Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

Great Seal of Arkansas

Department of Environmental Quality seal
Agency overview
Formed 1949, reorganized 1971
Preceding Agency Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
Jurisdiction State of Arkansas
Headquarters 5301 Northshore Drive
North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118-5317
Employees Approx. 400
Annual budget $108,582,000 (2012)
Agency executives Becky Keogh[1], Director
Tammy Harrelson, Interim Chief Deputy Director
Ryan Benefield, Deputy Director
Parent agency Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Website www.adeq.state.ar.us/

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ or commonly DEQ within the state) is a department of the government of Arkansas under the Governor of Arkansas. It is responsible for protecting human health and for safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land. ADEQ is responsible for permitting and ensuring compliance with the regulations of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, which makes environmental policy in Arkansas.

It is governed by the thirteen member Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, with six members representing various state agencies and seven appointed by the Governor. The ADEQ director is appointed by the Governor.[2]


Regulatory Divisions[3]

Support Divisions[4]

References

  1. ↑ "ADEQ Organization & Personnel Charts". ADEQ. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced Becky Keogh as Director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality". Governor of Arkansas. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "ADEQ Divisions". ADEQ. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "ADEQ Divisions". ADEQ. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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