Location requirements.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-109
in effectNo applications shall be accepted nor shall permits be issued pursuant to § 20-32-108 by the Department of Health for the construction or operation of a facility in which any of the following factors is present:
(1) The location of the facility is within a “regulatory floodway”, as adopted by communities participating in the national flood program managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(2) The location of the facility overlies any portion of a significant surface or subsurface sand and gravel aquifer for its primary recharge zone or a high-yield bedrock aquifer;
(3) The location of the facility could pose a threat to fisheries, wildlife, or other natural resources; or
(4) The location of the facility does not comply with zoning regulations of the locality in which the facility is proposed.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.20.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026