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AR Code § 15-56-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 56 - Mineral Lands And Interests|Subchapter 4 - Leases by Life Tenants|§ 15-56-409. Service of process on respondents — Hearing on petition

 Service of process shall be had upon the respondents in the manner provided by law as in other chancery cases, and the petition may be heard on oral testimony taken in open court.
AR Code § 15-56-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 56 - Mineral Lands And Interests|Subchapter 5 - Railways on Mineral Lands|§ 15-56-501. Short line roads authorized

 All persons owning or controlling by lease or purchase any copper, lead, zinc, iron, marble, stone, rock, granite, slate, coal, or other mineral lands in this state shall have the same right to incorporate, own, construct, and operate short lines of railway or tramway as necessary to the successful mining, quarrying, and marketing of coal, marble, stone, rock, granite, slate, and other minerals.
AR Code § 15-56-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 56 - Mineral Lands And Interests|Subchapter 5 - Railways on Mineral Lands|§ 15-56-502. Rights-of-way acquisition and operation

 All incorporations provided for shall:   (1) Be governed by the laws governing railway incorporations in this state; and  (2) Have the same right to acquire rights-of-way over, under, or through any private or public lands; have and exercise the same right of eminent domain in acquiring the right-of-way; and have the same authority to construct, own, lease, operate, or sell such lines of railway or tramway as may be necessary to the successful mining and marketing of coal and other minerals owned or controlled by mining corporations as is now by law granted to railroad corporations in this state.
AR Code § 15-56-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 56 - Mineral Lands And Interests|Subchapter 5 - Railways on Mineral Lands|§ 15-56-503. Rights, powers, and privileges of common carrier

 When so incorporated and constructed, short lines of railway and tramway shall be and are entitled to all the rights, powers, and privileges of a common carrier.
AR Code § 15-56-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 56 - Mineral Lands And Interests|Subchapter 5 - Railways on Mineral Lands|§ 15-56-504. Rights to connections, crossings, and transfer

 All such short lines of railway or tramway shall have the same rights and privileges of connections, crossings, sidings, switches, and transfer, without prejudice or discrimination, as are extended by custom or granted by law to railroad corporations in this state.
AR Code § 15-56-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 56 - Mineral Lands And Interests|Subchapter 5 - Railways on Mineral Lands|§ 15-56-505. Passenger equipment

 All short lines of railway or tramway not exceeding six (6) miles in length shall not be required to maintain passenger equipment. However, if at their option they carry passengers, they shall be subject to the laws governing passenger traffic on railroads in this state.
AR Code § 15-57-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Reclamation by Landowners|§ 15-57-201. Reclamation to be voluntary

 Any land reclamation or improvement conducted by the owner of lands pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be strictly on a voluntary basis. The reclamation or improvement shall not subject the lands or the owner to the provisions of the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] or any other reclamation laws of this state.
AR Code § 15-57-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Reclamation by Landowners|§ 15-57-202. Exemption from land reclamation laws

 (a) The owners of lands on which are situated open-cut mining pits that are not subject to the requirements of the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] or any other land reclamation laws of this state are authorized to make voluntary environmental or aesthetic improvements to reclaim or improve the lands and the open-cut mining pits thereon after first giving written notice of the proposed improvements to the Division of Environmental Quality.  (b) Any environmental or aesthetic reclamation or improvement of the lands shall not be construed to be open-cut mining as defined in the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] and shall not subject the lands, pits, or the owners thereof to the requirements of the provisions of the open-cut land reclamation laws of this state.
AR Code § 15-57-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Reclamation by Landowners|§ 15-57-203. Notice of proposed reclamation — Investigation

 (a) Any owner of such lands who wishes to make environmental or aesthetic improvements to reclaim or improve the lands, as authorized in this subchapter, shall file written notice thereof with the Division of Environmental Quality before entering upon the improvements.  (b) The purpose of the notice shall be to advise the division of the proposed reclamation or improvements to be made and to enable the division to make investigations necessary to assure that the owner of the lands does not engage in activities in connection with any reclamation or improvement project that would be in violation of The Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act, § 15-57-301 et seq.
AR Code § 15-57-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Reclamation by Landowners|§ 15-57-204. Quartz crystal mined on private property

