Ark. Code Ann. § 8-4-301

Legislative intent

Known as the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act

The act spans §§ 8–8 (60 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case EnviroClean, Inc. v. Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (1993)

Most recently applied in EnviroClean, Inc. v. Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (July 1993)

Acts 1949, No. 472, [Part 2], § 1, as added by Acts 1965, No. 183, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1931.

(1) In the interest of the public health and welfare of the people, it is declared to be the public policy of the State of Arkansas to maintain such a reasonable degree of purity of the air resources of the state to the end that the least possible injury should be done to human, plant, or animal life or to property and to maintain public enjoyment of the state's natural resources, consistent with the economic and industrial well-being of the state.

(2) The program for the control of air pollution under this chapter shall be undertaken in a progressive manner, and each of its successive objectives shall be sought to be accomplished by a maximum of cooperation and conciliation among all the parties concerned.

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.