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AR Code § 8-5-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Wastewater Treatment Plants|§ 8-5-207. Operators to be licensed

 In order to safeguard the public health and protect the waters of this state from pollution, all operators in responsible charge of public or private wastewater treatment plants shall be duly licensed and certified as competent by the Division of Environmental Quality under the provisions of this subchapter and under such rules as the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may adopt, with the advice and assistance of the licensing committee, pursuant to the authority of this subchapter. All rules promulgated pursuant to this subchapter shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
AR Code § 8-5-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Wastewater Treatment Plants|§ 8-5-208. License requirements

 (a) The Division of Environmental Quality shall license and certify all applicants for licenses under this subchapter who satisfy the requirements of this subchapter and the rules issued pursuant to this subchapter. Licenses shall be granted according to the classification of wastewater treatment plants established under this subchapter. Licenses shall be valid for a period of two (2) years and shall be renewable upon application without examination.  (b) All operators of wastewater treatment plants within the state shall apply to the division for a license.  (c) In its discretion, the division may waive the requirements or any part of the requirements for formal examination of an applicant for license if the applicant holds a valid license or certificate from another state in which the requirements for license in the appropriate classification are at least equal to the requirements set forth in this subchapter and the rules issued pursuant to this subchapter.
AR Code § 8-5-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 2 - Wastewater Treatment Plants|§ 8-5-209. Fees — Wastewater Licensing Fund

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall have the authority to set fees in an amount to cover the cost of the administration of this subchapter.  (2)  (A) Licensing and examination fees shall be set forth by rule.  (B) However, the licensing and examination fees shall not exceed:  (i) A combined examination and license fee of forty dollars ($40.00); and  (ii) An annual license renewal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00).        (b) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the Wastewater Licensing Fund and may be used only for the administration of this subchapter.
AR Code § 8-5-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Underground Salt Water Disposal Systems|§ 8-5-502. Penalty for violation of § 8-5-501

 Any person violating the provisions of § 8-5-501 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or be both so fined and imprisoned.
AR Code § 8-5-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Underground Salt Water Disposal Systems|§ 8-5-503. Denial of tax deductions

 (a) Should any individual, partnership, corporation, or employee knowingly or negligently cause, let, or permit salt water to flow, seep, or otherwise escape from the leased premises, the rights of the party to claim tax deductions or credits under §§ 8-5-501, 8-5-502, 26-58-201 — 26-58-206, 26-58-207 [repealed], and 26-58-208 — 26-58-210, will be denied for a period of twelve (12) months.  (b)  (1) Any individual can file a complaint before the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission against anyone for violations of this section and secure a hearing.  (2)  (A) If the commission should find that the accused has violated this section, then the violator shall be denied any tax exemption for a period of one (1) year.  (B) Any violation of this section during the period of the suspension shall extend the suspension one (1) year from the date of the last violation.
AR Code § 8-5-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Underground Salt Water Disposal Systems|§ 8-5-504. Chlorides standard

 Should the water of any stream of this state have more than two hundred fifty parts per million (250 ppm) of chlorides as a result of a violation of this subchapter, then the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall seek to learn of the source of the pollution and take steps to eliminate the source of pollution.
AR Code § 8-5-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Privatization Act”.
AR Code § 8-5-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-602. Legislative policy

 The General Assembly declares that the policy of this state is to assure its citizens adequate public services, particularly wastewater projects, and solid waste disposal projects, at reasonable cost, and that such services are essential to the maintenance and general welfare of the citizens of this state and to the continued expansion of the state's economy, job market, and industrial base. However, the cost of constructing, owning, and operating capital facilities to meet the demand for those public services is becoming increasingly burdensome to cities, counties, and improvement districts, and it is desirable that innovative financing mechanisms be made available to assist the communities of this state in developing wastewater projects and solid waste disposal projects at reasonable cost. Private sector ownership and operation of capital facilities providing public services can result in cost savings to communities contracting for those public services. It is, therefore, in the best public interest of the state and its citizens that cities, counties, and improvement districts be authorized to cause such services to be provided by private enterprise and to contract with private owners or operators for providing the services to the public.
AR Code § 8-5-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-604. Construction

 (a) This subchapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and neither this subchapter nor anything contained in this subchapter is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any local government or private owner or operator might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and the provisions of this subchapter are cumulative to any such powers.  (b) This subchapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws.
AR Code § 8-5-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-605. Applicability

 This subchapter does not apply to the disposition of surplus property by a local government, nor to any other action of a local government which is not connected with a privatization contract.
AR Code § 8-5-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-606. Privatization contracts generally

