Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 7, Subchapter 8 - Regulated Substance Storage Tanks
- § 8-7-801 - Definitions and Exceptions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Aboveground storage tank" means any one (1) or a combination of containers, vessels, and enclosures located aboveground,...
- § 8-7-802 - Department and Commission -- Powers and Duties.
(a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To promulgate, after notice and public hearing, and...
- § 8-7-803 - Regulations Generally.
Any regulations promulgated under this subchapter shall as much as possible be identical to and no more stringent than the federal regulations adopted by...
- § 8-7-804 - Procedures of Department Generally.
The procedure of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission for issuance of rules and regulations, conduct...
- § 8-7-805 - License Requirement.
(a) It shall be unlawful for an individual to certify the installation or testing of an underground storage tank unless the individual has been...
- § 8-7-806 - Penalties.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To violate any provision of this subchapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this...
- § 8-7-807 - Responsibility and Liability of Owner.
(a) (1) Upon a determination that a release of a regulated substance from a storage tank has occurred, the owner or operator shall notify...
- § 8-7-808 - Regulated Substance Storage Tank Program Fund.
There is hereby established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State...
- § 8-7-809 - Corrective Actions -- Orders of Director.
(a) Nothing in this subchapter or the regulations promulgated under this subchapter shall prevent any person from undertaking corrective action which would provide reasonable...
- § 8-7-810 - Insurance Pools.
(a) Owners or operators of storage tanks who are unable to demonstrate financial responsibility in the minimum amounts specified by the Arkansas Department of...
- § 8-7-811 - Trade Secrets.
(a) Any records, reports, or information obtained by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality or its employees in the administration of this subchapter, except...
- § 8-7-812 - Subchapter Controlling Over Other Laws.
(a) This subchapter shall supersede and preempt all local government laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to underground storage tanks, except for any applicable local...
- § 8-7-813 - Registration.
(a) All owners and operators of storage tanks must register their tanks as required by federal regulations and in accordance with the regulations adopted...
- § 8-7-814 - Delivery Prohibition.
(a) It shall be unlawful to deliver to, deposit into, or accept a regulated substance into an underground storage tank at a facility that...
- § 8-7-815 - [Repealed.]
- § 8-7-816 - Secondary Containment.
(a) (1) Each new underground storage tank or piping connected to any new underground storage tank installed after July 1, 2007, shall be secondarily...
- § 8-7-817 - Operator Training.
(a) All operators of underground storage tank systems shall complete training in the operation and maintenance of underground storage tank systems in accordance with...
Last modified: November 15, 2016