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AR SB556

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mark Johnson

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Origin

Senate

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

SB556 Summary

  • Prohibits any person or entity from discharging wastewater via surface discharge into a watershed of any public drinking water source upstream of where water is taken by a public water system
  • Exempts discharges permitted under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater program or the state stormwater discharge program
  • Assigns enforcement authority to the Division of Environmental Quality
  • Adds new section 8-3-104 to Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1

Legislative Description

To Protect Public Drinking Water Sources; And To Prohibit Surface Discharge Of Wastewater Into A Watershed.

Last Action

Sine Die adjournment

5/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health, Welfare And Labor3/31/2025

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