§ 8-13-101 - Purpose. - Arkansas Statutes

8-13-101. Purpose.

It is recognized that:

(1) The improvement of the environment and the management of environmental concerns within the State of Arkansas are matters of interest to all citizens of this state;

(2) Environmental protection and improvement could be enhanced by authorizing the Director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to design and establish a management organization which incorporates specific goals for environmental protection and uses environmental indicators to measure agency performance; and

(3) The director should execute a management process which:

(A) Creates an integrated agency information system;

(B) Organizes the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality according to business function;

(C) Utilizes environmental indicators to measure progress in protecting and enhancing the environment;

(D) Employs a collaborative public involvement process to define the environmental indicators to be used to measure environmental enhancement; and

(E) Establishes a performance-based financial management system that links the funding of agency activities to environmental results.