- (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 8-6-724, regional solid waste management boards may adopt more restrictive standards for the location, design, construction, and maintenance of solid waste disposal sites and facilities than the state or federal governments, provided such standards are based upon generally accepted scientific knowledge or engineering practices and are consistent with the purposes of Arkansas Code § 8-6-701 et seq.
- (b) Due to the extremely fragile karst topography underlying the entire Benton County Regional Solid Waste Management District, the Board of Directors of the Benton County Regional Solid Waste Management District has elected to adopt more restrictive standards as described in subsequent sections.