- (a) A copy of any notice of violation, request for hearing, or petition for intervention filed with the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission secretary must be served upon all applicable parties identified in 8 CAR § 11-601 by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by other means provided in Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b)
- (1) A copy of any pleading or other document, other than as provided by subsection (a) of this section, filed with the commission secretary shall be served in accordance with Rule 5 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure upon all parties as identified in 8 CAR § 11-601.
(2)
- (A) The pleading or other document shall contain a certificate of service designating the name and address of each party served with a copy of the pleading or other document and the manner, e.g., mail or hand-delivery, in which it was served.
- (B) The certificate of service shall be signed and dated by the person filing the pleading or other document or by his or her attorney.
- (3) Service upon a party represented by an attorney is to be made upon the attorney.
- (c) Service upon the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality must be made by serving the Chief of the Division of Environmental Quality’s Legal Division.