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Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-5-902. Fund--Administration

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(a)(1) The Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund shall be administered by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.

(2) The commission may establish procedures and adopt rules required to administer the fund and programs financed, in whole or in part, with moneys in the fund in accordance with federal or state law providing for:

(A) Wastewater systems, water systems, solid and hazardous waste facilities, recycling facilities, nonpoint source management facilities, wetlands conservation and management facilities, and other environmental projects;  and

(B) Assessments, investigations, and remedial actions with respect to abandoned industrial, commercial, or agricultural sites, including without limitation the federal environmental acts.

(b) The commission may enter into contracts and other agreements in connection with the operation of the fund, including without limitation contracts and agreements with federal agencies, local governmental entities, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, the Division of Environmental Quality, and other persons to the extent necessary or convenient for the implementation of the fund and programs financed, in whole or in part, with moneys in the fund.

(c) The commission shall maintain full authority for the operation of the fund in accordance with applicable federal and state law, including withdrawals necessary to achieve the intended purposes of the fund.

(d) To the extent that moneys provided by the United States Government under the federal environmental acts and nonappropriated state matches do not designate the account into which the moneys shall be deposited, the moneys shall be deposited into the accounts within the fund designated by the commission.

(e) The commission shall execute capitalization grant agreements on behalf of the state in order to obtain funds under the Clean Water Act.

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