Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-58-402. State priorities

(A) Have been degraded by the adverse effects of coal mining practices;  and

(B) Are adjacent to a site that has been or will be addressed to protect public health, safety, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of coal mining practices;

(A) Have been degraded by the adverse effects of coal mining practices;  and

(B) Are adjacent to a site that has been or will be addressed to protect the public health and safety from the adverse effects of coal mining practices;  and

(3)(A) “Priority III” includes the restoration of land and water resources and the environment previously degraded by adverse effects of coal mining practices, including measures for the conservation and development of soil, water, excluding channelization, woodland, fish and wildlife, recreational resources, and agricultural productivity.

(B) Priority III land and water resources that are geographically contiguous with existing or remediated Priority I or Priority II problems shall be considered adjacent under the definitions of Priority I or Priority II above.

(C) If the state receives any funding under 30 CFR § 872.14, 30 CFR § 872.17, or 30 CFR § 872.21, then the state may expend these funds to reclaim Priority III lands and waters if either of the following conditions applies: