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19-5-1029. Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund.
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19-5-1029. Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund.
(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund”.
(b) The fund shall consist of application and permit fees for surface coal mining, there to be used by the Division of Environmental Quality only for the administration and enforcement of the Arkansas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act of 1979, § 15-58-101 et seq., and as the state's matching percentage share for any grants available to the state for the administration and enforcement of the state program as defined in § 15-58-104.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-5-1029
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19-5-1029. Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund.
(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Surface Coal Mining Operation Fund”.
(b) The fund shall consist of application and permit fees for surface coal mining, there to be used by the Division of Environmental Quality only for the administration and enforcement of the Arkansas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act of 1979, § 15-58-101 et seq., and as the state's matching percentage share for any grants available to the state for the administration and enforcement of the state program as defined in § 15-58-104.
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15-58-101. Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act of 1979”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-58-101
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15-58-104. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Affected governmental agency” means an agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental, social, or economic impact involved in the surface coal mining operation, or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards with respect to that operation;
(2) “Coal” means all forms of coal, including lignite;
(3) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission or any department, commission, bureau, or agency as shall lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of the commission;
(4) “Director” means the executive head and active administrator of the Division of Environmental Quality;
(5) “Division” means the Division of Environmental Quality or any department, bureau, commission, or agency that shall lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of that division;
(6) “Fund” means the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund administrated by the United States Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Pub. L. No. 95-87. Moneys from the fund may be received by the division through a grant from the United States Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the state abandoned mine reclamation program;
(7) “Imminent danger to the health and safety of the public” means the existence of any condition or practice, or any violation of a permit or other requirement of this chapter in a surface coal mining and reclamation operation, which condition, practice, or violation could reasonably be expected to cause substantial physical harm to persons outside the permit area before the condition, practice, or violation can be abated. A reasonable expectation of death or serious injury before abatement exists if a ration
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-58-104
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 15-58-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.