Legal Opinion
J.W. Black Lumber Co. v. Arkansas Department of Pollution Control & Ecology
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 20, 1986No. 86-43PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
Black Lumber Company, Inc. has operated a sawmill near Corning, Arkansas, since 1897. In 1966 it installed a teepee burner for the disposal of bark and other waste material produced by the mill. In 1983 the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology filed suit against the lumber company for violation of the Arkansas Air Pollution Control Code, seeking to enjoin those operations of the mill which permit the emission of air pollutants in violation of the Code.
In trial before the chancellor the lumber company did not deny its operation was in violation of the Code,…
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