Ark. Code Ann. § 20-27-1001 (2026)

The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the public health and safety and the environment and to qualify the Division of Environmental Quality to adopt, administer, and enforce a program for licensing training providers involved with the training of regulated asbestos professionals, for licensing asbestos abatement consultants and asbestos abatement contractors, and for certifying air monitors, contractor-supervisors, inspectors, management planners, project designers, and workers involved with demolitions, renovations, and asbestos-response actions in which regulated asbestos-containing materials are disturbed in accordance with this subchapter, the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, § 8-4-101 et seq., and rules issued pursuant thereto.

History. Acts 1985, No. 394, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1944; Acts 1987, No. 531, § 1; 1993, No. 817, § 1; 1997, No. 308, § 1; 1999, No. 1164, § 174; 2019, No. 315, § 2095; 2019, No. 910, § 3210.

A.C.R.C. Notes. The words “in facilities” following “asbestos-containing materials” and preceding “in accordance with” in the pre-1997 version of this section were omitted from Acts 1997, No. 308 and thus were neither included in the new version nor specifically deleted.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment by No. 315 substituted “rules” for “regulations”.

The 2019 amendment by No. 910 substituted “Division of Environmental Quality” for “Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality”.