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AR HB1762

Bill

Status

Passed

4/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brad Hall

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Division of Environmental Quality must assess maximum allowable penalties for permit violations involving over-application or precipitation-related surface land application of industrial wastewater residuals

  • "Surface land application" defined as spraying, spreading, or incorporating waste into or onto land, excluding injection into the land

  • Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission required to begin promulgating rules authorizing no-discharge land application permits for industrial waste

  • Division of Environmental Quality continues existing processes and procedures for land application permits until new rules take effect

  • Approved April 22, 2025 as Act 1009 of the Regular Session

Legislative Description

To Require Revocation Of A Permit For The Disposal Of Industrial Waste In An Agricultural Or Pastoral Application For A Certain Number Of Violations.

Last Action

Notification that HB1762 is now Act 1009

4/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health, Welfare and Labor4/14/2025
Public Health, Welfare And Labor4/10/2025
Public Health, Welfare and Labor3/12/2025

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