{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-15-22-906","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-906","heading":"Groundwater protection program","body":"(a) In order to protect the groundwater of the state, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall develop a comprehensive groundwater protection program. (b) This shall contain, as a minimum, the following components as the commission deems necessary: (1) Assessment and monitoring of the availability of groundwater and its quality; (2) The classification of groundwater and establishment of groundwater criteria and standards; and (3) The management of groundwater pursuant to this subchapter, including the issuance of water rights, protection of groundwater quality, and establishment of an education and information program. (c) (1) This program shall not be inconsistent with nor shall it preempt or supersede any regulatory authority currently or in the future vested with the Division of Environmental Quality, the State Plant Board, or the Department of Health. (2) However, no permit or prior authorization from the division, the board, or the department shall be required to implement the provisions of this subchapter. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3065, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1991, No. 154, § 4; 1991, No. 342, § 4; 1999, No. 1164, § 132.\n\n(a) In order to protect the groundwater of the state, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall develop a comprehensive groundwater protection program.\n\n(b) This shall contain, as a minimum, the following components as the commission deems necessary: (1) Assessment and monitoring of the availability of groundwater and its quality; (2) The classification of groundwater and establishment of groundwater criteria and standards; and (3) The management of groundwater pursuant to this subchapter, including the issuance of water rights, protection of groundwater quality, and establishment of an education and information program.\n\n(1) Assessment and monitoring of the availability of groundwater and its quality;\n\n(2) The classification of groundwater and establishment of groundwater criteria and standards; and\n\n(3) The management of groundwater pursuant to this subchapter, including the issuance of water rights, protection of groundwater quality, and establishment of an education and information program.\n\n(c) (1) This program shall not be inconsistent with nor shall it preempt or supersede any regulatory authority currently or in the future vested with the Division of Environmental Quality, the State Plant Board, or the Department of Health. (2) However, no permit or prior authorization from the division, the board, or the department shall be required to implement the provisions of this subchapter.\n\n(1) This program shall not be inconsistent with nor shall it preempt or supersede any regulatory authority currently or in the future vested with the Division of Environmental Quality, the State Plant Board, or the Department of Health.\n\n(2) However, no permit or prior authorization from the division, the board, or the department shall be required to implement the provisions of this subchapter.","path":["AR Code","Title 15","Chapter 22","Subchapter 9"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"5ca0a12a9c4f44baaad447e33f89af22ee25b9ba48a41020ac1c6741a11ef67b","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-15-22-905","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-15-22-907","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}