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AR Code § 8-6-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act|§ 8-6-214. Records and examinations

 (a) The owner or operator of any permitted facility or site shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods, take such samples, perform such tests, and provide such other information to the Division of Environmental Quality as the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality may reasonably require.  (b) The division or any authorized employee or agent may examine and copy any books, papers, records, or memoranda pertaining to the operation of the facility or site.  (c) The division or any authorized employee or agent may enter upon any public or private property for the purpose of obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this subchapter.  (d)  (1)  (A) Any records, reports, or information obtained under this subchapter and any permits, permit applications, and related documentation shall be available to the public for inspection and copying.  (B) Upon a satisfactory showing to the director that the records, reports, permits, documentation, or information, or any part thereof, if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets, then the director shall consider, treat, and protect such records, reports, or information as confidential.    (2)  (A) As necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, information afforded confidential treatment may be transmitted under a continuing restriction of confidentiality to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of this state or of the United States if the owner or operator of the facility to which the information pertains is informed at least two (2) weeks prior to the transmittal and if the information has been acquired by the division under the provisions of this subchapter.  (B) The provisions of this subdivision (d)(2) shall not be construed to limit the division's authority to release confidential information during emergency situations.    (3) Any violation of this subsection shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor.
AR Code § 8-6-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act|§ 8-6-219. Applicants for permits — Applicability

 (a) An applicant for a new permit under this subchapter or the modification or transfer of a permit shall be a person, partnership, corporation, association, the State of Arkansas, a political subdivision of the state, an improvement district, a sanitation authority, or a solid waste board.  (b) This section shall not apply to permits for landfills where a private industry bears the expense of operating and maintaining the landfill solely for the disposal of wastes generated by the industry or wastes of a similar kind or character.  (c) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 8-6-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act|§ 8-6-221. Review of rules

 All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and 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 § 8-6-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act|§ 8-6-222. Standards for sites and facilities

 Regional solid waste management boards may adopt more restrictive standards for the location, design, construction, and maintenance of solid waste disposal sites and facilities than the state government or the United States Government.
AR Code § 8-6-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “County solid waste collection and disposal system” or “county solid waste management system” means and includes either of the following:  (A) A county owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system funded by moneys appropriated by the quorum court;  (B) A municipally owned and operated solid waste management and disposal system located within the county or adjoining counties operated under contract with the county whereby the county is provided access thereto, and the quorum court appropriates funds to defray the county's share of the cost of operating the facility;  (C) A privately owned solid waste management and disposal system located within the county or an adjoining county in which the county has entered into a contract providing access and services of the facilities for the use and benefit of the county under the terms of which the county's share of the operating cost is funded by an appropriation made by the quorum court of the county; or  (D) A solid waste collection and disposal system operated by two (2) or more counties or by one (1) or more counties and one (1) or more municipalities or operated by a private owner under a compact or agreement whereby each of the participating counties and municipalities has access to the facilities of the solid waste collection and disposal system and appropriates, through its governing body, funds to defray their respective shares of the cost of such facility;    (2) “Solid waste management system” means the entire process of storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste.
AR Code § 8-6-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-302. County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund

 There is established in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the “County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund”, to consist of such special or general revenues or other moneys that may be deposited therein as provided by the General Assembly, to be used for the purpose of providing financial assistance to counties in the manner provided in this subchapter and for the establishment, expansion, maintenance, and operation of county solid waste collection and disposal systems.
AR Code § 8-6-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-303. Allocation of funds to counties — Distribution formula

 All of the general revenues and special revenues and other funds deposited into the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during each fiscal year shall be allocated by the Treasurer of State to each of the several counties in the state. The fund shall be distributed to such counties only as provided in this subchapter, on the basis of seventy-five percent (75%) divided equally among the seventy-five (75) counties of the state and twenty-five percent (25%) on the basis of population according to the most recent federal decennial census, with each county to receive an allocation thereof in the proportion that its population bears to the total population of the state.
AR Code § 8-6-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-304. Eligibility to receive funds

 Before any county shall be eligible to receive its portion of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, the county, on or before the first day of the fiscal year, shall furnish the Treasurer of State the following information on forms to be developed by the Treasurer of State proof that:   (1) The county operates or is in the process of establishing a solid waste management system for that county and that the solid waste management system is available to serve the residents of the county and may be available for service to various cities and towns within the counties through interlocal agreements, compacts, or authorities;  (2) The quorum court of the county has established and approved a budget for the operation of the county solid waste management system for the fiscal year and has appropriated funds therefor in an amount sufficient to support not less than fifty percent (50%) of the costs of operating the solid waste management system. The funds appropriated therefor will be used solely for the cost of establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system, for the hiring of personnel, and for the acquisition of equipment and land required to operate the solid waste management system and disposal; and  (3) The amount of funds allocated to the county for such year under this subchapter will be used exclusively for establishing, operating, and maintaining the solid waste management system and meeting the requirements of this subchapter, including the acquisition of land and the acquisition, maintenance, repair, and operation of equipment used in connection with the operation of the solid waste management system.
AR Code § 8-6-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-305. Failure to use funds — Misuse of funds

