§ 8-2-209 - Fees.
8-2-209. Fees.
(a) (1) The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality shall be authorized to assess reasonable fees to participating laboratories for the administrative costs of the State Environmental Laboratory Certification Program.
(2) The costs will include, but are not limited to, the expense of conducting evaluations and the procurement of performance audit samples.
(b) Fees may be assessed at the time of initial application, renewal application, application for modification, or at the time a certificate is awarded.
(c) Following a public hearing and based upon a record calculating the reasonable administrative costs of conducting certification procedures set forth herein and costs of enforcing the terms and conditions of certificates, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may establish reasonable fees for initial issuance, annual review, and modification of certificates authorized by this subchapter.