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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 8 - Environmental Law
Chapter 7 - Hazardous Substances
Subchapter 2 - Hazardous Waste Management Act
§ 8-7-202. Purpose
Universal Citation: AR Code § 8-7-202 (2017)
- It is the purpose of this subchapter and it is declared to be the policy of this state to:
- (1) Protect the public health and safety, the health of living organisms, and the environment from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous wastes;
- (2) Establish a program of regulation over the generation, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes;
- (3) Assure the safe and adequate management of hazardous wastes within this state;
- (4) Qualify the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to adopt, administer, and enforce a hazardous waste program pursuant to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976; and
- (5) Afford the people of the State of Arkansas a voice in the permitting of hazardous waste facilities within their respective counties.
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