§ 15-58-303. Pattern violations — Order to show cause
(a) On the basis of an inspection, if the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or his or her authorized agent has reason to believe that a pattern of violations of any requirements of this chapter or the rules issued pursuant to this chapter or any permit conditions required by this chapter or by […]
§ 15-58-201. Division — Jurisdiction, powers, and duties
(a) The Division of Environmental Quality is designated as the official agency whose duty it is to establish policies and guidelines, to administer the guidelines contained in this chapter, and to institute other reasonable rules and guidelines as they become necessary pursuant to this chapter. The rules may provide differing terms and provisions for particular […]
§ 15-58-304. Violating a condition of a permit or order — Criminal penalties
(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition of a permit issued under this chapter or fails or refuses to comply with an order authorized by §§ 15-58-301 — 15-58-303 or any order incorporated in a final decision issued by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or its authorized representative pursuant to […]
§ 15-58-202. Commission — Powers and duties
(a) The authority shall be vested in the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission to establish policies and guidelines and take such other actions as are necessary to ensure the development, administration, and enforcement of a state program which meets the requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Pub. L. No. […]
§ 15-58-305. Interfering with the director or his or her agents — Criminal penalties
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 […]
§ 15-58-203. Director — Powers and duties
(a) The authority shall be vested in the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality and such other persons as designated by the director to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director shall seek the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter by all practicable and economically feasible methods, and in doing […]
§ 15-58-306. False statement, representation, or certification — Criminal penalties
A person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification or who knowingly fails to make a statement, representation, or certification in an application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a criminal […]
§ 15-58-204. Adoption of rules
(a) Before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall give public notice and the opportunity for a public hearing under §§ 15-58-207 and 15-58-208. (b) (1) If the commission finds that imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires adoption of a rule upon […]
§ 15-58-205. Inspections
(a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality shall require such monitoring and reporting, shall cause to be made such inspections of any surface coal mining and reclamation operations, shall require the maintenance of such signs and markers, and shall take such other actions as are necessary to administer, enforce, and evaluate the administration […]
§ 15-58-206. Prohibition on enforcement personnel having financial interest
(a) No person performing any function or duty under this chapter shall have a direct or indirect financial interest in any underground or surface coal mining operation. Whoever knowingly violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by […]