 (a) Any local government may enter into a privatization contract with a private owner or operator to accomplish the transfer of any local government-owned wastewater project or solid waste disposal project or the designing, construction, operation, maintenance, or financing of cost, or any combination thereof, of a wastewater project or solid waste disposal project, pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.  (b)  (1) A local government considering entering into a privatization contract pertaining to its municipally owned wastewater project or solid waste disposal project, or any portion thereof, shall publish notice of its intention to adopt an ordinance to accomplish the privatization.  (2) The notice shall:  (A) Set forth a brief summary of the privatization contract provisions; and  (B) Set a time and place for a public hearing to be conducted by the chief executive.    (3) The notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the county in which a substantial portion of the wastewater project or solid waste disposal project is located by one (1) publication each week for a period of two (2) weeks. The first publication shall be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the adoption of the ordinance approving the execution of the privatization contract.    (c) The hearing may be held in conjunction with any hearing on the question of issuing bonds to finance the cost of the privatization project, on the question of adoption of the service agreement, or any other question.  (d) A copy of the proposed privatization contract shall be filed as a public record with the clerk of the local government not less than two (2) weeks prior to the adoption of the ordinance.
AR Code § 8-5-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-607. Service agreements generally

 (a)  (1) In connection with a privatization contract, a local government, if authorized by ordinance of its governing body, may enter into one (1) or more service agreements with a private owner or operator pursuant to which the private owner or operator will provide one (1) or more sewer services or solid waste disposal services to or for the benefit of the local government.  (2) The service agreement may provide for the purchase by the local government of all or any part of the capacity, capability, or output of the facilities used to provide the applicable sewer service or solid waste disposal service and shall contain such other terms and conditions as the local government and the private owner or operator may provide, including without limitation, the charges or rates for the services and a covenant by the local government to maintain rates sufficient to pay debt service incurred in connection with the financing of construction of a wastewater project or solid waste disposal project.    (b)  (1) Prior to the execution of a service agreement, the local government shall publish notice of its intention to adopt an ordinance to accomplish the service agreement.  (2) The notice shall:  (A) Set forth a brief summary of the service agreement provisions; and  (B) Set a time and place for a public hearing to be conducted by the chief executive.    (3) The notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the county in which a substantial portion of the wastewater project or solid waste disposal project is located by one (1) publication each week for a period of two (2) weeks. The first publication shall be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the adoption of the ordinance approving the execution of the service agreement.    (c) The hearing may be held in conjunction with any hearing on the question of issuing bonds to finance the cost of the privatization project, on the question of adoption of the service agreement, or any other question.  (d) A copy of the proposed service agreement shall be filed as a public record with the clerk of the local government not less than two (2) weeks prior to the adoption of the ordinance.
AR Code § 8-5-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-608. Privatization contracts and service agreements — Assignment

 The privatization contract or the service agreement may be assigned by either party to secure the performance of any obligation in connection with the financing of the construction or operation of a wastewater project or solid waste disposal project.
AR Code § 8-5-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-609. Privatization contracts, service agreements, etc. — Exemption from certain laws

 The privatization contract, the service agreement, and any other purchase by the local government in connection with the privatization contract shall not be subject to the provisions of §§ 14-22-101 — 14-22-115, 14-58-201 — 14-58-203, 14-58-301 — 14-58-303, 14-58-305, 14-58-306 [repealed], 14-58-307, and 14-58-308 or any other law, rule, or regulation requiring competitive bids.
AR Code § 8-5-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-610. Privatization contracts, service agreements, etc. — Exemption from Arkansas Public Service Commission's jurisdiction

 The service agreement, the privatization contract, the charges and rates for sewer or other service, and private owners or operators shall not be subject to Acts 1935, No. 324, as amended, and § 23-4-201, and shall be exempt from the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission and any other successor regulatory agency.
AR Code § 8-5-611 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-611. Tax exemption

 No income, sales, use, ad valorem, or other tax, assessment, or license shall be levied upon or collected with respect to any property which is held by or purchased by a private owner or operator for the public purpose of performing a privatization contract or a service agreement, since the property benefits the public.
AR Code § 8-5-612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Privatization Act|§ 8-5-612. Wastewater projects and solid waste disposal projects are industrial facilities for other acts

 For purposes of any other law, including without limitation, the Municipalities and Counties Industrial Development Revenue Bond Law, § 14-164-201 et seq., “facilities” or a similar term includes a wastewater project or solid waste disposal project as those terms are defined in this subchapter, so that any law adopted authorizing the issuance of industrial development bonds, industrial development revenue bonds, or similar evidences of indebtedness shall be available for utilization in connection with a privatization project.
AR Code § 8-5-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 7 - Chronic Noncompliance|§ 8-5-701. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Chronic noncompliance” means conditions described in this subchapter that persist at a common sewage system after reasonable efforts by the Division of Environmental Quality to obtain compliance with applicable laws or rules in one (1) of the following:  (A) Failure to obtain a permit as required by law;  (B) Four (4) or more permit violations within a six-month period as set out in the permit issued by the division;  (C) Failure to maintain the services of a certified wastewater treatment operator, where applicable; or  (D) Demonstrable failure to operate the common sewage system so as to prevent the discharge of waterborne pollutants in unacceptable concentrations, as defined in the individual permit or the state's water quality standards, to the surface waters or groundwater of the state; and    (2)  (A) “Common sewage system” means any sewage treatment system and its associated sewage collection and pumping facilities, nonmunicipal, publicly or privately owned, serving two (2) or more individually owned, rented, or temporarily occupied lots for the purpose of the collection or disposal of sewage.  (B) “Common sewage system” includes systems owned or operated by:  (i) Property owners' associations;  (ii) Nonmunicipal sewage improvement districts; and  (iii) Owners or managers of nonmunicipal residential subdivisions.
AR Code § 8-5-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 7 - Chronic Noncompliance|§ 8-5-703. Financial assurance requirements for subsequently permitted common sewage systems

