(a)
(1) The appellant, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, and the owner or operator of the business, industry, municipality, or thing involved, if applicable, shall in all cases be the original parties to an appeal.
(2) The state, through the Attorney General or any other person affected, may become a party by intervention as in a civil action, upon showing cause therefor.
(3) The Attorney General shall represent the commission, if requested, upon all these appeals, unless he or she appeals or intervenes in behalf of the state.
(b) No bond or deposit for costs shall be required of the state or of the commission upon any such appeal or upon any subsequent appeal to the Supreme Court or other court proceedings pertaining to the matter.