Ark. Code Ann. § 8-7-701 (2020)
Legislative intent
The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage response actions at federally listed hazardous sites, to facilitate agreements related to property access and use to implement response actions at federally listed hazardous sites, to discourage activities that interfere with or obstruct such response actions, and to provide for the future use of federally listed hazardous sites after remediation.
History. Acts 1989, No. 350, § 1.
Case Notes
In General.
The Remedial Action Trust Fund (see § 8-7-501 et seq.) was created by the General Assembly to meet the ten percent state contribution required by Congress before the Superfund monies could be expended to clean up a hazardous waste site under 42 U.S.C. § 9604(c). Gurley v. Mathis, 313 Ark. 412, 856 S.W.2d 616 (1993).