 (a)  (1)  (A) The Division of Environmental Quality may require a permitted common sewage system that is in chronic noncompliance to demonstrate to the division its financial ability to cover the estimated costs of operating and maintaining the common sewage system for a minimum period of five (5) years.  (B) The division may require the permitted common sewage system that is in chronic noncompliance to submit a cost estimate for a third party to operate and maintain the common sewage system each year for a period of five (5) years.    (2) The division shall not modify or renew a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit or state permit for a common sewage system if the common sewage system facility is in chronic noncompliance and the common sewage system facility proposes to use new technology that in the discretion of the division cannot be verified to meet permit requirements.    (b) The applicant's financial ability to operate and maintain the common sewage system for a period of five (5) years shall be demonstrated to the division by:  (1) Obtaining insurance that specifically covers operation and maintenance costs;  (2) Obtaining a letter of credit;  (3) Obtaining a surety bond;  (4) Obtaining a trust fund or an escrow account; or  (5) Using a combination of insurance, letter of credit, surety bond, trust fund, or escrow account.    (c) The division may require an amount of financial assurance that exceeds the cost estimate submitted by the applicant.  (d) A financial instrument required by this section shall be posted to the benefit of the division and shall remain in effect for the life of the permit.  (e) It is explicitly understood that the division shall not directly operate and shall not be responsible for the operation of any sewage system.  (f) This section does not restrict local and county government entities from enacting more stringent ordinances regulating nonmunicipal domestic treatment sewage systems in Arkansas.
AR Code § 8-5-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Small Business Revolving Loan Fund for Pollution Control and Prevention Technologies Act|§ 8-5-801. Title

 This subchapter may be called the “Small Business Revolving Loan Fund for Pollution Control and Prevention Technologies Act”.
AR Code § 8-5-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Small Business Revolving Loan Fund for Pollution Control and Prevention Technologies Act|§ 8-5-802. Purpose

 It is the purpose of this subchapter to authorize the Division of Environmental Quality to establish and administer a revolving loan fund to encourage the investment in pollution control and prevention technologies in Arkansas. The fund will promote sustainable economic development in Arkansas by establishing a publicly capitalized fund to make loans to small businesses for projects to meet regulatory mandates in pollution control, to adopt pollution prevention technologies, or to implement waste reduction practices.
AR Code § 8-5-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Small Business Revolving Loan Fund for Pollution Control and Prevention Technologies Act|§ 8-5-803. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Applicant” means any business concern operating within the State of Arkansas that meets the criteria of a person, corporation, partnership, or other business organization;  (2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;  (3) [Repealed.]  (4) [Repealed.]  (5)  (A) “Pollution prevention” means reducing or eliminating the generation of pollutants and waste at the source.  (B) “Pollution prevention” includes:  (i) Process modifications and equipment acquisitions that promote the recovery and reuse of pollutants; and  (ii) The acquisition and installation of capital equipment, a process change, or a combination of capital equipment and process change.    (C) “Pollution prevention” does not include investments in waste treatment processes or equipment, unless the waste treatment involves the recovery and reuse of pollutants; and    (6)  (A) “Waste reduction” means handling or processing waste materials in a way that ultimately reduces the total quantity of waste disposed.  (B) “Waste reduction” includes process modifications and equipment acquisitions that promote the recovery, reuse, or recycling of pollutants and wastes.
AR Code § 8-5-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 5 - Water Pollution Control Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Small Business Revolving Loan Fund for Pollution Control and Prevention Technologies Act|§ 8-5-804. Eligible activities

 (a) Moneys deposited into the Small Business Revolving Loan Fund within the Division of Environmental Quality may be:  (1) Loaned to eligible participants to pay the direct costs of projects which are designed to correct or avoid violations of federal environmental regulations or state environmental rules and have received a certificate of need from the division; or  (2) Expended to pay costs incurred by the division to provide management of lending activities.    (b)  (1) It is the purpose of this subchapter to authorize the division to establish and administer a revolving loan fund to encourage the investment in pollution control, pollution prevention, and waste reduction practices in Arkansas.  (2) Such a fund will promote sustainable economic development in Arkansas by establishing a publicly capitalized revolving loan fund to make loans to small businesses for projects to meet regulatory mandates in pollution control or to adopt pollution prevention technologies.  (3) Operating expenses associated with proofing a process change or equipment modification would be an eligible loan activity.