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AR Code § 8-6-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 9 - Licensing of Operators of Solid Waste Management Facilities|§ 8-6-905. Powers and duties

 (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, with the advice and assistance of the licensing committee, is given and charged with the power and duty to adopt rules implementing and effectuating such powers and duties of the Division of Environmental Quality and the committee under this subchapter as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter.  (b) The division is charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing this subchapter, with the advice and assistance of the committee, and is given and charged with the following powers and duties:  (1)  (A) To conduct examinations for licensing, which shall be held at least annually and more frequently as the commission shall deem necessary.  (B) This duty may be delegated by the division to the administrator of any approved course;    (2) To issue licenses to qualified solid waste management facility operators, to renew those licenses, to suspend or revoke the licenses for cause after due notice and opportunity for hearing, to issue one-year apprenticeship licenses to operators-in-training, and to issue provisional certificates; and  (3) To initiate enforcement actions or institute court proceedings, or both, to compel compliance with the provisions of this subchapter and rules issued under this subchapter.    (c) The committee shall:  (1) Conduct inquiries and establish findings necessary to advise the commission and the division on irregularities encountered in the management of the licensing program;  (2) Conduct inquiries and establish facts necessary to advise the commission and the division on the actions of licensees; and  (3) Recommend administrative sanctions, including, but not limited to, the suspension and revocation of licenses as necessary to promote the professional integrity of solid waste licensees.
AR Code § 8-6-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 9 - Licensing of Operators of Solid Waste Management Facilities|§ 8-6-906. Classification of licenses

 (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall classify solid waste management facility operator licenses, taking into account the type and complexity of the solid waste management facility, the character and volume of waste managed, the skill, knowledge, and experience reasonably required to successfully operate the solid waste management facility, and such other factors as the commission shall deem appropriate.  (b) The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, with the advice and assistance of the licensing committee, shall license persons according to their qualifications to successfully operate solid waste management facilities within the classifications established and effectuated by rules promulgated by the commission.
AR Code § 8-6-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 9 - Licensing of Operators of Solid Waste Management Facilities|§ 8-6-907. Licensing

 All operators in responsible charge of public and private solid waste management facilities shall be duly licensed and certified as competent by the Director of 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.
AR Code § 8-6-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 9 - Licensing of Operators of Solid Waste Management Facilities|§ 8-6-908. Licensing — Eligibility — Reciprocity

 (a)  (1) The Director of 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 thereto.  (2) Licenses shall be granted according to the classifications of operator licenses established in the rules promulgated by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.  (3) Licenses shall be valid for a period of one (1) year and, with the exception of the apprenticeship license, shall be renewable upon application if the applicant meets the renewal requirements established by commission rule. Provisional certificates shall be for a period of one (1) year, but may be extended if the director determines there is sufficient justification.    (b) All operators of solid waste management facilities within the state shall apply to the Division of Environmental Quality for a license.  (c) The director may, at his or her discretion, waive the requirements or any part of the requirements for formal examination of an applicant for a license if the applicant holds a valid license or certificate from another state in which the requirements for a license in the appropriate classification are at least equal to the requirements set forth in this subchapter and the rules issued pursuant thereto.  (d) The director shall issue an apprenticeship license to operators-in-training as established under this subchapter and in rules promulgated by the commission.  (e) The director may issue, at his or her discretion, a provisional certificate to any operator for just cause as established under this subchapter and in rules promulgated by the commission.
AR Code § 8-6-909 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 9 - Licensing of Operators of Solid Waste Management Facilities|§ 8-6-909. Fees

 (a) 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. These fees to be assessed per classification of certification shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for the initial cost of examination and license, fifty dollars ($50.00) for the cost of reciprocity review and license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for annual license renewal, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for provisional certificates, and a ten-dollar penalty for late renewal.  (b) All of the fees shall be deposited into the Division of Environmental Quality Fee Trust Fund, as established in § 8-1-105.
AR Code § 8-6-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 10 - Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund|§ 8-6-1001. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;  (2) [Repealed.]  (3) [Repealed.]  (4) “Landfill” means a landfill permitted under the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq., except a landfill 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;  (5) “Permittee” means any person holding a solid waste disposal permit as provided in the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq.;  (6) “Post-closure corrective action” means any measures deemed necessary by the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality to prevent or abate contamination of the environment from any landfill which has been certified as properly closed by the Division of Environmental Quality;  (7) “Solid waste” means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 U.S.C. § 1342 or source material, special nuclear material, or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Pub. L. No. 83-703;  (8) “Solid waste disposal permit” means a permit issued by the State of Arkansas under the provisions of the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq., for the construction and operation of a landfill waste disposal facility; and  (9) “Transporter” or “solid waste transporter” means any individual, corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, local solid waste authority, institution, county, city, town, or municipal authority or trust, venture, or other legal entity transporting solid waste within the state that is to be disposed of outside of the state.
AR Code § 8-6-1003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 10 - Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund|§ 8-6-1003. Landfill disposal fees

