Landfill post-closure cleanup restrictions
Arkansas Code § 8-6-1402; Arkansas Code § 8-6-207; Arkansas Code § 8-6-602; Arkansas Code § 8-6-610
- (a) The Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund may be used for landfill post-closure corrective action in accordance with Arkansas Code § 8-6-1001 et seq., for corrective actions deemed necessary by the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality to prevent or abate contamination of the environment from a formerly permitted landfill which has been certified as properly closed by the Division of Environmental Quality.
- (b) Any expenditures in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per site from the fund for corrective action for remedy to environmental impacts of closed disposal sites previously operated as a landfill pursuant to state law, will be prioritized and authorized by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, by adoption of a minute order, after addressing corrective actions needed to address environmental impacts from permitted landfills closed properly.