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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 8 - Environmental Law
Chapter 7 - Hazardous Substances
Subchapter 2 - Hazardous Waste Management Act
§ 8-7-218. Permits -- Compliance with subchapter, state and federal standards, regulations, etc
Universal Citation: AR Code § 8-7-218 (2017)
- (a) No permits shall be issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for any facility unless the department, after opportunity for public comment, has determined that the facility has been designed and will be operated in such manner that any emission from the facility will comply with the provisions of this subchapter and all applicable state and federal standards and regulations concerning air and water quality and that the transfer, handling, and storage of materials within the facility will not cause conditions which would violate state and federal standards concerning worker safety or create unreasonable hazards to the environment or to the health and welfare of the people living and working in or near the facility.
- (b)
- (1) No permit shall be issued by the department for any commercial disposal or storage facility off the site where the hazardous waste is generated until the department has adopted rules, regulations, standards, and procedures pursuant to § 8-7-209.
- (2) The rules, regulations, standards, procedures, or other requirements adopted and imposed by the department shall not be less stringent than the regulations promulgated or revised by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
- (c) No permit shall be issued for hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities except under the terms of regulations of the department which conform to the provisions of § 3005 of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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