Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-58-507. Permit duration

(b)(1) The director may grant reasonable extensions of time upon a showing that extensions are necessary by reason of litigation precluding such commencement or threatening substantial economic loss to the permittee, or by reason of conditions beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the permittee.

(2) With respect to coal to be mined for use in a synthetic fuel facility or specific major electric generating facility, the person shall be deemed to have commenced surface mining operations when the construction of the synthetic fuel or generating facility is initiated.