 (a) A person who owns both the surface rights and subsurface rights of private property that mines quartz crystal on the private property shall remove topsoil and spoil and store it on the mining site separately for future reclamation needs.  (b) Upon completion of mining on private property, the private property owner shall:  (1) Leave the mining site in a condition that safeguards the mining site from trespass if any highwalls are left on the mining site; and  (2)  (A) Whenever possible:  (i) Backfill spoil into the pits;  (ii) Cover the mining site with topsoil; and  (iii) Revegetate the mining site to prevent pollution of the waters of the state.    (B) If the private property owner does not place spoil back into the final cut, the private property owner shall:  (i) Grade the spoil so that no slope is steeper than one foot (1') vertical to three feet (3') horizontal; and  (ii) Respread and revegetate the topsoil to prevent pollution of the waters of the state.
AR Code § 15-57-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as “The Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act”.
AR Code § 15-57-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-302. Declaration of policy

 It is declared to be the policy of this state to provide during and after completion of open-cut mining operations for the reclamation and restoration of affected lands to productive use, including, but not limited to, the planting of forests, the seeding of grasses and legumes for grazing purposes, the planting of crops for harvest, the enhancement of wildlife and aquatic resources, the establishment of recreational, home, and industrial sites, and the conservation, development, management, and appropriate use of all the natural resources of affected areas for compatible multiple purposes, in order to aid in maintaining or improving the tax base and protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the people as well as the natural beauty and aesthetic value in the affected areas of this state.
AR Code § 15-57-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-303. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Affected land” means the area of land where open-cut mining has been or is taking place or upon which spoil has been deposited or any other surface disturbance, including haul roads, processing and loading facilities, or appurtenances related to the mining operations on or after July 1, 1977, until the land is reclaimed;  (2) “Commercial purposes” means the sale of material from an open-cut mine as either a cash transaction, part of a contractual agreement involving payment for materials provided, or for use in another process to create a product with value;  (3) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or such commission or other entity as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of the commission;  (4) [Repealed.]  (5) [Repealed.]  (6) “Final cut” means the last pit created in an open-cut mined area;  (7) “High wall” means that side of the pit adjacent to unmined land;  (8) “Open-cut mining” means the surface extraction of clay, bauxite, sand, gravel, soil, shale, or other materials for commercial purposes;  (9) “Operator” means any person engaged in or controlling an open-cut mining operation;  (10) “Peak” means a projecting point of spoil created in the open-cut mining process;  (11) “Permit term” means the period of time beginning with the date upon which a permit is granted for open-cut mining of lands under the provisions of this subchapter and ending on the date requested by the operator and specified by the Division of Environmental Quality, though not to exceed five (5) years;  (12) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, company, public or private corporation, cooperative, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, political subdivision, or any agency, board, department, or bureau of the state or any other legal entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties;  (13) “Pit” means a tract of land where open-cut mining is taking place;  (14) “Reclamation for productive use” means conditioning areas affected by open-cut mining to make them suitable for any uses or purposes consistent with those enumerated in the declaration policy;  (15) “Ridge” means a lengthened elevation of spoil created in the open-cut mining process;  (16) “Right-of-way” means the portion of land over or under which certain facilities, including, but not limited to, roadways, pipelines, or power lines, are built; and  (17) “Spoil” means all waste material and debris connected with open-cut mining and with the mechanical removal, cleaning, and preparation of materials at the mine site.
AR Code § 15-57-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-304. Violations

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:  (1) Violate any provision of this subchapter or any rule or order of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or the Division of Environmental Quality issued pursuant to this subchapter;  (2) Engage in open-cut mining without a permit issued pursuant to this subchapter;  (3) Violate any conditions of a permit or reclamation plan issued pursuant to this subchapter;  (4) Knowingly make any false statement, representation, or certification, or knowingly fail to make a statement, representation, or certification in any application, plan, record, report, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this subchapter; or  (5) 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 subchapter.    (b) For the purposes of fines only, each day or part of a day during which the violation is continued or repeated shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 15-57-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-306. Administration

 The Division of Environmental Quality through the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, and any representatives designated by the director, shall administer and enforce the provisions of this subchapter, except for those provisions specifically designated to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.
AR Code § 15-57-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-307. Rules

 The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may adopt and promulgate rules necessary to administer the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-57-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-308. Technical and financial assistance

 The Division of Environmental Quality shall have the authority to cooperate with and receive technical and financial assistance from the United States, or any department, agency, or officer thereof, for any purposes relating to the reclamation of affected lands.
AR Code § 15-57-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-309. Entry on lands for inspection

 The Division of Environmental Quality or its designated representatives may enter upon the lands affected by open-cut mining at all reasonable times for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-57-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-312. Permit as state property

 Although issued to the operator, the permit is at all times the property of the State of Arkansas. Upon the expiration, suspension, or termination thereof, the operator shall promptly deliver the permit to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.
AR Code § 15-57-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-313. Withdrawal of land covered by permit

