§ 8-4-212 - Adjudicatory hearings and orders.
8-4-212. Adjudicatory hearings and orders.
(a) No final order resolving a contested decision of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall be issued until the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission has provided aggrieved persons that have standing the opportunity for an adjudicatory hearing upon the matter.
(b) Any person that will be directly affected by the order shall have the right to be heard at the hearing, to submit evidence, and to be represented by counsel.
(c) Written notice specifying the time and place of the hearing shall be served by the commission in the manner provided by 8-4-214 upon all persons known by it to be directly affected by the order, not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing.
(d) A copy of any order issued by the commission after the hearing shall also be served upon the persons.