Arkansas Administrative Code

8 CAR § 62-103. Definitions. The following terms shall have the same meaning when used in this part as established by the acts unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; (2) “Director” means the Director of…

8 CAR § 62-201. The Division of Environmental Quality. (a) The Division of Environmental Quality shall be charged with the: (1) Responsibility of enforcing the acts; (2) Administration of the solid waste management facility operator licensing program, with the advice and assistan…

8 CAR § 62-202. Solid Waste Licensing Committee. (a) The Solid Waste Licensing Committee authorized by Arkansas Code § 8-6-904, as amended, is to advise and assist the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission and the Division of Environmental Quality in the administratio…

8 CAR § 62-301. Licensing classifications. (a) The Division of Environmental Quality shall license persons according to their qualifications to successfully operate solid waste management facilities. (b)(1) This subpart establishes three (3) licensing classifications with levels …

8 CAR § 62-302. Class 1 license — Material recycling facility, solid waste recovery facility, solid waste processing facility, composting facility, transfer station, municipal solid waste incinerator, or municipal solid waste disposal facility. (a) A Class 1 license is a license …

8 CAR § 62-303. Special provisions allowed for transfer stations. (a) In instances of multiple transfer stations being owned and operated by a duly authorized solid waste management district within this state, county government within this state, municipality within this state, o…

8 CAR § 62-304. Class 2 license — Class 3 or Class 4 landfills. (a) Class 2A license. (1) The Class 2A license is a renewable apprenticeship license. (2) It shall encompass operational knowledge needed for the waste screening, handling, and processing aspects of the solid waste m…

8 CAR § 62-305. Class 3 license — Waste tire processing facility or other related solid waste management facility. (a) A Class 3 license is a license for the operation/management of a waste tire processing facility or other related solid waste management facility. (b)(1) A Class …

8 CAR § 62-401. Certification of environmental officers. (a)(1) The Division of Environmental Quality shall certify persons according to their: (A) Qualifications as specified in Arkansas Code § 8-7-2001 et seq.; (B) Qualifications to successfully perform the duties of environmen…

8 CAR § 62-501. Sources of training — Operators. For purposes of this part, training requirements for operators may be, at a minimum, acquired from the following sources, provided that such training course, presentation, demonstration, workshop, seminar, or other agenda items rec…

8 CAR § 62-502. Continuing education — Operators. (a) All licenses issued under subpart 3 of this part require a minimum of twelve (12) hours of approved solid waste training biennially for continuing education. (b) This continuing education requirement must be met for license re…

8 CAR § 62-503. Sources of training — Environmental officers. For purposes of this part, training requirements for environmental officers may be, at a minimum, acquired from the following sources, provided that such training course, presentation, demonstration, workshop, seminar,…

8 CAR § 62-504. Continuing education — Environmental officers. (a) All certificates issued under Subpart 4 of this part require an annual minimum of six (6) hours of continuing environmental enforcement education from an approved environmental officer training program. (b) The Di…

8 CAR § 62-601. Request for examination. Any person desiring to take an examination for which they are otherwise eligible and are unable to attend a scheduled examination established by the Division of Environmental Quality under 8 CAR § 62-201 may schedule a date by filing a req…

8 CAR § 62-602. License renewal. (a)(1) All operator licenses are subject to biennial renewal. (2) Biennial licensing periods run from January 1 through December 31. (3) All licenses shall be renewable upon application if applicants meet the renewal requirements set forth by the …

8 CAR § 62-603. Lapsed license and reinstatement. (a) Pursuant to strict compliance with Arkansas Code § 17-1-107, a person can seek reinstatement of a lapsed license. (b) Any operator whose license has lapsed for a period of over three (3) months shall be required to take a new …

8 CAR § 62-604. Revocation of license. (a) The Division of Environmental Quality, with the advice and the assistance of the Solid Waste Licensing Committee, may revoke or suspend licenses for cause, or impose sanctions against the license of an operator provided that: (1) The div…

8 CAR § 62-605. Reciprocity and provisional certificate. (a) The Division of Environmental Quality shall issue a comparable operator license without additional course hours or examination to any applicant who holds a current operator license in good standing in any state, territo…

8 CAR § 62-606. Apprenticeship license. Within one hundred eighty (180) days of employing an unlicensed operator, the solid waste management facility shall compel the operator-in-training to comply with the requirements of the desired Level A apprenticeship program as established…

8 CAR § 62-607. Multiple licenses. (a) Operators may opt to hold more than one (1) classification of license. (b) The licensing requirements for each license must be met, although overlapping requirements do not have to be duplicated. (c) One (1) approved course consisting of a m…

8 CAR § 62-608. Provisional certificate. (a)(1) The Division of Environmental Quality may issue, at its discretion, a provisional license to any operator who can show just cause. (2) Provisional certificates shall be for a one-year period but may be renewed or extended for just c…

8 CAR § 62-701. Environmental Compliance Resource Program. The Director of the Division of Environmental Quality or his or her designee shall develop, implement, and administer the Environmental Compliance Resource Program.

