(a)

1. (1)

   1. (A) Effective immediately, no person shall engage in the business of collection and/or transportation of solid wastes in the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District without first securing a solid waste hauler’s license from the Board of Directors of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District.
   2. (B) This does not apply to private individuals who transport their personal household solid waste to a permitted facility.
2. (2) The Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District may engage in hauling solid waste within the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District without a license but shall comply with all applicable standards under this part.

(b) A solid waste hauler’s license shall only be issued to:

1. (1) A person;
2. (2) A partnership;
3. (3) A corporation;
4. (4) An association;
5. (5) The State of Arkansas;
6. (6) A political subdivision of the state;
7. (7) An improvement district;
8. (8) A sanitation authority; or
9. (9) Another regional solid waste management district.

(c) A solid waste hauler’s license is required under the following circumstances:

1. (1) Any person or business engaged in the collection of solid waste within the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District;
2. (2) Any person or business engaged in the transportation of solid waste for disposal or storage in the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District; or
3. (3) Any person or business engaged in hauling solid waste to or from the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District.

(d)

1. (1) All solid waste haulers’ licenses shall be issued for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
2. (2) Licenses shall run from January 1 through December 31 of each year.

3. (3)

   1. (A) Applications for a license will be mailed out by the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District to each hauler no later than November 1 of the year before the license is issued by the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District.
   2. (B) If applications are not mailed out by November 1, then the deadline to submit such shall be extended accordingly.
4. (4) Application packets shall be returned to the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District no later than December 15 of each year except as stated above.