Arkansas Code Title 8. Environmental Law § 8-7-202. Legislative declaration of policy

(1) Protect the public health and safety, the health of living organisms, and the environment from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous waste;

(2) Establish a program of regulation over the generation, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste;

(3) Assure the safe and adequate management of hazardous waste within this state;

(4) Qualify the Division of Environmental Quality to adopt, administer, and enforce a hazardous waste program pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; and

(5) Afford the people of the State of Arkansas a voice in the permitting of hazardous waste facilities within their respective counties.