 If any county fails during any fiscal year to expend an amount of county funds equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost of operating its solid waste management system or uses any of the state funds allocated thereof under the provisions of this subchapter for any purpose other than as intended by this subchapter, then the county shall be ineligible to receive moneys during the next following fiscal year from the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund, but may make reapplication for state assistance funds during the year next following thereafter, upon offering the appropriate assurances in writing that the county will meet the full requirements of the intent and purposes of this subchapter in the use of the funds.
AR Code § 8-6-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-306. Reapportionment of funds

 If any county fails to qualify for its proportionate share of the moneys in the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund during any fiscal year, then the moneys shall be reapportioned among the various counties which qualify to receive their proportionate share of the fund moneys during the fiscal year, in accordance with the distribution formula set forth in § 8-6-303. The Treasurer of State shall monthly distribute moneys to the eligible counties as authorized in this subchapter in the same manner as other county aid funds are distributed. The moneys shall be credited and used solely for the support and operation of the county solid waste management system.
AR Code § 8-6-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 3 - County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund|§ 8-6-307. Transfer of funds — Exemption

 (a) The moneys saved from Acts 1985, No. 994, which reduced contributions made by the state for state employees who are employed by a state agency funded, in whole or in part, with general revenues, shall be set aside and implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Treasurer of State in the amount and in accordance with procedures set forth in this section.  (b)  (1) Beginning the month after the month in which such reductions in retirement contributions occur, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the amount of the general revenue savings, by fund or fund account, based upon the previous month's payroll deductions for retirement contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System.  (2) During each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be transferred on his or her books and those of the Treasurer of State the amount of the monthly general revenue savings from each affected fund or fund account to the Revenue Holding Fund Account before the close of business on the last day of each month until an aggregate of five million dollars ($5,000,000) of general revenue savings during each fiscal year has been transferred to the Revenue Holding Fund Account from those sources, and monthly transfers of the general revenue savings to the Revenue Holding Fund Account shall cease for the remainder of that fiscal year.    (c) The Treasurer of State shall, after providing for the distribution of general revenues available for distribution, transfer the total amount of such general revenue savings as certified to the Treasurer of State by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State from the Revenue Holding Fund Account to the County Solid Waste Management System Aid Fund, to be used to make monthly distributions therefrom in the manner provided by law to the respective counties of this state to be used for the support of the county solid waste management system as provided in this subchapter.  (d) The Division of Correction is exempt from the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 8-6-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-401. Title

 This subchapter shall be cited and known as the “Litter Control Act”.
AR Code § 8-6-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-402. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to accomplish the control of litter, inoperative household appliances, and junk motor vehicles throughout the state by regulating their disposal. The intent of this subchapter is to add to existing litter control, removal, and enforcement efforts and not to terminate or supplant such efforts, as well as the compatible goal of improving the quality of life for all the citizens of Arkansas.
AR Code § 8-6-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-404. Disposition of fines collected

 All fines collected under §§ 8-6-406 — 8-6-408 shall be deposited as follows:   (1) If a municipality or county where the offense occurs is a certified affiliate of Keep Arkansas Beautiful or Keep America Beautiful, Inc., and participates in litter-control programs conducted by these organizations, then the moneys from fines collected for offenses in that jurisdiction shall be deposited, according to accounting procedures prescribed by law, into the city general fund or the county general fund to be used for the purpose of community improvement as determined by the municipal or county governing body; or  (2) If the municipality or county where the offense occurs is not a certified affiliate of Keep Arkansas Beautiful or Keep America Beautiful, Inc., or does not participate in litter-control programs conducted by these organizations, then the moneys from fines collected for offenses in those jurisdictions shall be remitted by the tenth day of each month to the Administration of Justice Funds Section of the Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration, on a form provided by the Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration, for deposit into the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Fund Account to be used by the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission, as appropriated by the General Assembly, for the purposes of encouraging litter prevention and anti-litter education and increasing awareness of litter law enforcement statewide.
AR Code § 8-6-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-405. Injunction

 In addition to all other remedies provided by this subchapter, the Division of Environmental Quality, the Attorney General, the prosecuting attorney of a county where any violation of any provision of this subchapter occurs, or any citizen, resident, or taxpayer of the county where a violation of any provision of this subchapter occurs may apply to the circuit court or the judge in vacation of the county where the alleged violation occurred for an injunction to restrain, prevent, or abate the maintenance and storage of litter, junk motor vehicles, old vehicle tires, or inoperative or discarded household appliances in violation of any provision of this subchapter.
AR Code § 8-6-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-407. Refuse hauling by uncovered vehicles

