Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324)
Subtitle 1 - DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-14-108)
Chapter 10 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-10-101 — 15-10-904)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-10-101 — 15-10-102)
Section 15-10-102 - Bioenergy and carbon capture technology - Definitions

• (a) As used in this section:
  • (1) "Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage" means the process of capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from biomass energy generation; and
  • (2) "Biomass" means bioenergy feedstocks from forest products manufacturing, including without limitation:
    • (A) Forest products manufacturing residuals, including without limitation:
      • (i) Pulping liquors;
      • (ii) Pulping byproducts;
      • (iii) Woody manufacturing residuals;
      • (iv) Paper recycling residuals;
      • (v) Wastewater and process water treatment plant residuals; and
      • (vi) Anaerobic digester biogas;
    • (B) Harvest residues, including without limitation trees or portions of harvested trees;
    • (C) Downed wood from extreme weather events or natural disasters;
    • (D) Nonhazardous landscape or right-of-way trimmings and municipal trimmings;
    • (E) Plant material removed for purposes of invasive or noxious plant species control;
    • (F) Biowaste, including without limitation landfill gas;
    • (G) Forest biomass derived from residues created as a byproduct of timber harvesting;
    • (H) Forest management activities conducted for timber stand improvement or to increase yield, ecological restoration, or to maintain or enhance forest health;
    • (I) Biomass materials described by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as fuels under 40 C.F.R. § 241.1 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2023; and
    • (J) Other used wood products, including without limitation crates or pallets.

• (b)
  • (1) Bioenergy produced from biomass is considered renewable and carbon neutral.
  • (2) When the bioenergy produced from biomass is paired with bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, the bioenergy is carbon negative.

• (c)
  • (1) Bioenergy produced from agricultural harvesting is considered renewable and carbon neutral.
  • (2) When the bioenergy produced from agricultural harvesting is paired with bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, the bioenergy is carbon negative.

Added by Act 2023, No. 693,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.