Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 1009 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/3/25 H4/9/25 S4/14/25 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1762 3
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By: Representatives Hall, Puryear, Gramlich, J. Richardson, Rose, Crawford 5
By: Senator J. Petty 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO REQUIRE REVOCATION OF A PERMIT FOR THE 9
DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN AN AGRICULTURAL OR 10
PASTORAL APPLICATION FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF 11
VIOLATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO REQUIRE REVOCATION OF A PERMIT FOR 16
THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN AN 17
AGRICULTURAL OR PASTORAL APPLICATION FOR 18
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 8 -4-103, concerning criminal, civil, and 23
administrative penalties under the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control 24
Act, is amended to add an additional subsection to read as follows: 25
(m)(1) If a person permitted to manage industrial wastewater residuals 26
by land application violates a permit issued under this subchapter resulting 27
in an over-application or a precipitation related surface land application, 28
the Division of Environmental Quality shall assess the maximum allowable 29
penalty as identified in subsection (c) of this section for each violation. 30
(2) As used in this subsection, "surface land application" means 31
the spraying, spreading, or incorporating of waste into or onto the land, 32
excluding injection of waste into the land. 33
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SECTION 2. DO NOT CODIFY. Land application of industrial wastewater 35
residuals rule. 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 H4/9/25 S4/14/25 HB1762
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(a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall begin 1
the process to promulgate a rule to authorize no -discharge land application 2
permits of industrial waste. 3
(b) Until the rule described under subsection (a) of this section is 4
effective, the Division of Environmental Quality shall continue the same 5
processes and procedures regarding land application permits. 6
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APPROVED: 4/22/25 11
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