§ 8-6-1904 - Development and implementation. - Arkansas Statutes

8-6-1904. Development and implementation.

(a) The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall develop the Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan to establish minimum requirements for all regional solid waste management plans, including requirements for:

(1) Strategic planning;

(2) Reporting;

(3) Public notice and participation;

(4) Services; and

(5) Solutions to problems and issues.

(b) Within one (1) year after the Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan becomes final, each regional solid waste management board shall develop a solid waste management plan for departmental review and approval, which includes the minimum requirements contained in the Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan. This new plan shall replace any existing regional solid waste management plan previously developed, pursuant to 8-6-717.

(c) Failure of any regional board to develop or implement any requirement contained in the Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan shall subject the regional board to:

(1) The penalty and enforcement provisions contained in 8-6-204; or

(2) Denial, discontinuation, or reimbursement of any funding administered by the department to the regional board.

(d) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to implement or effectuate the purposes and intent of this subchapter.