 (a) A person engaged in commercial or for-hire hauling who operates a truck or other vehicle within this state shall not transport litter, trash, or garbage unless the truck or other vehicle is covered to prevent its contents from blowing, dropping, falling off, or otherwise departing from the truck or other vehicle.  (b)  (1) A person operating his or her own truck or other vehicle to transport litter, trash, or garbage shall take reasonable steps to prevent its contents from blowing, dropping, falling off, or otherwise departing from the truck or other vehicle.  (2) However, a vehicle hauling predominately metallic material is not required to be covered if it is loaded in a manner that will prevent the material from falling or dropping from the vehicle.    (c)  (1)  (A) A person who violates this section upon conviction is guilty of a violation and shall be fined an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and is subject to community service under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section.  (B) A person who violates this section for a second or subsequent offense within three (3) years of a prior offense upon conviction is guilty of a violation and shall be fined an amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and is subject to community service under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section.    (2)  (A) In addition to any sentence provided for under this subsection, the court upon conviction shall impose the following penalty of community service:  (i) For a first offense, not more than eight (8) hours; or  (ii) For a second or subsequent offense, not more than twenty-four (24) hours.    (B) A person may also be required by the court as a part of his or her sentence to remove litter from alongside highways and other appropriate locations for any prescribed period.    (3) A person convicted of a violation of this section who fails to pay any fines assessed in accordance with the findings and orders of the court shall have his or her driver's license suspended for six (6) months by the Department of Finance and Administration upon receipt by the department of an order of denial of driving privileges from the court under this section.    (d)  (1) A person who violates this section and who is found to have committed the violation in furtherance of or as a part of a commercial enterprise, whether or not that commercial enterprise is the disposal of wastes, upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (2) A person convicted of commercial littering may be required to remove litter disposed of in violation of this subchapter.    (e) All or any portion of the fines, community service, and imprisonment penalties provided by this section may be suspended by the court if the violator agrees to remove litter from alongside highways and at other appropriate locations for a prescribed period.
AR Code § 8-6-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-408. Discarding certain items prohibited

 (a) It is unlawful for a person to place or cause to be placed any junk motor vehicle, old vehicle tire, or inoperative or abandoned household appliance, or part of a junk motor vehicle, old vehicle tire, or inoperative or abandoned household appliance upon the right-of-way of any public highway, upon any other public property, or upon any private property that he or she does not own, lease, rent, or otherwise control, unless it is at a salvage yard, a permitted disposal site, or at the business establishment of a demolisher.  (b) A person who violates this section upon conviction is guilty of:  (1) A violation for a first offense and shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and sentenced to one hundred (100) hours of community service; and  (2) A Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.
AR Code § 8-6-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-409. Prima facie evidence against drivers

 If the throwing, dumping, or depositing of litter was done from a vehicle, except a motor bus, it shall be prima facie evidence that the throwing, dumping, or depositing was done by the driver of the vehicle.
AR Code § 8-6-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-410. Notice to the public required

 The state shall erect signs containing pertinent portions of this subchapter along the public highways of this state and in all campgrounds and trailer parks, forestlands, and recreational areas, at all public beaches, and at other public places where persons are to be informed of the existence and content of this subchapter and the penalties for violating this subchapter’s provisions.
AR Code § 8-6-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-411. Litter receptacles

 The state shall place litter receptacles along public highways in appropriate numbers to provide motorists with convenient methods of litter disposal.
AR Code § 8-6-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act|§ 8-6-412. Enforcement generally. [Effective until May 1, 2020.]

 (a) All Arkansas-certified law enforcement officers:  (1) Shall enforce this subchapter;  (2) May issue citations to or arrest persons violating any provision of this subchapter; and  (3)  (A) May serve and execute all warrants, citations, and other process issued by the courts in enforcing this subchapter.  (B) In addition, mailing by registered mail of the process to the person's last known place of residence shall be deemed as personal service upon the person charged.      (b)  (1) Illegal dumps control officers licensed and certified in accordance with § 8-6-905 and code enforcement officers as defined by municipal ordinance may:  (A) Enforce this subchapter; and  (B) Issue citations to persons violating this subchapter.    (2) However, illegal dumps control officers licensed and certified in accordance with § 8-6-905 and code enforcement officers as defined by municipal ordinance shall not:  (A) Have the powers of arrest;  (B) Carry firearms; or  (C) Take any other official law enforcement actions.      (c)  (1) All certified law enforcement officers may serve and execute all warrants, citations, and other process issued by the courts in enforcing this subchapter.  (2) In addition, mailing by registered mail of the process to the person's last known place of residence shall be deemed as personal service upon the person charged.