Ark. Code Ann. § 8-4-309
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(a) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as amending or repealing § 20-21-201 et seq. concerning the control of radiation or as granting to the Division of Environmental Quality or the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission any jurisdiction or authority with respect to air conditions existing solely within the property boundaries of any plant, works, or shop or with respect to employer-employee relationships as to health and safety hazards. (b) Notwithstanding the preceding limitation, the division and the commission shall have jurisdiction and authority over air conditions associated with the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, transportation, or disposal of asbestos-containing material regardless of whether such removal, encapsulation, enclosure, transportation, or disposal is conducted within the property boundaries of any plant, works, or shop. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2525, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1949, No. 472, [Part 2], § 13, as added by Acts 1965, No. 183, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1942; Acts 1989, No. 559, § 1; 1997, No. 1219, § 6.
(a) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as amending or repealing § 20-21-201 et seq. concerning the control of radiation or as granting to the Division of Environmental Quality or the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission any jurisdiction or authority with respect to air conditions existing solely within the property boundaries of any plant, works, or shop or with respect to employer-employee relationships as to health and safety hazards.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding limitation, the division and the commission shall have jurisdiction and authority over air conditions associated with the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, transportation, or disposal of asbestos-containing material regardless of whether such removal, encapsulation, enclosure, transportation, or disposal is conducted within the property boundaries of any plant, works, or shop.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2525, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1949, No. 472, [Part 2], § 13, as added by Acts 1965, No. 183, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1942; Acts 1989, No. 559, § 1; 1997, No. 1219, § 6.
(a) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as amending or repealing § 20-21-201 et seq. concerning the control of radiation or as granting to the Division of Environmental Quality or the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission any jurisdiction or authority with respect to air conditions existing solely within the property boundaries of any plant, works, or shop or with respect to employer-employee relationships as to health and safety hazards.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding limitation, the division and the commission shall have jurisdiction and authority over air conditions associated with the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, transportation, or disposal of asbestos-containing material regardless of whether such removal, encapsulation, enclosure, transportation, or disposal is conducted within the property boundaries of any plant, works, or shop.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2525, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1949, No. 472, [Part 2], § 13, as added by Acts 1965, No. 183, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1942; Acts 1989, No. 559, § 1; 1997, No. 1219, § 6.
Status: in_force
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