§ 20-27-1001 - Purpose. - Arkansas Statutes

20-27-1001. Purpose.

The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the public health and safety and the environment and to qualify the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to adopt, administer, and enforce a program for licensing training providers involved with the training of regulated asbestos professionals, for licensing asbestos abatement consultants and asbestos abatement contractors, and for certifying air monitors, contractor-supervisors, inspectors, management planners, project designers, and workers involved with demolitions, renovations, and asbestos-response actions in which regulated asbestos-containing materials are disturbed in accordance with this subchapter, the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, 8-4-101 et seq., and regulations issued pursuant thereto.