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Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-50-108. Limitations--Exemptions

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Where the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission finds that compliance with all requirements of this chapter would result in undue hardship, an exemption from any one (1) or more such requirements may be granted by the commission to the extent the exemption can be granted without impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.

(b)(1) This chapter or any rule or order issued under this chapter does not prevent a person who has not obtained a license under § 17-50-304 from constructing, altering, or repairing a water well or installing or repairing a pump or pumping equipment for use by him or her on his or her own land.

(2) This chapter does not apply to any person owning, operating, and maintaining on May 27, 1969, any water well unless it constitutes a public health hazard.

(c)(1)(A) A water well in existence on May 27, 1969, is not required to conform to § 17-50-205 or any rules adopted under § 17-50-205.

(B) However, any water well abandoned or repaired, including any water well deemed to have been abandoned, as defined in this chapter, shall be brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter and applicable rules with respect to abandonment of water wells.

(2) Any water well supplying water which is determined by the commission to be a health hazard must comply with the provisions of this chapter and applicable rules within a reasonable time after notification of the determination has been given.

(d) This chapter does not apply to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from any storage or pressure tank, or beyond the point of discharge from the pump if no tank is employed, nor to any water well, pump, or other equipment used temporarily for dewatering purposes.

(e) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state engaged in well drilling shall be exempt from paying the license or rig fees for the operations performed for the political subdivision by employees of and with equipment owned by the governmental entity.

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