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AR Code § 15-21-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 5 - Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board|§ 15-21-502. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Agency” means any agency or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas that utilizes geographic information systems data;  (2) “Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office” means the office that provides administrative and technical support to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, including, but not limited to, staff, hardware, software, and representation;  (3) “Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure” means the combination of state framework data, data repository, or GeoStor, distribution mechanisms, and the staff and organizational structures necessary to accomplish these activities;  (4) “Digital basemap” means a computerized representation of map information;  (5) “Digital cadastre” means the storage and manipulation of computerized representations of parcel maps and linked parcel databases;  (6) “Framework data” means commonly needed data themes developed, maintained, and integrated by public and private organizations within a geographic area. These data themes include, but are not limited to, digital cadastre, public land survey system, elevation, geodetic control, governmental units, hydrography, orthoimagery, transportation, soils, and geology;  (7) “Metadata” means a description of the content, ancestry and source, quality, database schema, and accuracy of digital map data;  (8) “Spatial data” means information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the earth. This information may be derived from, among other things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying technologies;  (9) “Spatial data repository” means the physical location and content of the state's consolidated spatial data;  (10) “State Chief Technology Officer” means the Director of the Division of Information Systems;  (11) “State Geodetic Advisor” means the coordinator of the state's network of geodetic control monuments;  (12) “State Geographic Information Officer” means the person who provides administrative and technical support to the board; and  (13) “State of Arkansas Enterprise Architecture” means the same as the definition set out at § 25-4-103(16).
AR Code § 15-21-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 5 - Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board|§ 15-21-506. Procurement procedure — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “technical and general services” means the same as defined in § 19-11-203.  (b) In the purchase of technical and general services associated with the creation, development, and maintenance of framework data, the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office may issue requests for proposals with technical specifications to be developed by the office.
AR Code § 15-21-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 6 - Earthquake Activity|§ 15-21-601. Legislative intent

 It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:   (1) Earthquake activity in Arkansas has never been closely monitored by a local network of seismic stations and that the realistic assessment of seismic hazards in this state can only be accomplished by long-term local monitoring of earthquake activity in this state;  (2) Although the monitoring systems operated by St. Louis University and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis have provided a great deal of information for risk assessment in the New Madrid seismic zone, the need for monitoring within Arkansas has become apparent;  (3) It would be most beneficial to the residents of this state for a collaborative program to be established between St. Louis University, the University of Memphis, and the Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in order to coordinate efforts and prevent duplication;  (4) The Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer is ideally located to handle the logistics of installing and maintaining a network of seismic monitoring stations within this state and is committed to offering the necessary personnel and facilities to efficiently handle the undertaking; and  (5) The focus will be on establishing long-term, continuous monitoring of earthquake activity in Arkansas in order to provide reliable data for a realistic seismic hazard assessment, and it is the intent of this subchapter to accomplish that purpose.
AR Code § 15-21-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 6 - Earthquake Activity|§ 15-21-602. Arkansas Seismological Observatory

 (a) The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is directed to establish the Arkansas Seismological Observatory as a part of the Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer.  (b) The observatory shall:  (1) Monitor earthquake activity throughout the state;  (2) Assist in emergency planning and in providing early warning;  (3) Provide public education regarding earthquake hazards;  (4) Provide information useful for earthquake hazard mitigation;  (5) Provide the scientific community with relevant data;  (6) Provide real-time, immediate data regarding seismic activity to government agencies such as the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, the Arkansas Geological Survey, and critical facilities that operate in the region such as Arkansas Nuclear One, the National Center for Toxicological Research, and the Army Nerve Gas Facility; and  (7) Establish a collaborative relationship with St. Louis University and the University of Memphis in order to coordinate efforts and prevent duplication of effort.
AR Code § 15-21-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 6 - Earthquake Activity|§ 15-21-603. Seismic network for monitoring earthquake activity

 The seismic network operated by the Arkansas Seismological Observatory should initially consist of at least ten (10) stations installed at remote locations with the central recording station located on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The complete monitoring network should be established over a five-year period to allow for technological upgrades so that state-of-the-art seismological equipment will be utilized appropriately throughout the network.
AR Code § 15-22-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-201. Declaration of policy