 (a)  (1) In addition to any other fee provided by law, there is imposed on each landfill permittee a landfill disposal fee of fifteen cents (15¢) for each uncompacted cubic yard of solid waste and thirty cents (30¢) for each compacted cubic yard of solid waste received at the landfill.  (2) If a landfill permittee is required or chooses to operate on a weight basis, the landfill disposal fee shall be one dollar ($1.00) for each one (1) ton (2,000 lbs.) of solid waste received at the landfill.    (b) The landfill permittee referenced in subsection (a) of this section shall use the weight basis in determining the fee for the disposal or transportation of ash.  (c) Solid waste collected during the annual Keep Arkansas Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful campaigns that are sponsored by the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission is exempt from the landfill disposal fee under this section.
AR Code § 8-6-1004 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 10 - Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund|§ 8-6-1004. Collection of fees

 Fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be collected as follows:   (1) Each landfill permittee and each solid waste transporter shall submit to the Division of Environmental Quality on or before January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year a quarterly report which accurately states the total weight or volume of solid waste received at the landfill or transported out of state during the previous quarter;  (2) On or before January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, each landfill permittee and solid waste transporter shall pay to the division the full amount of such disposal fees due for the previous quarter; and  (3) The disposal and transportation fees collected pursuant to this section shall be special revenues and shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund.
AR Code § 8-6-1005 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 10 - Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund|§ 8-6-1005. Penalties

 Failure of the permittee or solid waste transporter to pay the fees assessed by the Division of Environmental Quality shall provide grounds for administrative or civil enforcement action. Sanctions may include civil penalties as provided in the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq., or the revocation of the solid waste disposal or solid waste transporter permit.
AR Code § 8-6-1101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 11 - Landfill Service Areas|§ 8-6-1101. Findings

 The General Assembly makes the following findings:   (1) As of July 30, 1990, the landfill capacity in Arkansas stood at about four and three-tenths (4.3) years of landfill life for sixty-three (63) municipal solid waste landfills;  (2) The present landfill capacity in the State of Arkansas is inadequate, and a landfill capacity of at least ten (10) years should be developed for solid waste generated in this state in order to provide sufficient protection for the public health, welfare, and safety and to provide for the future development of the state;  (3) Adequate solid waste management planning has not been possible because of the lack of accurate statistics on industrial waste generation, landfill capacity, and use;  (4) Legislation has been introduced in this session of the General Assembly to:  (A) Require better reporting by industries using landfills;  (B) Assist the development of adequate landfill capacity through regional funding and grants; and  (C) Lengthen the usable life of existing landfills through recycling; and    (5) Temporary restrictions on the disposal of out-of-district solid waste should be imposed for the purpose of:  (A) Providing additional time for districts to obtain information necessary for regional planning;  (B) Encouraging districts to develop regional solid waste management solutions; and  (C) Developing a statewide and district landfill capacity of at least ten (10) years.
AR Code § 8-6-1102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 11 - Landfill Service Areas|§ 8-6-1102. Purpose — Construction

 (a) As directed by Acts 1989, No. 870, the Arkansas Solid Waste Fact Finding Task Force [expired] has presented its findings and proposals. The task force report identifies serious and chronic deficiencies in how solid waste is managed in this state. The report is accompanied by legislative proposals which reaffirm the state's commitment to regional solid waste management embodied in Acts 1989, No. 870, and aim, through extensive revision of current law, to make regionalization a reality. The report and the task force's legislative proposals demonstrate that the state does not have sufficient understanding or control of the overall solid waste stream to realize its goal of regional solid waste management, much less a responsible recycling and source reduction program. These goals cannot be attained if the waste streams assigned to the respective regional solid waste planning districts continue to change during the crucial planning and development stages.  (b) Federal law, 42 U.S.C. § 6941 et seq., has placed the burden of implementing regional solid waste management strategies upon the states. To this end, the General Assembly has embarked upon the difficult task of addressing the complex solid waste needs of the state on a regional basis. After giving due regard to all of the contingencies and exigencies inherent in planning a regional solid waste strategy, and after accommodating existing business expectations based upon waste streams originating from outside the Acts 1989, No. 870, regional solid waste planning districts, the General Assembly hereby enacts the following emergency measure as an essential component of its efforts to reform solid waste management in Arkansas.  (c) This subchapter should be given a liberal construction so as to effectuate its remedial intent.
AR Code § 8-6-1103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 11 - Landfill Service Areas|§ 8-6-1103. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Board” means a regional solid waste management board established pursuant to § 8-6-701 et seq., or a successor board to the powers of the board;  (2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;  (3) [Repealed.]  (4) “District” means a regional solid waste management district as established by § 8-6-701 et seq., or a successor district of a regional solid waste management district;  (5) “Landfill” means a permitted landfill under the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq.; and  (6) “Solid waste” means the same as provided by § 8-6-702.
AR Code § 8-6-1104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 11 - Landfill Service Areas|§ 8-6-1104. Transportation of solid waste outside district

