§ 15-20-1203 - Cost share.
15-20-1203. Cost share.
(a) (1) For the purchase and transportation of surplus litter from any nutrient surplus area to be used or disposed of within Arkansas but outside nutrient surplus areas and outside the watersheds listed in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may provide cost share incentives to natural persons, partnerships, and corporations in an amount not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) from the Arkansas Water Development Fund for each ton of surplus litter purchased and transported.
(2) Surplus litter removed from a nutrient surplus area under this subchapter may not be applied to land in the following watersheds as defined by the National Datasets for Natural Resource Analysis of the National Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture:
(A) Upper Frog Bayou, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020104;
(B) Lower Frog Bayou, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020105;
(C) Lower Mulberry River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020108;
(D) Middle Mulberry River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020107;
(E) White Oak Creek-Arkansas River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020109;
(F) Headwaters Mulberry River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020106;
(G) Horsehead Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020202;
(H) Spadra Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020203;
(I) Headwaters Buffalo River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000502;
(J) Little Buffalo River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000501;
(K) Upper Big Piney Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020206;
(L) Little Piney Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020207;
(M) Lower Big Piney Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1111020208;
(N) Headwaters Crooked Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000309;
(O) Clear Creek-Crooked Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000308;
(P) Outlet Crooked Creek, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000310;
(Q) Richland Creek-Buffalo River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000503;
(R) Bear Creek-Buffalo River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000504; and
(S) Outlet Buffalo River, Hydrologic Unit Code 1101000505.
(b) Cost share funds shall be available to a natural person, partnership, or corporation that:
(1) Purchases surplus litter from a poultry feeding operation in a nutrient surplus area registered under the Arkansas Poultry Feeding Operations Registration Act, 15-20-901 et seq.; and
(2) Transports or arranges for the transportation of the surplus litter outside the nutrient surplus areas to an area within Arkansas but outside the watersheds listed in subdivision (a)(2) of this section.