- (a) The following rules of the Arkansas Energy Office, a division of the Division of Environmental Quality, are promulgated pursuant to Arkansas Code § 15-72-804 (a)(1) – (2) of the Arkansas Emergency Petroleum Set-Aside Act, Arkansas Code § 15-72-801 et seq., and the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, Arkansas Code § 25-15-201 et seq., as amended.
(b) It is the purpose of this part, and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Arkansas Energy Office to:
- (1) Provide for the orderly operation of the state-authorized program;
- (2) Implement said set-aside program whenever the Governor, in his or her discretion, finds that such a program is necessary to manage a shortage of petroleum products which threatens the continuation of emergency services and essential industrial or agricultural activities;
- (3) Prevent duplication of state and federal regulatory requirements;
- (4) Implement only that portion of the set-aside program (with regard to the number of petroleum products covered) as is deemed necessary by the Governor to manage the existing shortage; and
- (5) Terminate the set-aside program as soon as the Governor finds that it is no longer necessary to manage a shortage.