Site Navigation - Tips and Pointers

Karalin Rogers, Webmaster - (501) 682-0680


ADEQ Department Structure

Our Department (ADEQ) is generally structured into: 

  • Divisions (Basically a logical assignment of our staff into groups dealing with environmental concerns such as Air, Water, Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste etc., or administrative functions.)
  • and Sections, also referred to as Branches. (Essentially "sub-groups" within a Division.)

Our Web site layout and navigation closely follows this basic "Divisions & Sections structure".

Site Navigation information

Every page on our Website has the same navigation bar across the top...

  • Home Page
    • Takes you back to the Department's Home Page from anywhere on our site.
  • Site Info drop-down menu with Web-site related help files.
    • Site Navigation Tips/Pointers... This page.
    • Site Index (Site Map)... Categorized Site-Map.
    • Topic Index... Topics of interest at ADEQ; contains contact names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
    • Site Search... Search all Web pages and PDF documents on our site for specific text.
    • Still Lost? Customer Service can help... Links to Customer Service Helpline information.
  • Staff
    • Complete Employee listing includes division, phone numbers and e-mail addresses; searchable by name, division, and phone number.
  • Divisions
    • Click "Division" on the top-row for a web page with Division/Section specific links.
    • Click the Division link on the drop-down menu to go a specific Division's Home Page.
  • Databases
    • ADEQ Facility and Permit Summary (PDS)... ADEQ's PDS multi-media database - Air, Mining, Water & Solid Waste, including PDF copies of some permits.
    • Air Facility Emissions/Stack Data... Details about permitted facility Emissions and Stack data (ISTEPS Database).
    • Air Permit Applications... This is the database the Air Division uses to track the processing of permit applications.
    • AR Haz Waste Generators (RCRA)... Details about Hazardous Waste generating facilities, ownership, violations, penalties and fees.
    • Legal Consent Admin Orders (CAOs)... Consent Administrative Order (CAO) and Notice of Violation (NOV) Information.
    • RST Storage Tanks Info... Search for facility, tank, leak and owner information for aboveground and belowground regulated storage tanks.
    • Solid Waste Facility Permit Data... Details about Solid Waste Facilities including permit status and links to scanned supporting documents.
    • Wastewater Licensed Operators... Wastewater Operator Licensing Data Files
    • Water NPDES Final Permits... A searchable database of the Water NPDES final permits.
    • Water NPDES Public Notice... A searchable database of the Water NPDES Public Notice permits.
    • More... Complete listing of ALL Searchable Databases available on our Website.
  • Inspectors
    • Click "Inspectors" on the top-row for a web page with Division specific links.
    • Click the Division link on the drop-down menu to go a specific Division's Inspectors Searchable database.
  • Regulations
    • Click "Regulations" on the top-row for a web page of all current Regulations.
    • The Drop-down menu contains several Regulation-related links.
  • Complaints
    • Click "Complaints" on the top-row for more information on filing a complaint.
  • Search
    • Click in the Search Input area, enter a search value, and click on the "GO" button for a Google powered search of our site.

Menus on the left side of every page are "categorized"...

  • A "General Department" information menu is on the Home Page and other non-Division specific Web pages.
  • A "Division-specific Menu" is on every Web page relating that particular Division.  It has links to various pages containing information about that Division.

Every page on our Website has links at the bottom of the page:

  • Send Us Feedback - links to a page where you can send questions, comments or suggestions to various people or groups within the Department.
  • ADEQ Helpline - Customer Service "hotline" where you can get immediate phone help on specific questions or problems.
  • An Question/Comments E-mail link that is Division-specific.
  • Privacy, Legal, Accessibility and PDF links go to specific information pages.
  • ADEQ Webmaster - Navigation question? Found a Website problem?  Report a broken link; Offer suggestions for new/better links; compliments; flames... click that link.
     

Our Website has been designed with YOU in mind... The most important considerations have been:

  • Make our site Informative...  It MUST contain the information YOU are looking for!
  • Make our site Easy to Navigate
  • Make our site Fast Loading

We hope we have achieved this 3 point goal.  If you have suggestions on how we can make it better for you, we want to hear them... send them to the ADEQ Webmaster.