Arkansas Administrative Code

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…

8 CAR § 63-405. County exemption procedures. If existing recycling systems are not adequate, boards are to establish at least one (1) recyclable materials collection center or system or combination of the two (2) in each county of the district, unless granted an exemption by the …

8 CAR § 63-501. 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) ( tires, lead-acid batteries, and yard waste may be collected as p…

8 CAR § 63-502. Acceptable recyclable materials. (a) Recyclable materials include: (1) Metals; (2) Newspaper; (3) Corrugated cardboard or paperboard; (4) Office papers; (5) Glass; (6) Plastic; (7) Used motor oil; (8) White goods; (9) Electronics; (10) Whole tires; (11) Yard waste…

8 CAR § 63-601. Annual reporting. Reports containing the following information must be filed on or before July 15 for the preceding twelve (12) months by the designated collection center or system to the appropriate board of jurisdiction, documenting the following data: (1) Amoun…

8 CAR § 63-602. Survey requirement. Boards shall compile a summary of the information required in 8 CAR § 63-501 and submit it to the Division of Environmental Quality on or before August 15 for the preceding twelve (12) months.

8 CAR § 63-603. Waste minimization report. (a) Boards shall determine and include in the August 15 summary report to the Division of Environmental Quality the percentage of the district's waste stream represented by the total amounts recycled during the previous calendar year. (b…

8 CAR § 63-701. Effective date. This part is effective ten (10) days after filing with the: (1) Secretary of State; (2) Arkansas State Library; and (3) Bureau of Legislative Research.

8 CAR § 64-1001. Applicability generally. The Division of Environmental Quality establishes the Tire Accountability Program to: (1) Reimburse used tire programs for used tire recycling and disposal costs; (2) Incentivize recycling used tires collected under the Used Tire Recyclin…

8 CAR § 64-1002. Eligibility for reimbursement. To be eligible for reimbursements under this subpart and the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act, Arkansas Code § 8-9-401 et seq., a used tire program shall: (1) Be included in the solid waste management system under Arkansas…

8 CAR § 64-1003. Optional used tire program activities. A used tire program that receives reimbursements under this section may: (1) Contract with a tire processing facility that is permitted by the Division of Environmental Quality; (2) Remove or contract for the removal of wast…

8 CAR § 64-1004. Compliance. Moneys disbursed from the Used Tire Recycling Fund by the Division of Environmental Quality for reimbursements under this part shall be distributed only to the used tire programs that comply with all applicable requirements in this part related to the…

8 CAR § 64-1005. Disbursements contingent upon available funding. (a) All reimbursements and distributions claimed by used tire programs will be: (1) Based on moneys available for disbursement in that quarter; (2) According to funding levels in 8 CAR § 64-1006; (3) According to t…

8 CAR § 64-1006. Funding levels. Based on data received from the e-manifest system and quarterly reports, the following funding may be available for disbursement from the Used Tire Recycling Fund for used tire programs that are in compliance with all applicable requirements of th…

8 CAR § 64-1007. Priority funding. The following funding levels for quarterly disbursements from the Used Tire Recycling Fund are established: (1) Level One funding shall be paid first each quarter from all moneys available for disbursement in that quarter; (2) Level Two funding …

8 CAR § 64-1008. Pro rata disbursements. If there are insufficient moneys available in a quarter to make reimbursements or grant awards for all submitted requests under any funding level, the Division of Environmental Quality shall calculate the total remaining funds available an…

8 CAR § 64-1009. Administrative increases in the reimbursement rate. (a) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may increase reimbursement rates if the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality recommends an increase because of one (1) or more of the follow…

8 CAR § 64-101. Title, implementation, and administration. (a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tire Accountability Program”. (b) On the effective date of this part, the Division of Environmental Quality shall implement the Tire Accountability Program. (c) On or …

8 CAR § 64-1010. Level One funding reimbursements. (a) Level One funding reimbursements shall be provided to used tire programs based on the quantity of used tires managed from collection to final recycling or disposal by the used tire program. (b)(1) A used tire program shall su…

8 CAR § 64-1011. Level Two funding reimbursements. (a) Level Two funding reimbursements shall be provided to a used tire program for assistance with funding one (1) environmental officer position. (b) A used tire program shall submit to the Division of Environmental Quality a rei…

8 CAR § 64-1012. Level Three funding reimbursements. (a) Level Three funding reimbursements shall be provided to an eligible used tire program for equipment purchases, repairs, or maintenance that are scheduled or planned at least six (6) months before and included in the busines…