![]() ![]() "Junk Dealer" includes any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about procuring junk, and any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a junk yard or place where junk is gathered together and stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer. "Recycler" means any processor, recycling center, or noncertified recycler who buys or sells Scrap Metal that constitutes Junk. Any backflow device or connection to that device or reasonably recognizable part of that device, that was owned or previously owned by an agency. ![]() Any manhole cover or lid or reasonably recognizable part of such or.Any reasonably recognizable, disassembled, or inoperative fire hydrant or fire department connection, including reasonably recognizable brass fittings and parts."Nonferrous Material" means copper, copper alloys, stainless steel, or aluminum, but does not include CRV beverage containers Scrap Metal does not include scrap iron, household generated waste, or aluminum beverage containers. "Scrap metals and alloys" includes, but is not limited to, materials and equipment commonly used in construction, agricultural operations and electrical power generation, railroad equipment, oil well rigs, nonferrous materials, stainless steel, and nickel which are offered for sale to any junk dealer or recycler. Fletcher’s and my presentations can be downloaded here."Junk" means any and all secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, including any and all secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, other than livestock, or parts or portions thereof. Her presentation included the identification of frequently stolen items.Ī copy of the Summit agenda and the slides from Mr. Peggy Fletcher, Senior Investigator of AT&T Asset Protection, provided an overview of that organization’s attempt to deter scrap theft. In particular, I noted the ARA’s interest in ensuring enforcement identifies rogue operators through strict inspection and enforcement activities.įinally, Ms. I also described the role of the ARA in helping draft the current scrap theft laws. My presentation focused on the 28-year history that the Association has played in ensuring that the importance of the scrap industry from an Arkansas and a national standpoint is recognized. I was asked, as General Counsel of the Arkansas Recyclers Association (“ARA”), to undertake a presentation. He noted the constructive role that many scrap facilities have played in helping law enforcement. ![]() Svetz’s presentation focused on the laws in Arkansas intended to deter scrap theft. The scrap metal theft section of the Summit included three presentations. The division was created and funded by the Arkansas General Assembly to specifically focus on scrap theft in the second to last Arkansas legislative session. Stephen Svetz, Special Agent for the AAG’s office, heads this division. The Arkansas Attorney General created a division that focuses on scrap metal theft. For example, the Arkansas scrap theft statutory provisions provide significant recordkeeping requirements for scrap yards and related provisions. Over the last several sessions of Arkansas legislature, laws to deter scrap theft and enable and facilitate the arrest of offenders have been modernized and expanded. The theft of scrap metals (particularly nonferrous) has posed a problem in both Arkansas and the nation. These exports are valued at $16.5 billion. In addition, ISRI estimates that 30 to 40 percent of all scrap processed in the United States is exported. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) estimates that scrap recycling contributed on a national basis $116 billion and provided over 155,000 jobs. These activities conserve energy, natural resources and contribute to the protection of the environment. The recovery, recycling, and processing of various scrap materials, including metals, has been an important activity in Arkansas and the nation for over 100 years. The Summit included a section addressing “scrap metal theft.” The Summit was attended by over 500 Arkansas law enforcement personnel. The Arkansas Attorney General (“AAG”) held a 2017 Law Enforcement Summit (“Summit”) on October 3rd. ![]()
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