals — Parties - (a) (1) The appellant, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology...
§ 8-4-225. Appeals — Venue - Except as provided in § 8-4-223(d), upon written consent of...
§ 8-4-226. Appeal — Response by commission and record - (a) (1) Within thirty (30) days after service of the...
§ 8-4-227. Appeal — Review by circuit court - (a) The appeal shall be heard and determined by the...
§ 8-4-228. Appeal — Stay of proceedings - (a) The taking effect of any action of the Arkansas...
§ 8-4-229. Appeals, proceedings, etc. — Presumptions - (a) In any appeal or other proceeding involving any order,...
§ 8-4-230. Temporary variances and interim authority - (a) (1) Unless otherwise expressly prohibited by federal law, the...
§ 8-4-231. Effectiveness of regulations, rules, or orders - This act shall not be construed as impairing the continued...
§ 8-4-232. Nutrient water quality trading programs — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “nutrient” means a substance...
§ 8-4-233. Nutrient Water Quality Trading Advisory Panel — Creation — Members — Duties - (a) The Nutrient Water Quality Trading Advisory Panel is created,...
§ 8-4-234. Short-term activity authorization - (a) (1) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality...
Subchapter 3 - Air Pollution
§ 8-4-301. Legislative intent - (a) In the interest of the public health and welfare...
§ 8-4-302. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to safeguard the...
§ 8-4-303. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Air-cleaning device” means any...
§ 8-4-304. Applicability of water pollution provisions - All provisions of §§ 8-4-101 et seq. and 8-4-201 et...
§ 8-4-305. Exceptions - The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to: (1)...
§ 8-4-306. Political subdivisions preempted — Exception - (a) In order to avoid conflicting and overlapping jurisdiction, it...
§ 8-4-307. Private rights unchanged - (a) Persons other than the state or the Division of...
§ 8-4-308. Industrial secrets confidential - (a) (1) (A) Any information that constitutes a trade secret...
§ 8-4-309. Construction limited — Exception - (a) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as...
§ 8-4-310. Unlawful actions - (a) It is a misdemeanor punishable under § 8-4-103: (1)...
§ 8-4-311. Powers generally - (a) The Division of Environmental Quality or its successor shall...
§ 8-4-312. Factors in exercise of powers - In exercising their powers and responsibilities under this chapter, the...
§ 8-4-313. Variance from rules or general orders - (a) (1) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may...
§ 8-4-314. Compliance Advisory Panel — Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program — Marketing Recyclables Program - (a) There is created a Compliance Advisory Panel composed of...
§ 8-4-315. Permits - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to require,...
§ 8-4-316. Purpose — Open burning of vegetative storm debris - (a) The purpose of this section is to allow a...
§ 8-4-317. State implementation plans generally - (a) In developing and implementing a state implementation plan, the...
§ 8-4-318. National Ambient Air Quality Standards implementation - (a) (1) The Division of Environmental Quality shall develop NAAQS...