Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 6, Subchapter 7 - Regional Solid Waste Management Districts and Boards

• § 8-6-701 - Purpose -- Legislative Findings -- Construction.
  The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the public health and the state's environmental quality by establishing regional solid waste management and planning....
• § 8-6-702 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Board" or "regional board" means a regional solid waste management board established pursuant to this subchapter; (2) "Commission"...
• § 8-6-703 - Creation of Districts and Boards -- Members of Boards.
  (a) (1) (A) The eight (8) regional solid waste planning districts created by Acts 1989, No. 870, and each solid waste service area created...
• § 8-6-704 - Boards -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) The regional solid waste management boards have the following powers and duties: (1) To collect data, study, and initially evaluate the solid waste...
• § 8-6-705 - Needs Assessments.
  (a) All needs assessments required by this subchapter are subject to review and approval for completeness by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.(b) Failure...
• § 8-6-706 - Solid Waste Landfill and Transfer Station Permits.
  (a) (1) Before an application for a permit is submitted to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, an applicant for a solid waste landfill...
• § 8-6-707 - Creation of New Regional Districts.
  (a) (1) (A) After notification of the appropriate regional board or boards, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may designate a county or...
• § 8-6-708 - Procedures and Regulations.
  The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission is authorized to prescribe procedures and regulations: (1) To guide the initial and continued organization and operation...
• § 8-6-709 - Agreements Implementing Subchapter.
  (a) Any regional solid waste management board may enter into agreements for the specific purpose of implementing this subchapter.(b) Any such agreement shall specify...
• § 8-6-710 - Solid Waste Management Responsibility.
  (a) (1) Each regional solid waste management board shall be the governmental entity primarily responsible for providing a solid waste management system for the...
• § 8-6-711 - District Solid Waste Management System.
  (a) A district is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in facilities...
• § 8-6-712 - Regulation of Solid Waste Disposal.
  (a) A district which has an approved solid waste management plan may: (1) (A) Require, by regulation or other legal means, that solid waste...
• § 8-6-713 - Restriction on Local Government Bonds and Pledges.
  (a) Unless approved by the regional solid waste management board, no municipality, county, improvement district, or sanitation authority within the regional solid waste management...
• § 8-6-714 - Rents, Fees, and Charges.
  (a) (1) (A) A regional solid waste management board may fix, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges of no more than two dollars...
• § 8-6-715 - Eminent Domain.
  (a) In the event that necessary lands needed for the accomplishment of the purposes authorized by this chapter cannot be acquired by negotiation, any...
• § 8-6-716 - Regional Needs Assessment.
  (a) (1) (A) (i) Each regional solid waste management board created pursuant to this subchapter shall prepare a regional needs assessment evaluating the solid...
• § 8-6-717 - [Repealed.]
• § 8-6-718 - Waste Tire Collection Center.
  Beginning July 1, 1993, each regional solid waste management board shall establish a waste tire collection center at which residents of the district may...
• § 8-6-719 - Regional Composting Program.
  (a) Each regional solid waste management board shall establish a program for the composting of yard waste.(b) Each board shall establish a pilot program...
• § 8-6-720 - Opportunity to Recycle -- Recyclable Materials Collection Centers.
  (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 1992, each regional solid waste management board shall ensure that its residents have an opportunity to recycle. "Opportunity to...
• § 8-6-721 - Licensing Haulers of Solid Waste.
  (a) A person who engages in the business of hauling solid waste must obtain a license from the regional solid waste management board if:...
• § 8-6-722 - Penalties.
  Any person who violates this subchapter or any regulation of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or of a regional solid waste management...
• § 8-6-723 - Alternative Formation of Original Districts.
  (a) (1) In lieu of forming a regional solid waste management district under any other provision of this subchapter, a regional solid waste management...
• § 8-6-724 - Regional Standards.
  Regional solid waste management boards may adopt more restrictive standards for the location, design, construction, and maintenance of solid waste disposal sites and facilities...

Last modified: November 15, 2016