8 CAR § 62-702. Program coordinator. (a)(1) The Division of Environmental Quality shall designate at least one (1) employee as a program coordinator. (2) A program coordinator shall obtain the equivalent academic training and pass the equivalent test as an environmental officer. …

8 CAR § 62-703. Request for examination. Any person desiring to take an examination for which they are otherwise eligible and are unable to attend a scheduled examination established by the Division of Environmental Quality under 8 CAR § 62-201 may schedule a date by filing a req…

8 CAR § 62-704. License renewal. (a)(1) All environmental officer licenses are subject to annual renewal. (2) Annual licensing periods commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of that same year. (3) Environmental officers who meet the renewal requirements set forth by the Ark…

8 CAR § 62-705. Lapsed license and reinstatement. (a) Pursuant to strict compliance with Arkansas Code § 17-1-107, a person can seek reinstatement of a lapsed license. (b) Any environmental officer whose license has lapsed for a period of over six (6) months will be required to t…

8 CAR § 62-706. Revocation of license. (a) The program coordinator, as described in 8 CAR § 62-702, may revoke or suspend licenses for cause, or impose sanctions against the license of an environmental officer, provided that: (1) The Division of Environmental Quality finds that t…

8 CAR § 62-707. Multiple licenses. (a) Environmental officers may opt to hold both a solid waste management facility operator license and an environmental officer license. (b) The licensing requirements for each of these respective licenses must be obtained annually. (c) An appro…

8 CAR § 62-708. Reciprocity and provisional certificate. (a)(1) The Division of Environmental Quality shall issue a comparable license of an environmental officer, without additional course hours or examination, to any applicant who holds a current environmental officer license i…

8 CAR § 62-801. Promulgation of uniform environmental citation form and affidavit of dismissal. (a) Uniform environmental citation form. (1) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 8-6-2009, the Division of Environmental Quality has submitted a universal environmental citation form. (2) The …

8 CAR § 62-901. Description. This part shall be effective ten (10) days after filing with the Secretary of State, the Arkansas State Library, and the Bureau of Legislative Research following adoption by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.

8 CAR § 63-101. Scope. This part contains the rules and procedures for the establishment or designation of adequate recyclable materials collection centers or systems in counties in the State of Arkansas.

8 CAR § 63-102. Authority. This part is issued by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission pursuant to Arkansas Code § 8-6-701 et seq.

8 CAR § 63-103. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to establish, as required by Arkansas Code § 8-6-720(b), minimum requirements for adequate recyclable materials collection centers or systems that are convenient for persons to use and that will provide citizens of the State of…

8 CAR § 63-104. Severability. If any provision of this part or the application thereof to any person is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this …

8 CAR § 63-105. Definitions. For the purpose of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) “Board” or “regional board” means a regional solid waste management board established pursuant to Arkansas Code § 8-6-701 et seq.; (2) “Centers of commerce” means locations where resid…

8 CAR § 63-201. Duties of boards. (a) As required by Arkansas Code § 8-6-720, each regional solid waste management board shall provide residents of its district the opportunity to recycle by establishing or designating in each county of the district at least one (1) collection ce…

8 CAR § 63-301. Location. (a) Collection centers shall be located in or near each county's centers of commerce, to be situated at convenient waste transfer or disposal facilities, or at existing recycling facilities or intermediate processors, whether public, private, or nonprofi…

8 CAR § 63-302. Operating hours. Collection centers shall be open a minimum of eight (8) hours per month during nontraditional working hours, with operational hours otherwise not limited.

8 CAR § 63-303. Quality control. (a) Collection centers shall be attended by paid workers or volunteers on a periodic basis to ensure quality control of the recyclables collected and the dissemination of educational materials and information to users. (b)(1) The proposed number o…

8 CAR § 63-304. Marketing materials requirement. (a) Collection centers shall ensure that collected materials are transported and marketed to either intermediate processors or to end users. (b) Boards shall not prevent a person generating or collecting recyclable materials from d…

8 CAR § 63-305. Grant use requirements. (a) The disposal option granted in Arkansas Code § 8-6-702 (10) may be used only for residue from the decontaminating of collected materials or if markets are determined by the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, in consultat…

8 CAR § 63-306. Public awareness. (a) Boards shall provide information to the public describing how, when, and where materials may be deposited for recycling, including an ongoing promotional and educational program that encourages source separation. (b)(1) Each board shall submi…

8 CAR § 63-307. Required recyclable materials. (a) Three (3) or more materials shall be collected from the list of recyclable materials contained in 8 CAR § 63-502(a)(1) – (9) or authorized under 8 CAR § 63-502(b) (whole tires, lead-acid batteries, and yard waste may be collected…

8 CAR § 63-308. Adequate existing county recycling facilities. (a)(1) Boards are to determine if existing recycling facilities are adequate, whether public, private-for-profit, or nonprofit. (2) Boards shall designate those determined to be adequate as collection centers. (b)(1) …

8 CAR § 63-309. County exemption procedures. (a)(1) If existing recycling materials are not adequate, boards are to establish at least one (1) recyclable materials collection center in each county of the district, unless granted an exemption by the Arkansas Pollution Control and …

8 CAR § 63-401. Minimum requirements for collection systems. (a) Curbside or house-to-house collection systems, or any other types of collection systems, if used instead of a recyclable materials collection center to satisfy the requirements of this part, shall be made available …

8 CAR § 63-402. Public awareness. (a) Boards shall provide information to the public describing how, when, and where materials may be placed for collection, and shall provide an ongoing promotional and educational program. (b) Each board shall submit to the Division of Environmen…

8 CAR § 63-403. Required recyclable materials. (a) Three (3) or more materials shall be collected from the list of recyclable materials contained in 8 CAR § 63-502(a)(1) – (9) or authorized under 8 CAR § 63-502(b) (whole tires, lead-acid batteries, and yard waste may be collected…

8 CAR § 63-404. Adequate existing county recycling systems. (a)(1) Boards are to determine if existing recycling systems are adequate, whether public, private-for-profit, or nonprofit. (2) Boards shall designate those determined as adequate as recyclable materials collection syst…