 (a) It is in the best interest of the people of the State of Arkansas to have a water policy that recognizes the vital importance of water to the prosperity and health of both people and their natural surroundings.  (b) Preserving water of a sufficient quality and quantity will allow Arkansas to be known both as a natural state and a land of opportunity where agriculture, industry, tourism, and recreation will remain strong for future generations.  (c) It is declared to be the policy of the State of Arkansas to encourage best management practices and reliable data to provide scientific methods for managing and conserving water for future use in recognition of the facts that:  (1) Arkansas has annual rainfall providing surplus surface water for the use of persons in this state, while continuing to provide water for wildlife habitat, recreation, industry, agriculture, and commerce;  (2) In many instances much of this surplus water is now underutilized;  (3) The groundwater supplies of the state are being used at a rate that will result in valuable water aquifers being destroyed, harming both the general public and the private property rights of those owning property in this state; and  (4) Surface water and ground water supplies must be managed together for maximum effect.    (d) It is declared to be the purpose of this subchapter to permit and regulate the construction of facilities to use surplus surface water in order to, without limitation:  (1) Protect critical groundwater supplies that are a significant source of the drinking water supply for thousands of people in Arkansas;  (2) Protect the rights of all persons equitably and reasonably interested in the use and disposition of water;  (3) Maintain healthy in-stream flows for all streams and rivers;  (4) Prevent harmful overflows and flooding; and  (5) Conserve the natural resources of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 15-22-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;  (2) “Conservation district” means conservation districts created under the Conservation Districts Law, § 14-125-101 et seq.;  (3) “Diffused surface water” means water occurring naturally on the surface of the ground other than in natural channels, lakes, or ponds;  (4) “District” means a conservation district or regional water district;  (5) “Domestic use” means the use of water for ordinary household purposes, including human consumption, washing, watering of domestic livestock, poultry, and animals, and watering of home gardens for consumption by the household;  (6) “Minimum streamflow” means the quantity of water required to meet the largest of the following instream flow needs as determined on a case-by-case basis:  (A) Interstate compacts;  (B) Navigation;  (C) Fish and wildlife;  (D) Water quality; and  (E) Aquifer recharge;    (7) “Ordinary high watermark” means the line delimiting the bed of a stream from its bank, that line at which the presence of water is continued for such length of time as to mark upon the soil and vegetation a distinct character;  (8) “Person” means any natural person, partnership, firm, association, cooperative, municipality, county, public or private corporation, and any state or local governmental agency;  (9) “Regional water district” means a regional water distribution district created under The Regional Water Distribution District Act, § 14-116-101 et seq.; and  (10) “Stream” means a stream of water and its channel, including springs, lakes, or marshes in which the stream originates or through which it flows, where the stream flows in a reasonably definite channel, excluding a depression, swale, or gully, through which diffused surface water flows.
AR Code § 15-22-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-203. Cumulative effect

 (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall be cumulative of all existing statutes of this state with respect to matters governed by this subchapter and shall not be construed to repeal any statute or provision thereof.  (b) However, the construction and maintenance of a dam in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter shall be lawful, and no work for the construction of a dam on any stream shall be done without a permit from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission issued in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-204. Penalties — Enforcement

 (a)  (1) Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.  (2) For a continuing offense, each day during which the offense is committed shall be considered a separate violation.    (b) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall enforce its rules and orders by any or all of the following means:  (1) Revocation of any permit or suspension from any program administered by the commission;  (2) Suit for injunction or for damages, or both; and  (3) Civil penalties not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).    (c) All penalties received shall go to the Arkansas Water Development Fund.
AR Code § 15-22-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-205. Powers of commission regarding waters

 (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall have the power to:  (1) Issue permits for the construction of dams to impound water;  (2) Issue certificates of registration of water diverted from streams; and  (3) Make allocations among persons taking water from streams during periods of shortage, to the extent and in the manner provided by law.    (b) To that end, the commission shall conduct hearings and promulgate rules and orders under the procedure prescribed in this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-206. Procedure for making rules and orders — Meetings

