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The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) recently posted revised draft revisions to Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission No. 8 (Administrative Procedures)(“Reg. 8”).
These revisions are a subsequent draft of a version that had been issued on January 25th. (See March 2nd post regarding the January version of the Reg. 8 revisions here.)
Reg. 8 encompasses the administrative procedures for both ADEQ and the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) utilizing various procedures.
The administrative procedures for Reg. 8 address:
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Permits
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Grant, loan, and tax credit decisions
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Enforcement actions
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Emergency actions
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Practice and procedure for appeals
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Rulemaking
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Other matters
Exhibit A of what is styled the “REVISED Mark-up Draft” are stated to include:
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Shortened all references to “electronic mail” to “email;”
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Added language to allow submission of documents to ADEQ in other electronic media in an ADEQ-approved format in the following sections
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8.201: Definition of “Public comment;”
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8.306(D);
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8.307(E)(1);
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8.309(E);
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8.404(D)(8);
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8.405(E); and
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8.1006(C);
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3. 8.1002: Changed to ADEQ’s website;
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4. 8.1007: Simplified language;
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5. 8.1018: Changes for consistency with 8.1007
A link to the document can be found here.