CHAPTER 444 - SANITATION

NAC 444.74743 Approval needed for operation; submission of application before construction begins. (NRS 444.560) 1. A person shall not operate a materials recovery facility unless the location, design and operating plans of the facility have been approved by the solid waste manag…

NAC 444.74747 Application to operate; application to modify. (NRS 444.560) 1. An application to operate a materials recovery facility must include: (a) The name, location and mailing address of: (1) The materials recovery facility; (2) The owner of the materials recovery facility…

NAC 444.74751 Report of design. (NRS 444.560) The report of the design of the materials recovery facility required by NAC 444.74747 must: 1. Include a detailed description of the site of the facility, a diagram indicating the manner in which the materials are processed at the fac…

NAC 444.74755 Plan for operating. (NRS 444.560) The plan for operating the materials recovery facility required by NAC 444.74747 must provide a detailed description of the proposed operating procedures and include, without limitation: 1. The provisions for controlling access to t…

NAC 444.74759 Standards for design. (NRS 444.560) 1. A materials recovery facility must be constructed with: (a) Barriers and appurtenances necessary to control access to the facility; (b) A road that provides access to the facility in all kinds of weather; (c) Appurtenances to c…

NAC 444.74763 Transfer, removal, recovery and storage of solid waste. (NRS 444.560) 1. Solid waste that is accepted by a materials recovery facility must be: (a) Transferred to a disposal site that has been issued a permit by the solid waste management authority; or (b) Recovered…

NAC 444.74767 Maintenance, availability and content of records; classification of certain information as trade secret; reporting of recycled materials. (NRS 444.560) 1. The operator of a materials recovery facility shall maintain accurate operating records at the facility. The re…

NAC 444.74771 Closure of facility. (NRS 444.560) 1. The owner or operator of a materials recovery facility shall notify the solid waste management authority in writing at least 90 days before the date the facility is expected to close. The facility may not accept any solid waste …

NAC 444.74775 Surety bond or other financial assurance required to cover cost of closure. (NRS 444.560) 1. The owner or operator of a materials recovery facility shall obtain a surety bond, or any other mechanism of financial assurance approved by the solid waste management autho…

NAC 444.74779 Compliance with plans for design and operation; suspension or revocation of approval to operate. (NRS 444.560) 1. A materials recovery facility must comply with the plans for the design and operation of the facility approved by the solid waste management authority. …

NAC 444.748 Petition for variance; appeals. (NRS 444.558, 444.560, 444.590) 1. Any person who believes that an alternative to any standard specified in NAC 444.570 to 444.7499, inclusive, will comply with the intent of the specified standard and will protect public health and the…

NAC 444.7481 Suspension and continuation of monitoring requirements. (NRS 444.560) 1. The requirements for monitoring groundwater set forth in NAC 444.7483 to 444.7492, inclusive, may be suspended by a solid waste management authority for a municipal solid waste landfill unit if …

NAC 444.7482 Alternative schedule for complying with monitoring requirements. (NRS 444.560) 1. A solid waste management authority may establish an alternative schedule for the owners or operators of existing municipal solid waste landfill units or lateral expansions within the ar…

NAC 444.7483 Requirements concerning system for monitoring groundwater. (NRS 444.560) 1. The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill unit shall install a system for monitoring groundwater which consists of a sufficient number of wells, installed at appropriate locat…

NAC 444.7484 Program for sampling and analysis. (NRS 444.560) 1. The owner or operator shall notify the solid waste management authority that the documentation of the program for sampling and analysis has been placed in the records of the disposal site. 2. A system for monitoring…

NAC 444.7485 Statistical methods for evaluating data; performance standards. (NRS 444.560) 1. An owner or operator shall specify in the records for the disposal site one of the following statistical methods to be used in evaluating data from monitoring groundwater for each hazard…

NAC 444.7486 Determination of statistically significant increase over background values. (NRS 444.560) 1. Within 14 days after completing sampling and analysis, the owner or operator shall determine whether there is a statistically significant increase over background values for …

NAC 444.7487 Constituents required to be monitored; establishment of list of alternative parameters for inorganic materials. (NRS 444.560) 1. An owner or operator shall monitor constituents at all wells monitoring groundwater pursuant to NAC 444.7483. At a minimum, the constituen…

NAC 444.7488 Program for detection monitoring. (NRS 444.560) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all constituents listed in Appendix I or in the list of alternative parameters established pursuant to NAC 444.7487 must be monitored at least semiannually during the act…

NAC 444.7489 Procedures upon determination of statistically significant increase of Appendix I constituents or alternative parameters. (NRS 444.560) 1. If an owner or operator determines, pursuant to NAC 444.7485, that there is a statistically significant increase over background…

NAC 444.749 Program for assessment monitoring. (NRS 444.560) 1. If a statistically significant increase over background has been detected for one or more of the constituents listed in Appendix I or the list of alternative parameters established pursuant to NAC 444.7487, an owner …

NAC 444.7491 Procedures upon determination of concentrations of Appendix II constituents. (NRS 444.560) 1. If the concentrations of all constituents listed in Appendix II are shown to be at or below background values, using the statistical procedures set forth in NAC 444.7485, fo…

