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General Description of Records & Databases
Public records are available under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act to the extent allowed by law. These records include the following:
Conservation Section Records
- Certified Nutrient Management Planner database
- Certified Nutrient Management Applicator database
- Registered Poultry Feeding Operations database
- Beaver eradication funding records
- Conservation district funding and activities records
- Conservation district training records
- Geographic information system files
Water Development
- Project files
- Loan and Grant Database for water development projects
- Arkansas Water Plan compliance records
Water Management
- Critical Groundwater Designation records
- Groundwater monitoring database
- Permitting and inspection records for dams
- Non-Riparian water use application and permit records
- Nonpoint source pollution project and funding records
- Wetlands and riparian zones tax credit database
- Wetlands Mitigation Bank program records
- Arkansas Water Plan compliance records
- Permitted dams database, excluding information subject to the public water system security exemption
- Listing and database of communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program
- Listing of floodplain managers
- Water Well Construction Report database
- Water Well Contractor database including registered water well drillers, pump installers, and apprentices
- Water well inspection reports and case files
- Water Resource Conservation and Development Incentive Tax Credit application and approval records
Legal
- Rule-making files
- Creation of regional water distribution district files
- Creation of water authority files
- Administrative hearing and appeals files
Fiscal Section
- Personnel records
- Budget and procurement records
- Equipment inventory records