(a) Any rules adopted by the Commission shall not be less stringent than the regulations promulgated or revised by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended.

(b) Where the Division issues variances pursuant to A.C.A. § 8-7-211, such variances shall not provide terms less stringent than those set by federal regulations adopted or incorporated by reference in this Rule nor less stringent than those for which analogous provisions have been adopted herein.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Commission from imposing any rule or regulation, nor the Division from imposing any standard, procedure or permit condition which is more stringent than federal regulations, when such rule, standard, procedure or permit condition is required as a part of this Rule or the Act or when the Division finds such stringency is necessary to protect the public health or the environment.