Arkansas Code Title 15, Subtitle 5, Chapter 57, 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".
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 15-57-304 - Violations.
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Violate any provision of this subchapter or any rule, regulation, or order of the...
• § 15-57-305 - Civil and Administrative Penalties.
  (a) Civil Penalties. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to institute a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to accomplish...
• § 15-57-306 - Administration.
  The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality through the Director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, and any representatives designated by the director, shall...
• § 15-57-307 - Rules and Regulations.
  The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this subchapter.
• § 15-57-308 - Technical and Financial Assistance.
  The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall have the authority to cooperate with and receive technical and financial assistance from the United States, or...
• § 15-57-309 - Entry on Lands for Inspection.
  The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality or its designated representatives may enter upon the lands affected by open-cut mining at all reasonable times for...
• § 15-57-310 - Necessity of Permit -- Effective Date.
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any operator to engage in open-cut mining without first obtaining from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality a...
• § 15-57-311 - Application for Permit -- Fee -- Bond.
  (a) Any person desiring to engage in open-cut mining shall make written application to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for a permit. The...
• § 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...
• § 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 Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, in which case...
• § 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...
• § 15-57-315 - Duties of Operator.
  Any operator of an open-cut mine will be subject to the following requirements with respect to the mining and reclamation of the site: (1)...
• § 15-57-316 - Bond of Operator.
  (a) (1) (A) Any bond provided in this subchapter to be filed with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality by the operator shall be...
• § 15-57-317 - Bond Forfeiture Proceedings.
  (a) The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality may institute proceedings to have the bond or substituted security of the operator forfeited for any of...
• § 15-57-318 - Registration of Existing Open-Cut Mines.
  The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall require registration of all existing unpermitted open-cut mines in which mining operations are not being conducted.
• § 15-57-319 - Land Reclamation Fund -- Permit Fee.
  (a) A Land Reclamation Fund is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and Chief Fiscal Officer of the...
• § 15-57-320 - Exemptions.
  (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require any agent or employee of a county or municipal government or a landowner selling...
• § 15-57-321 - [Repealed.]

Last modified: November 15, 2016