Arkansas Code Title 8. Environmental Law § 8-8-201. Violation of provisions

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter or commits any unlawful act under this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, that person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or subject to both such fine and imprisonment. Each day or part of a day during which the violation is continued or repeated shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter or commits any unlawful act under this subchapter shall be subject to a civil penalty in such amount as the court shall find appropriate, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day of such violation, to the payment of any expenses reasonably incurred by the state in removing, correcting, or terminating any adverse effects resulting therefrom, including the cost of the investigation, inspection, or survey establishing such violation or unlawful act, and the payment to the state of reasonable compensation of any actual damage resulting therefrom.