 In any instance in which a landfill has a useful life of less than one and one-half (1½) years, the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality may authorize any city utilizing that landfill to transport solid waste outside the boundaries of the regional solid waste management district. Provided, however, in no instance shall that authority be extended after a landfill with a useful life in excess of one and one-half (1½) years becomes available within the district for accepting the solid waste of the city.
AR Code § 8-6-1201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1201. Legislative intent

 The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the public health and the state's environmental quality by establishing standards and promulgating rules by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission for the disposal of potentially harmful materials, specifically incinerator ash and petroleum-contaminated soils in a permitted landfill.
AR Code § 8-6-1202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1202. Exceptions

 The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to persons who produce incinerator ash with an input capacity of twelve (12) tons of materials or less per day or to a manufacturing facility which utilizes solid waste generated on the premises of that manufacturing facility in incinerators, boilers, or industrial furnaces.
AR Code § 8-6-1203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1203. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Incinerator ash” means any tangible residue resulting from the incineration of solid waste;  (2) “Monofill” means a waste disposal facility specifically designed for the sole disposal of incinerator ash;  (3) “Person” means any state agency, municipality, governmental subdivision of the state or the United States, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association, or other entity; and  (4) “Petroleum-contaminated soils” means those soils which have been physically, chemically, or biologically altered by gasoline, diesel, kerosene, heating oil, jet fuel, or any other petroleum product.
AR Code § 8-6-1204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1204. Powers and duties

 The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall have the following powers and duties:   (1) To adopt rules to meet the purposes of this subchapter;  (2) To adopt specific design and operational criteria for the operation of a monofill;  (3) To adopt criteria for the disposal of petroleum-contaminated soils in landfills; and  (4) To administer and enforce all laws and rules relating to this subchapter.
AR Code § 8-6-1205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1205. Adoption of disposal criteria — Petroleum-contaminated soils

 (a)  (1) Within eighteen (18) months after the date of enactment of this subchapter, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall, after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks, adopt criteria for the disposal of petroleum-contaminated soils in landfills that are permitted under the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq.  (2) In adopting such criteria, the commission shall follow the procedures applicable to the adoption of rules under § 8-4-202(a).    (b) The criteria adopted by the commission shall:  (1) Define the characteristics of the petroleum-contaminated soils that can be disposed of in permitted landfills;  (2) Define the characteristics of landfills suitable for receipt of petroleum-contaminated soils;  (3) Assure, to the extent practicable, that reasonable landfill capacity is available for disposal of petroleum-contaminated soils;  (4) Consider the financial impact of such criteria on small businesses which need to dispose of petroleum-contaminated soils;  (5) Consider whether affordable alternatives are available for the treatment or disposal of petroleum-contaminated soils; and  (6) Be protective of public health and the environment.    (c) The criteria adopted by the commission shall include a description of appropriate methods for collecting samples and conducting analyses of petroleum-contaminated soils that may be disposed of in permitted landfills to assure the representativeness of the soil mass.
AR Code § 8-6-1206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1206. Adoption of disposal criteria — Incinerator ash

 (a)  (1) On or before July 1, 1992, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall adopt criteria for the disposal of incinerator ash in landfills that are permitted under the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, § 8-6-201 et seq.  (2) In adopting such criteria, the commission shall follow the procedures applicable to the adoption of rules under § 8-4-202(a).    (b) The criteria adopted by the commission shall include, but not be limited to, the monofilling of incinerator ash.  (c)  (1) The monofill requirement created under this subchapter does not apply if the owner or operator demonstrates to the Division of Environmental Quality that the incinerator ash to be disposed of in the Class 1 landfill is received from incinerators that only combust yard waste or other natural vegetative debris, including vegetative storm debris, tree trimmings, and land-clearing debris.  (2) All other requirements adopted under this subchapter apply to the disposal of incinerator ash described in this subsection.  (3) As used in this subsection, “other natural vegetative debris” does not include any solid waste that can be classified as industrial, commercial, or construction and demolition waste.
AR Code § 8-6-1207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 8 - Environmental Law|Chapter 6 - Disposal of Solid Wastes and Other Refuse|Subchapter 12 - Disposal of Incinerator Ash and Petroleum-Contaminated Soils|§ 8-6-1207. Penalties

 Any person who violates the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to the civil penalties prescribed in § 8-6-204.