NAC 444.7492 Establishment of standard for protection of groundwater. (NRS 444.560) 1. The Administrator shall establish a standard for the protection of groundwater for each constituent listed in Appendix II detected in the groundwater as follows: (a) For a constituent for which…

NAC 444.7493 Assessment of corrective measures upon determination that level of any Appendix II constituent exceeds standard for protection of groundwater; public notice and comment. (NRS 444.560) 1. Within 90 days after finding that any of the constituents listed in Appendix II …

NAC 444.7494 Selection and approval of remedy by solid waste management authority. (NRS 444.560) 1. Based on the results of the assessment of corrective measures conducted pursuant to NAC 444.7493 and the public comments received, if any, the solid waste management authority may …

NAC 444.7495 Schedule for initiation and completion of remedial activities. (NRS 444.560) An owner or operator shall submit to the solid waste management authority a schedule for initiating and completing remedial activities. The schedule must require the initiation of remedial a…

NAC 444.7496 Exemptions from requirement of remediation. (NRS 444.560) 1. The solid waste management authority and the Administrator may jointly determine that remediation of a release of a constituent listed in Appendix II from a municipal solid waste landfill unit is not necess…

NAC 444.7497 Program for monitoring corrective action; performance of remedial activities; interim measures to protect public. (NRS 444.560) Based on the schedule established pursuant to NAC 444.7495 for the initiation and completion of remedial activities, the owner or operator …

NAC 444.7498 Ineffectiveness of selected remedy; impracticability of currently available methods of remediation. (NRS 444.560) 1. The solid waste management authority may determine, based on information developed after the initiation of a remedy or any other information, that com…

NAC 444.7499 Remedy deemed complete; certification of completion. (NRS 444.560) 1. A remedy selected pursuant to NAC 444.7494, 444.7495 and 444.7496 shall be deemed to be complete when each of the following occurs: (a) The owner or operator complies with the standards for the pro…

NAC 444.750 Definitions. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) As used in NAC 444.750 to 444.8396, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 444.7502 to 444.7772, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Supplied in codificatio…

NAC 444.7502 “Absorption trench” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Absorption trench” means a trench that is excavated into and uses the native soil for the subsequent absorption and treatment of effluent from a primary treatment unit. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R129-98, ef…

NAC 444.7503 “Accessory structure” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Accessory structure” means a building or structure, including, without limitation, a workshop, a home office, guest quarters, a pool house and a garage, that: 1. Is separate from a single-family dwelling; and 2. …

NAC 444.7504 “Administrative authority” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Administrative authority” means the official who, or the board, department or agency which, is established and authorized by this State, or by a county, city or other political subdivision of this State, to …

NAC 444.7506 “Aerobic wastewater treatment unit” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Aerobic wastewater treatment unit” means a chamber that receives sewage and, through oxidation, decomposes the sewage by the introduction of air into the wastewater to reduce both the level of total…

NAC 444.7508 “Aggregate” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Aggregate” means gravel, rock, drain rock or any similar medium used for absorption. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R129-98, eff. 3-25-99)

NAC 444.751 “Alternative absorption system” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Alternative absorption system” means a system, other than an absorption trench, that uses the native soil for the subsequent absorption and treatment of effluent from a primary treatment unit. The term i…

NAC 444.7512 “Alternative treatment system” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Alternative treatment system” means a system, or a receptacle other than a septic tank, that is designed and constructed to: 1. Receive the discharge of sewage from a building sewer; 2. Partially or comp…

NAC 444.7514 “Approved method of sewage disposal” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Approved method of sewage disposal” means a method of sewage treatment and disposal that has been approved by the administrative authority. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R129-98, eff. 3-25-99)

NAC 444.7516 “Approved service provider” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Approved service provider” means a person approved by the administrative authority to provide maintenance on an alternative treatment system. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R100-07, eff. 10-31-2007)

NAC 444.7522 “Backflow” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Backflow” means the flow of liquid mixtures or substances into the distributing pipe of potable water from any source other than the intended source of the potable water. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R129-98, eff. 3-25…

NAC 444.7524 “Basal area” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Basal area” means the area of natural ground that is covered by the fill material of a mound system. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R129-98, eff. 3-25-99)

NAC 444.7525 “Bathroom unit” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Bathroom unit” means an area of a single-family dwelling or accessory structure which includes a toilet, a sink, and a bathtub or shower. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R100-07, eff. 10-31-2007)

NAC 444.7528 “Building drain” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Building drain” means the piping that conveys sewage within a building or structure. (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R129-98, eff. 3-25-99)

NAC 444.753 “Building sewer” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Building sewer” means the piping that extends from the end of the building drain and conveys sewage to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other point of disposal. (Added to NAC by Bd. o…

NAC 444.7536 “Capping fill trench” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Capping fill trench” means a standard drain field trench, where the invert of the disposal drain pipe is at or slightly below the natural grade of the existing soil, which is covered by a soil cap composed of sel…

NAC 444.754 “Cesspool” defined. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) “Cesspool” means a covered excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of domestic sewage or other organic wastes from a drainage system which is designed to retain the organic matter and solids while permitting the…