§ 8-7-1402 - Professional cleanup of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances. - Arkansas Statutes

8-7-1402. Professional cleanup of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances.

(a) The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall:

(1) Establish and administer a certification program to:

(A) Certify contractors who choose to undertake the inspection, sampling, remediation, and removal of contaminated materials from property contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances; and

(B) Require as a condition of certification that the contractors demonstrate that they have qualifications required to undertake inspection, sampling, remediation, and removal of contaminated materials from property contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances;

(2) Have established the certification program no later than May 1, 2008;

(3) By March 1, 2008, establish standards for the remediation of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances;

(4) Make the certification program rules and the remediation standards available to law enforcement officials and the public:

(A) On the department's website; and

(B) In hard copy upon request to the department; and

(5) Annually review and update the remediation standards.

(b) (1) The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the certification program for contractors in the inspection, sampling, remediation, and removal of contaminated materials from property contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances.

(2) The rules promulgated by the commission under this section shall include without limitation:

(A) Application forms for certification;

(B) Continuing education requirements;

(C) Professional and technical standards for certification;

(D) Renewals of certification;

(E) Procedures for revocation and other actions that affect the status of certification; and

(F) Reasonable fees.