Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development > Subtitle 5 - Mineral Resources Generally > Chapter 58 - The Arkansas Surface Coal Mining And Reclamation Act > Subchapter 3 - Violations and Penalties > § 15-58-305 - Interfering with the director or his or her agents -- Criminal penalties.

§ 15-58-305 - Interfering with the director or his or her agents -- Criminal penalties.

15-58-305. Interfering with the director or his or her agents -- Criminal penalties.

Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the Director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality or any of his or her authorized representatives in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished upon conviction by a criminal penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both.