 (a)  (1)  (A) No rule or order, including a change, renewal, or extension thereof, shall be made by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission except after reasonable notice and public hearing with respect thereto.  (B) If matters to be considered at a meeting are of general application throughout the state, the meeting shall be held in Little Rock, and notice with respect thereto shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the state.  (C) If the purpose of the meeting relates only to waters within one (1) county, that meeting shall be held in the county involved, and notice of the meeting shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in that county.  (D) If the purpose of the meeting is with respect to waters in more than one (1) county, the meeting shall be held in one (1) of those counties, and notice shall be published in one (1) or more newspapers which together have general circulation in all of the counties involved.    (2) The notice, with respect to any meeting, shall state the time and place at which the meeting will be held and the matters to be considered by the commission at that meeting.    (b)  (1) If the commission elects to give notice to any person by personal service, the service shall be made by the county sheriff of the county in which the meeting is to be held, by one (1) of his or her deputies, or by any agent of the commission.  (2) Proof of service shall be by the affidavit of the person making personal service.    (c)  (1) Each rule and order made by the commission shall be in writing and shall be entered in full in a book to be kept by the commission for such a purpose. The book shall be a public record and be open to inspection at all times during reasonable office hours.  (2) A copy of any such rule or order, certified by a member of the commission or the Director of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state with the same effect as the original.
AR Code § 15-22-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-207. Administration of oath to witnesses

 Any member of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, or the commission's designee, may administer an oath to any witness in any hearing, investigation, or proceeding under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-208. Subpoenas — Refusal to testify

 (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission or any member thereof is empowered to issue a subpoena for any witness to require his or her attendance and the giving of testimony before the commission and to require the production of books, papers, and records in any proceeding before the commission which may be material to questions lawfully before the commission.  (b) The subpoena shall be served by:  (1) The county sheriff of the county in which the person subpoenaed resides;  (2) The county sheriff's deputy; or  (3) Any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state.    (c) If any person fails or refuses to comply with a subpoena issued by the commission or any member thereof or refuses to testify or answer to any matter regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, the circuit court of the county in which the person is domiciled, on application of the commission, may:  (1) In term time or vacation, issue an attachment for the person;  (2) Compel him or her to:  (A) Comply with the subpoena;  (B) Appear before the commission;  (C) Produce the documents; and  (D) Give his or her testimony upon such matters as may be lawfully required; and    (3) Punish for contempt any person who fails to obey any such order, as in a case of disobedience of a like subpoena issued by or from that court or for refusal to testify therein.    (d) With respect to any such person who is not domiciled in Arkansas, the circuit court of the county in which the hearing involved is being held or is to be held shall have jurisdiction.
AR Code § 15-22-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-209. Appellate review

 Any person affected by any rule or order made by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission or action taken may obtain review of such an action pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 15-22-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-211. Permits — Application

 (a) The applicant for a dam construction permit shall file with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission upon a form prescribed by the commission an application accompanied by plans and specifications for the construction and manner of operation and maintenance of the dam.  (b) The commission shall examine the plans and specifications of the dam and conduct other necessary investigations for the granting or denial of the permit, including inspection of the site of the proposed construction.  (c) The application for a dam construction permit shall be accompanied by the dam permit application review fee as specified in § 15-22-219.
AR Code § 15-22-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-212. Permits — Notice of application — Hearing

 (a)  (1) Upon receipt of the application and before granting or denying the permit, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall cause notice of the filing thereof to be published for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in each county wherein the dam and area necessary for the impounding of water by means thereof is located.  (2) The notice, with reasonable definiteness, shall describe the size and location of the proposed dam and reservoir and shall call upon all interested persons having questions or objections pertaining thereto and desiring public hearing thereon to make their questions or objections known within twenty (20) days after publication of the notice to the commission in writing, including their names and post office addresses.    (b)  (1) Upon the expiration of twenty (20) days after the notice provided in subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall grant the permit.  (2) However, should a hearing be requested as provided in subsection (a) of this section or desired by the commission, the commission shall schedule a public hearing and, by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall notify the applicant and all interested persons of the date, time, and place thereof, after which it shall either grant or, for good cause shown, deny the permit.
AR Code § 15-22-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-213. Permits — Modification or cancellation

 Any permit or an extension thereof issued by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may be modified or cancelled by order of the commission after notice and hearing upon the failure of the person holding the permit to maintain the dam adequately or to comply substantially with any condition of the permit with respect to its operation.
AR Code § 15-22-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 2 - Allocation and Use Generally|§ 15-22-214. Exemptions

 (a) No permit shall be required for any dam which impounds less than fifty (50) acre-feet of water or is of a height less than twenty-five feet (25').  (b) No permit shall be required for any dam the height of which is at or below the ordinary high water mark on the stream.  (c) A permit shall be required of a dam exempted from a permit under subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section if, upon petition by persons affected and after notice and hearing, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission determines that the proposed dam would pose a significant threat to life or property.