As required by Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission rules, all applicants for a solid waste disposal or processing facility permit including but not limited to new solid waste landfill permit, new transfer station permit, new solid waste recovery facility permit, or for an expansion of the permitted capacity of an existing landfill, except for permits for Class 3N noncommercial landfills, proposed to be located either wholly or partially within Benton County, must obtain a certificate of need from the Board of Directors of the Benton County Regional Solid Waste Management District prior to applying for the permit from the Division of Environmental Quality.