014.00.73 Ark. Code R. 004
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 10, October, 2024
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of Title I of the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, hereinafter referred to as the "Act", (Act 472 of the Acts of Arkansas for 1949, as amended; Ark. Stats., 82-1904), the Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology hereby promulgates this Regulation No. 4 requiring a disposal permit for real estate subdivisions in proximity to certain lakes and streams.2. When used in this regulation:(a)"Subdivision" means any tract of land which is divided into two (2) or more parcels, any parcel of which is less than two (2) acres in size, along an existing or proposed street, highway, easement, or right-of-way, for sale, rent, or lease as residential, industrial, or commercial building lots described by reference to a map or survey of the property.(b)"Lake" means any lake, whether natural, artificial or a combination thereof, with a surface area of 500 acres or more measured at the ordinary high-water mark.(c)"Stream" means a stream listed on Schedule A attached hereto.(d)"Department" means the Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.(e)"Commission" means the Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology.(f) Words and phrases defined in the Act (but not defined herein) shall have the same meaning when used herein.3.(a) From and after the effective date of this regulation, no real estate developer shall cause any new subdivision to be created or platted, containing in the aggregate 50 or more lots, any part of which subdivision is located within 2,640 feet of any lake or stream, and which will not be connected to a public sanitary sewer collection and treatment system, unless the developer shall have first submitted to the Department for approval plans for a disposal system or systems to serve said subdivision adequate to prevent pollution of the waters of the State of Arkansas, together with an application for a permit to install and operate such system or systems, and unless a disposal permit, or approval of future phased construction of the system or systems, has been issued by the Department.(b) Any presently subdivided land owned and/or developed by a single developer or a group of developers acting in concert (hereinafter called "development") where such subdivided land is contiguous or is known, designated or advertised as a common unit or by a common name and is being offered for sale as part of a common promotional plan shall be covered by this regulation and the developer shall obtain a disposal permit as required by Subparagraph (a) hereof, without regard to the number of lots in successive individual offerings or subdivisions and without regard to the platting and partial sale of lots in said development prior to the adoption of this regulation so long as said developer or developers own 50 or more lots in said development, as of the effective date of this regulation, which are predominately contiguous to each other, any of which are located within 2,640 feet of any lake or stream, and are not connected to a public sanitary sewer collection and treatment system. A permit for developments covered by this subparagraph shall be filed with the Department within sixty days after the effective date of this regulation.4. The limitation as to the minimum number of lots in the subdivisions covered hereunder shall not be applicable when the method of subdividing and/or sale is found by the Commission to have been adopted for the purpose of evasion of this regulation.5. This regulation shall be in full force and effect as of the date of its promulgation. SCHEDULE A
STREAMS COVERED BY REGULATION NO. 4
I. Arkansas River Basin |
Arkansas River | Big Bayou Meto |
Big Maumelle River | Big Piney Creek |
Cadron Creek | Fourche La Fave River |
Frog Bayou | Illinois River |
Illinois Bayou, including East | Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork |
Lee Creek | Little Sugar Creek |
Mulberry River | Petit Jean River |
Point Remove Creek | Poteau River |
South Fourche La Fave River | Spavinaw Creek |
II. White River Basin |
Bayou Des Arc | Bayou DeView |
Bayou LaGrue | Black River |
Buffalo River | Cache River |
Crooked Creek | Current River |
Eleven Point River | Kings River |
Little Red River | Norfork River |
North Sylamore Creek | Salado Creek |
Spring River | South Fork Spring River |
South Sylamore Creek | Strawberry River |
Village Creek | War Eagle Creek |
White River, including West Fo | rk and Middle Fork |
III. St. Francis River Basin |
L'Anguille River | Little River |
St. Francis River | Tyronza River |
IV. Ouachita River Basin |
Antoine River | Bayou Bartholomew |
Caddo River | Little Missouri River |
Moro Creek |
Ouachita River, including Sout | h Fork and Irons Fork |
Saline River, including North, | Alum, Middle and South Fork |
V. Red River Basin |
Cossatot River | Little River |
Mountain Fork Little River | Red River |
Rolling Fork Little River | Saline River |
Sulfur River |
Adopted: June 28, 1973
014.00.73 Ark. Code R. 004