Ark. Code Ann. § 8-4-220

Violation of chapter, orders, rules, etc. — Order of division without hearing

Known as the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act

The act spans §§ 8–8 (60 sections).

Acts 1949, No. 472, [Part 1], § 5; 1961, No. 120, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1906; Acts 1997, No. 1219, § 5; 1999, No. 1164, § 29; 2019, No. 910, § 2508.

(1) When the Division of Environmental Quality or its successor finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare it may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such emergency and requiring that such action be taken as it deems necessary to meet the emergency.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 8-4-218 and 8-4-219, the order shall be effective immediately.

(3) Any person to which the order is directed shall comply immediately but, on application to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, shall be afforded a hearing within ten (10) days after receipt of a written request therefor.

(4) On the basis of the hearing, the commission shall continue the order in effect, revoke it, or modify it.

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.