93rd Arkansas General Assembly: Arkansas Authority to Seek Delegation/Section 404 Clean Water Act Program | Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
The pre-filing of bills and resolutions began on November 16th. House Bill 1261 (“HB 1261”) was introduced on January 25th which would authorize the Arkansas Water Control Agency (i.e., Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality [“DEQ”]) to seek and accept delegation of the Section 404 Clean Water Act program. The legislation is sponsored by Representative Ladyman of Jonesboro. The bill would add an additional subdivision to Arkansas Code § 8-4-207(1) referencing the state water pollution control agency that would provide the DEQ Director auth...
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