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15-57-408. Notifications of exhausted quarry.
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15-57-408. Notifications of exhausted quarry.
(a) When a quarry becomes exhausted, the operator will notify the Division of Environmental Quality by registered mail that the quarry is an exhausted quarry. This notification will contain the following:
(1) Updated information as required for the notification of intent to quarry per § 15-57-404(a)(1);
(2) The beginning date of quarry reclamation must be within six (6) months of the notification of exhausted quarry;
(3) The anticipated date reclamation will be completed. All earthwork and revegetation must be completed within the specified time. If revegetation is not approved, the operator will have another year to complete seeding, as required; and
(4) The quarry reclamation map should contain the following:
(A) Identification of all planned roads, water impoundments, final walls, final floors, unconsolidated slopes, quarry rims, areas to be revegetated, berms, other man-made structures, and unaffected areas;
(B) The map shall show planned reclamation according to the requirements of the reclamation plan; and
(C) The affected land acreage to be reclaimed will be shown to the nearest acre.
(b) If the operator fails to notify the division of this change of status, the division will notify the operator by citation. The operator will then have sixty (60) days to file said notification and commence with plans to reclaim the quarry site as per the requirements of this subchapter.
(c) If the operator fails to file notification within the required sixty (60) days, the division may levy a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) per day by citation to the operator until notification is received by the division. The maximum fine is five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(d) If the operator fails to notify the division with
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-57-408
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15-57-408. Notifications of exhausted quarry.
(a) When a quarry becomes exhausted, the operator will notify the Division of Environmental Quality by registered mail that the quarry is an exhausted quarry. This notification will contain the following:
(1) Updated information as required for the notification of intent to quarry per § 15-57-404(a)(1);
(2) The beginning date of quarry reclamation must be within six (6) months of the notification of exhausted quarry;
(3) The anticipated date reclamation will be completed. All earthwork and revegetation must be completed within the specified time. If revegetation is not approved, the operator will have another year to complete seeding, as required; and
(4) The quarry reclamation map should contain the following:
(A) Identification of all planned roads, water impoundments, final walls, final floors, unconsolidated slopes, quarry rims, areas to be revegetated, berms, other man-made structures, and unaffected areas;
(B) The map shall show planned reclamation according to the requirements of the reclamation plan; and
(C) The affected land acreage to be reclaimed will be shown to the nearest acre.
(b) If the operator fails to notify the division of this change of status, the division will notify the operator by citation. The operator will then have sixty (60) days to file said notification and commence with plans to reclaim the quarry site as per the requirements of this subchapter.
(c) If the operator fails to file notification within the required sixty (60) days, the division may levy a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) per day by citation to the operator until notification is received by the division. The maximum fine is five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(d) If the operator fails to notify the division within sixty (60) days and the fine is in effect, then the division may declare the operator in default and order the operator to begin reclamation as required or the division may forfeit bond and issue a contract to have the site reclaimed as per the reclamation plan.
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15-57-404. Notification of intent to quarry.
(a)(1) Except for operators of quarries excluded by § 15-57-403(b), any operator desiring to engage in quarrying shall complete a notification of intent to quarry which when submitted to the Division of Environmental Quality by certified mail will entitle said operator to conduct quarry operations.
(2)(A) For all active quarries, as of January 1, 1998, a notification of intent must be on file or in process at the division.
(B) For all new quarries to be opened after January 1, 1998, a notification of intent must be on file or in process at the division before the operator may begin quarry operations.
(3) The notification shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(4) The submittal shall be an agreement between the operator and the division.
(5) The operator shall pay an annual fee to the division in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per acre of affected land, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per quarry.
(6) The notification of intent shall include one (1) copy of the following:
(A) The company name, officers, majority of ownership, on-site superintendents, addresses, name of quarry, phone numbers, anticipated start up and shut down dates;
(B) The following right to quarry, signed and notarized:
“I, the operator of [quarry name] located at [legal description in county], have the legal right by deeds, leases, or other instruments to conduct quarry operations for commercial and other purposes at this location. I will comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations in this operation. Company Name President Secretary”;
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(C) A location map which contains the following:
(i) A seven-and-a-half-foot topographic qua
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-57-404
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-57-404. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.