Pollution Control & Ecology Commission

Who We Are

The Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (PC&EC) Commission is the environmental policymaking body for Arkansas. The PC&EC Commission sets environmental policy—drawing on guidance from the Governor, the Arkansas General Assembly, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—that is then implemented and enforced by the Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

The Commission is comprised of seven members, three representing state agencies and four appointed by the Governor. The three agency representatives are directors, or their designee, from the Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Arkansas Department of Agriculture. The four other members represent each of the four congressional districts in the state.

AR Will Benefit from Increased Demand for Lithium

AR Will Benefit from Increased Demand for Lithium

The fascination with Arkansas’s diamond mines soon may be matched with interest in its bromine brines. A state-of-the-art facility is already extracting lithium—a critical mineral for the production of batteries and electronics—from bromine brines produced from the Jurassic Smackover Formation.
DEQ Leadership
PC&EC Members

Questions or Comments?

Bailey Taylor

Division of Environmental Quality Director and Chief Administrator of Environment

Colbie Jones

Associate Environment Administrator, Division of Environmental Quality

Stacie Wassell

Associate Director, Office of Water Quality

Lucy Cross

Enterprise Services Director, Enterprise Services

Demetria Kimbrough

Associate Director, Office of Air Quality

Bryan Leamons

Associate Director, Office of Land Resources

William Ackert III

District 2

Richard McMullen, PhD.

State Agency Designee

Doug Melton

District 3

Swan Moss, Jr.

District 1

Chris Racey

State Agency Director

David B. Vandergriff

Pulaski County

Wes Ward

Cabinet Secretary

Report an Emergency

If you are reporting a spill, leak, geohazard event, release of petroleum products, hazardous materials, or gases that requires an immediate emergency response, please call the:

Arkansas Division of Emergency Management
800-322-4012

Then contact the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment:

E&E Emergency Management
501-682-0716

If after hours, please leave a message. Your call will be returned.

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