 An operator may withdraw any land covered by a permit, except affected land, by notifying the Division of Environmental Quality, in which case the penalty of the bond or substituted security filed by the operator pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be reduced proportionately.
AR Code § 15-57-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-314. Extension of permit

 Where the area for which a permit is in effect is not mined or where open-cut mining operations have not been completed during the permit term, the permit as to such area may be extended by the Division of Environmental Quality on the terms and conditions required by the division.
AR Code § 15-57-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-317. Bond forfeiture proceedings

 (a) The Division of Environmental Quality may institute proceedings to have the bond or substituted security of the operator forfeited for any of the following reasons, including, but not limited to:  (1) Failure to abate any violation of this subchapter or any rule promulgated thereunder;  (2) Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the open-cut mining permit or the bond;  (3) Failure to comply with any order of the division;  (4) Failure to reclaim any affected land in accordance with this subchapter; or  (5) Insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership of the operator.    (b) The division shall notify the operator in writing of the bond forfeiture, and the operator shall be given an opportunity for a hearing as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-57-318 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-318. Registration of existing open-cut mines

 The Division of Environmental Quality shall require registration of all existing unpermitted open-cut mines in which mining operations are not being conducted.
AR Code § 15-57-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act|§ 15-57-319. Land Reclamation Fund — Permit fee

 (a) A Land Reclamation Fund is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State. The Land Reclamation Fund shall consist of civil penalty and bond forfeiture amounts, gifts, grants, donations, and other funds as may be made available by the General Assembly, including all interest earned upon moneys deposited into the Land Reclamation Fund. The Division of Environmental Quality shall use the funds to accomplish reclamation of affected lands.  (b) All fees and any moneys collected as reimbursement for expenses, costs, and damages to the state under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited into the general revenue fund of the division and shall be used to defray the administrative and enforcement costs of this subchapter.  (c) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may by rule prescribe an annual permit fee on affected lands.
AR Code § 15-57-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 4 - Quarry Operation Reclamation, Operation, and Safe Closure|§ 15-57-401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation, and Safe Closure Act”.
AR Code § 15-57-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 4 - Quarry Operation Reclamation, Operation, and Safe Closure|§ 15-57-405. Notification of temporarily closed quarry

 (a) Quarry sites in which operations are only occasionally conducted and in which the operator anticipates future quarry activity can be shut down on a temporary basis. If so, the operator will file a notification of temporarily closed quarry with the Division of Environmental Quality, within thirty (30) days after an operation is closed. Full reclamation will not be required until no further additional quarrying is anticipated or the quarry is exhausted. All operational safeguards, as described in this subchapter, will remain in place as required until the quarry is exhausted. The notification of temporarily closed quarry will contain the following:  (1) Same information as notification of intent to quarry per § 15-57-404(a); and  (2) Right to temporarily close as follows:    (b) When an operator closes a quarry and fails to file a notification of temporarily closed quarry with the division within sixty (60) days, the division may levy a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) per day by citation until said notification is received. The maximum fine is five thousand dollars ($5,000).  (c) If a notification of temporarily closed quarry is not received within ninety (90) days of the issuance of the citation, the division may declare that the quarry is in default and require the operator to reclaim the site as per the bonding and reclamation requirements or the division may forfeit the bond and issue a contract to have the site reclaimed as per the reclamation requirements.    “I, operator of [quarry name], located at [legal description in County], have the legal right by deeds, leases, or other instruments to temporarily close this quarry operation until such time as it becomes necessary to reactivate this operation. I will comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations during this temporary closure and inactive status.”
AR Code § 15-57-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 4 - Quarry Operation Reclamation, Operation, and Safe Closure|§ 15-57-406. Notification of reactivated quarry

 Prior to resuming operation in a temporarily closed quarry, an operator will notify the Division of Environmental Quality by certified mail with a notification of reactivated quarry. This notification will consist of the resubmittal of the notification of intent along with any modifications required, necessary by changed conditions at the quarry site.
AR Code § 15-57-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally|Chapter 57 - Mining And Reclamation Generally|Subchapter 4 - Quarry Operation Reclamation, Operation, and Safe Closure|§ 15-57-407. Notification refiling required

 (a) Every five (5) years all notifications of intent to quarry and of temporarily closed quarry must be refiled with the Division of Environmental Quality by certified mail on or before the operator's anniversary date, with any modifications made necessary by changed conditions in the quarry site, such as changes in the affected acreage, majority ownership of the operator, changes in public roads and man-made structures adjacent to the quarry site, or new technology.  (b) For failure to refile a notification of intent or notification of temporarily closed quarry, divisional enforcement procedures, citations, and fines will be the same as for § 15-57-405.