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NevadaAB4083rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to environmental hazards; authorizing the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to issue an order for certain violations relating to mining reclamation; providing the Division, solid waste management authority and Department with a lien on certain property under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing mining reclamation to include the stabilization of process fluids; revising certain requirements for a permit to engage in a mining operation or exploration project; authorizing the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations relating to solid waste management facilities; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations relating to the requirements for the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or solid waste management facility to provide certain evidence of financial responsibility; requiring a permit to construct or operate a solid waste management facility; making requirements for disposal sites applicable to solid waste management facilities; prohibiting a municipal solid waste landfill from accepting certain types of hazardous waste; revising provisions relating to the management of hazardous waste; revising requirements governing a permit to operate a facility for the management of hazardous waste; revising requirements relating to evidence of financial responsibility provided by an owner or operator of certain facilities for the management of hazardous waste; revising certain prohibitions relating to hazardous waste; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
Signed by Governor
BDR 46-265
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Bill Overview
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Permits, fees, and security for waste facilities
Solid waste facilities, including disposal sites and landfills, must have a permit to build or operate. Permits must meet federal Subtitle D rules and state rules. They can require monitoring, closure plans, and proof of financial responsibility; an approved reclamation plan can satisfy the money rules. The Commission can set permit and disposal fees, and the state uses the fees to run the program. Permit files are public records.
Permits and liners for hazardous-waste sites
You must have a state permit to build, change, or run a hazardous‑waste facility when rules require it. Hazardous‑waste landfills must have at least one liner and a leachate collection system. Permits can last up to 10 years, and the Department can suspend or revoke them. Variances cannot waive the liner and leachate requirements. Owners may need to show financial responsibility, and in some cases people harmed can claim directly against insurers or guarantors.
New rules for solid-waste facilities
The law defines what counts as a solid-waste facility and lets the state label risky sites as regulated facilities. Owners of landfills and other facilities must show financial responsibility, such as insurance or security for closure. The state can order fixes or go to court if solid-waste handling threatens health or breaks a permit or rule.
Stricter tracking and reporting for hazardous waste
Licensees who handle hazardous waste must keep records, monitor, test, and report to the Department. It is unlawful to manage hazardous waste without filing the required reports. Transporters and generators must use compliant manifests, match shipments to the manifest, and deliver only to authorized facilities. Updated definitions clarify what counts as management, storage, treatment, and a manifest.
Stronger mine cleanup and fluid-safety rules
Mining permits now require plans that stabilize process fluids and a manual for running the fluid system. The Division can suspend a permit right away if fluids put people or the environment in danger. A hearing must happen within 10 business days and a decision within 5 business days. The permit stays suspended until problems are fixed and the state’s stabilization costs are repaid from the bond or other surety. The Division can place liens to recover costs or bond shortfalls. Operators get more ways to post surety, and fees fund the program. A complete federal plan and surety can substitute in some cases, but state fees and fixes the Division requires still apply. Violations can trigger notices, penalties, or loss of a permit.
Tougher hazardous-waste inspections and penalties
Inspectors may enter sites and vehicles, take samples, and review records for hazardous waste. The Department can order owners to stop or fix imminent hazards and can seek court orders. Violations can bring civil fines up to $25,000 per day. If a responsible party fails to act on a dangerous spill, the state may pay for response, demand repayment within 60 days, and place liens on facility property to recover cleanup costs or missing security.
Who must follow hazardous-substance rules
More hazardous‑substance rules now apply to all industries, no matter the amount on site. Small counties are no longer exempt. Mining and farm activities remain exempt from the listed hazardous‑substance sections. Sites with 1,000 kilograms or less of any one hazardous substance at a time remain exempt.
Incentives to cut and recycle hazardous waste
The state adds recycling and recovery to its hazardous‑waste goals. The Commission will set up a program to help generators reduce, recycle, or reuse hazardous waste. The program may offer grants or other incentives. The law does not set grant amounts.
Landfills take RVs; hazardous waste limits
A municipal landfill must accept a recreational vehicle for disposal if you pay the fee and show the title, and it is lawful to accept it. Landfills cannot accept hazardous waste from a “very small quantity generator” under federal rules.
No dumping batteries, tires, or oil
It is illegal to willfully dump a motor vehicle battery, tire, or motor oil at an unpermitted site or landfill. The fine is at least $100 for each violation. An exception applies if no permitted site makes proper disposal impracticable. The state must set a plan for proper drop-off sites and public education.
Stronger landfill oversight and enforcement tools
Waste authorities can demand records, test for compliance, and inspect permitted sites during normal business hours. They must run a program that checks tests and data, accepts public input, and allows intervention under state civil rules. The state can take over a local program found inadequate and can investigate and test. State or local waste authorities can place a lien on facility property to recover cleanup costs or security shortfalls. Local boards and city councils may adopt stricter rules and issue permits under them.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 1
House vote • 4/22/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 41 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Chapter 220.
6/3/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/3/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 630 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/23/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly.
5/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
5/22/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 630.) To printer.
5/20/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/20/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/20/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
4/28/2025SenateIn Senate.
4/24/2025SenateTo Senate.
4/24/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/24/2025HouseTo printer.
4/22/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.)
4/22/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
4/21/2025HouseDispensed with reprinting.
4/18/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 50.)
4/18/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/18/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/18/2025HouseRead first time. To committee.
2/4/2025HouseFrom printer.
11/22/2024HousePrefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer.
11/19/2024House
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