92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Appropriation for 2019-2020/House Bill 1213

The Joint Budget Committee submitted House Bill 1213 (“Bill”) which provides the proposed appropriation for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

The fiscal year ends June 30, 2020.

Sections of the Bill and the components of ADEQ they address include:

Section 1: Regular Salaries

Section 2: Extra Help

Section 3: Appropriation – State Operations

Section 4: Appropriation – Federal Operations

Section 5: Appropriation – Waste Water Licensing

Section 6: Appropriation – Land Reclamation

Section 7: Appropriation – Hazardous Waste Permit Program

Section 8: Appropriation – Reclamation of Abandoned Mines

Section 9: Appropriation – Surface Coal Mining

Section 10: Appropriation – Mining Reclamation

Section 11: Appropriation – Fee Administration

Section 12: Appropriation – Solid Waste Performance Bonds Program

Section 13: Appropriation – Hazardous Waste Cleanup

Section 14: Appropriation – Emergency Response Program

Section 15: Appropriation – Appropriation – Asbestos Control Program

Section 16: Appropriation – Solid Waste Management and Recycling

Section 17: Appropriation – Regulated Substance Storage Tank Program

Section 18: Appropriation – Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund

Section 19: Appropriation – Regulated Storage Tank Program – Federal

Section 20: Appropriation – Landfill Post-Closure Program

Section 21: Appropriation – Marketing Recyclables Program of the Compliance Advisory Panel

Section 22: Appropriation – Environmental Education Program

Section 23: Appropriation – Small Business Loans

Section 24: Appropriation –Small Business Revolving Loan Program

Section 25: Appropriation – Performance Partnership System Expenses

Section 26: Appropriation – Environmental Settlement Trust

Section 27: Appropriation – Computer and Electronic Recycling

Section 28: Regular Salaries – Pollution Control and Ecology Commission – Administrative Hearing Officer

Section 29: Appropriation – Pollution Control and Ecology Commission – Administrative Hearing Officer

Section 30: Appropriation – Non Hazardous Site Cleanup

Section 31: Appropriation – Water Performance Bond Fund

Section 32: Appropriation – Nonmunicipal Domestic Sewage Treatment

Section 33: Appropriation – Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Program

Section 34: Appropriation – Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Program Expenses

Section 35: Appropriation – State Energy Plan – Federal

Section 36: Appropriation – Energy Efficiency Arkansas – Cash

Section 37: Appropriation –Clean Cities Coalition – Cash

Section 38: Appropriation – Federal Operations – Energy Office

Section 39: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Equipment Purchase Restrictions

Section 40: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Appropriations Restrictions

Section 41: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Fund Transfer Provision

Section 42: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Reporting Requirements

Section 43: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Landfill post-Closure Clean Up Restrictions

Section 44: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Non Hazardous Site Clean Up Restrictions

Section 45: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund

Section 46: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Suspension of Landfill Disposal Fees to Support a Computer and Electronic Equipment Recycling Program

Section 47: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Investments

Section 48: Special Language. Not to Be Incorporated into the Arkansas Code Nor Published Separately as Special, Local and Temporary Law. Trust Fund Contribution Fees

Section 49: Compliance with Other Laws

Section 50: Legislative Intent

Section 51: Emergency Clause

A copy of the Bill can be found here.