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Ark. Code Ann. § 15-58-106

Exempt activities

Known as the Arkansas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act

The act spans §§ 15-58-101 to 15-58-510 (46 sections).

Acts 1979, No. 134, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-968; Acts 2011, No. 279, § 2; 2019, No. 315, § 1176.

This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities:

(1) The mining, surface or otherwise, of any minerals or materials other than coal.

(2) All minerals and materials other than coal, when applicable, shall be regulated according to the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] or the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation, and Safe Closure Act, § 15-57-401 et seq.;

(3) The extraction of coal by a landowner for his or her own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him or her;

(4) The extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under rules established by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; or

(5) The extraction of coal incidental to the extraction of other minerals where coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for purposes of commercial use or sale or for coal exploration.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.