Ark. Code Ann. § 8-4-206

State water pollution control agency — General authority

Known as the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act

The act spans §§ 8–8 (60 sections).

Acts 1949, No. 472, [Part 1], § 3; Acts 1973, No. 262, § 5; 1975, No. 743, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1904; Acts 1999, No. 1164, § 23; 2019, No. 910, § 2491.

(1) In addition to any other powers which it may have under this chapter or any other legislative act, the Division of Environmental Quality is authorized and empowered to act as the “state water pollution control agency” for the State of Arkansas for the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.

(2) As the state water pollution control agency, the division may, among other things, approve projects for the construction of disposal systems for the purposes of loans and grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal agency and may take any other action necessary or appropriate to secure for the state the benefits of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.

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.