Section 15-58-106 - Exempt activitiesThis chapter does not apply to any of the following activities:
(1)(A) The mining, surface or otherwise, of any minerals or materials other than coal.(B) All minerals and materials other than coal, when applicable, shall be regulated according to the Arkansas Open-Cut Land Reclamation Act of 1977 [repealed] or the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation, and Safe Closure Act, § 15-57-401 et seq.;(2) The extraction of coal by a landowner for his or her own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him or her;(3) The extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under rules established by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; or(4) The extraction of coal incidental to the extraction of other minerals where coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for purposes of commercial use or sale or for coal exploration.Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1176, eff. 7/24/2019.Acts 1979, No. 134, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-968; Acts 2011, No. 279, § 2.