(a) Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures under this chapter are those which were mined for coal or which were affected by the mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal mining processes and abandoned or left in an inadequate reclamation status prior to August 3, 1977, and for which there is […]
Expenditure of moneys from the fund on lands and water eligible under § 15-58-401 for the purposes of this chapter shall reflect the following priorities in the order stated: (1) “Priority I” includes the protection of public health, safety, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of coal mining practices, including the restoration of […]
The costs for each proposed project under the abandoned mine reclamation program shall include: (1) Actual construction costs; (2) Actual operation and maintenance costs of permanent facilities; (3) Planning and engineering costs; (4) Construction inspection costs; and (5) Other necessary administrative expenses.
(a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or his or her authorized representative, under the state abandoned mine reclamation program, shall make a finding of fact that: (1) Land or water resources have been adversely affected by past coal mining practices; (2) The adverse effects are at a state in which, in the […]
(a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or his or her authorized representative pursuant to an approved state abandoned mine reclamation program shall have the right to enter upon any property for the purpose of conducting studies or exploratory work to determine the existence of adverse effects of past coal mining practices and […]
(a) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, personally or through his or her authorized legal representative, pursuant to an approved state abandoned mine reclamation program, may acquire for the state any land, by purchase, donation, or condemnation, which is adversely affected by past coal mining practices if the director determines that acquisition of […]
(a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, pursuant to an approved state abandoned mine reclamation program, when requested after appropriate public notice, shall hold a public hearing in accordance with §§ 15-58-207 and 15-58-208 in the county or counties in which lands acquired pursuant to this subchapter are located. (b) The hearing shall be […]
