Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 74 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S1/25/21
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 SENATE BILL 21
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5 By: Senator D. Wallace
6 By: Representatives Rye, M. Hodges
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO EXCLUDE MILL SCALE AND SLAG FROM THE
10 DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE IN THE ARKANSAS SOLID
11 WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT AND THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
12 AND RECYCLING FUND ACT; TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "MILL
13 SCALE AND SLAG"; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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17 TO EXCLUDE MILL SCALE AND SLAG FROM THE
18 DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE IN THE
19 ARKANSAS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT AND
20 THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING
21 FUND ACT; AND TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR
22 "MILL SCALE AND SLAG".
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25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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27 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 8-6-203(9), concerning the definition of
28 solid waste within the Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, is amended to
29 read as follows:
30 (9)(A) Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a
31 wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution
32 control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid,
33 semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial,
34 commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community
35 activities, but.
36 (B) Solid waste does not include solid:
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1 (i) Solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage,
2 or solid;
3 (ii) Solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
4 return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to
5 permit under 33 U.S.C. 1342, or source;
6 (iii) Source material, special nuclear material, or
7 by-products byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
8 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.; or
9 (iv) Mill scale and slag;
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11 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code 8-6-203, concerning definitions within the
12 Arkansas Solid Waste Management Act, is amended to add an additional
13 subdivision to read as follows:
14 (13)(A) "Mill scale and slag" means by-products that are a
15 result of the steel manufacturing process that are managed as items of value
16 in a controlled manner and used in a manner of beneficial reuse.
17 (B) "Mill scale and slag" does not include by-products
18 that are a result of the steel manufacturing process that would otherwise
19 qualify as hazardous waste or that are determined to be discarded materials.
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21 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code 8-6-603(6), concerning the definition of
22 solid waste within the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund Act, is
23 amended to read as follows:
24 (6)(A) Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a
25 wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution
26 control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid,
27 semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial,
28 commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community
29 activities, but.
30 (B) Solid waste does not include solid:
31 (i) Solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage
32 or solid;
33 (ii) Solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
34 return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to
35 permit under 33 U.S.C. 1342, or source;
36 (iii) Source material, special nuclear material, or
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1 by-product byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
2 Pub. L. No. 83-703; or
3 (iv) Mill scale and slag;
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6 SECTION 4. Arkansas Code 8-6-603, concerning definitions within the
7 Solid Waste Management and Recycling Fund Act, is amended to add an
8 additional subdivision to read as follows:
9 (12)(A) "Mill scale and slag" means by-products that are a result of
10 the steel manufacturing process that are managed as items of value in a
11 controlled manner and used in a manner of beneficial reuse.
12 (B) "Mill scale and slag" does not include by-products that are
13 a result of the steel manufacturing process that would otherwise qualify as
14 hazardous waste or that are determined to be discarded materials.
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Statutes affected:
Old version SB21 Original - 12-17-2020 04:31 PM: 8-6-203(9), 8-6-203, 8-6-603(6), 8-6-603
Old version SB21 V2 - 1-25-2021 10:02 AM: 8-6-203(9), 8-6-203, 8-6-603(6), 01-25-2021, 8-6-603
SB 21: 8-6-203(9), 8-6-203, 8-6-603(6), 01-25-2021, 8-6-603
Act 74: 8-6-203(9), 8-6-203, 8-6-603(6), 01-25-2021, 8-6-603
Old version of SB 21 - 01-25-21: 8-6-203(9), 8-6-203, 8-6-603(6), 01-25-2021, 8-6-603
Old version of SB 21 - 12-17-20: 8-6-203(9), 8-6-203, 8-6-603(6), 8-6-603