§ 15-20-904 - Registration. - Arkansas Statutes

15-20-904. Registration.

(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall operate an annual registration program for the purpose of assembling and maintaining information on the number, composition, and practices of poultry feeding operations in the state.

(b) All poultry feeding operations shall register annually with the commission.

(c) The commission shall promulgate regulations that require a poultry feeding operation to submit, at a time and in a manner determined by the commission, information regarding:

(1) The number and kind of poultry housed or maintained in the poultry feeding operation;

(2) The location of the poultry feeding operation;

(3) The litter management system used;

(4) The litter storage system used and the amount of litter stored;

(5) The acreage owned or controlled by the poultry feeding operation and used for land application of litter;

(6) The land application practices used by the poultry feeding operation and the amount of litter applied;

(7) The amount of litter transferred or otherwise utilized by the poultry feeding operation and the type of transfer or utilization;

(8) The poultry processor or processors with which the poultry feeding operation has contracted to provide poultry; and

(9) Any other relevant information necessary to effect the purposes of this subchapter.

(d) Each poultry feeding operation required to register under this subchapter shall pay an annual fee of ten dollars ($10.00) to the commission.

(e) All regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, 25-15-201 et seq.

(f) (1) Information collected about an individual poultry feeding operation shall not be a public record.

(2) Compilation or summary information that prevents identification of individual poultry feeding operations shall be a public record.

(g) The commission may delegate portions of the annual registration program for implementation to the director or conservation districts, or both.