Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 444.8356 Absorption trench system: Inspections. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. If a residential system that is designed by a homeowner includes absorption trenches: (a) The homeowner shall contact the administrative authority for an inspection before covering the system; and (b) T…

NAC 444.8358 Absorption bed: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. If the use of an absorption trench is not practical, an absorption bed may be used as a viable alternative to the standard disposal trench. The bottom of the absorption bed, rather than the area of the s…

NAC 444.8361 Absorption bed: Design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The absorptive area of an absorption bed must be at least 50 percent larger than the calculated size that would be required for a standard absorption trench. 2. The percolation rate of the soils at the bottom…

NAC 444.8362 Absorption bed: Inspections. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The construction of an individual sewage disposal system that includes an absorption bed must be inspected and verified by an engineer or, if the system is designed by a homeowner as part of a residential system …

NAC 444.8364 Chamber system: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. A chamber system may be used in lieu of a standard absorption trench if the installation of an absorption trench is not practical. The bottom area of the chamber system, rather than the area of the sidew…

NAC 444.8366 Chamber system: Design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The health authority shall provide a sizing chart for each chamber system which it approves. The sizing chart must list the number of chamber units required for a specific size of septic tank and percolation …

NAC 444.8368 Chamber system: Inspections. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The construction of an individual sewage disposal system that uses a chamber system must be inspected and verified by an engineer or, if the unit is designed by a homeowner as part of a residential system for his…

NAC 444.837 System utilizing graywater for underground irrigation: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. Graywater may be used for underground irrigation if approved by the administrative authority. A homeowner must obtain a permit to construct, alter or install a syste…

NAC 444.8372 System utilizing graywater for underground irrigation: Application to construct, alter or install system; design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. An application to construct, alter or install a system that uses graywater for underground irrigation must include: (a…

NAC 444.8374 Alternative absorption system: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. If an individual sewage disposal system that uses absorption trenches pursuant to NAC 444.8352, 444.8354 and 444.8356 cannot be used because of limiting conditions, including, without limi…

NAC 444.8376 Stepped network of trenches utilizing relief lines: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. On sloping terrain where a conventional individual sewage disposal system cannot be installed or is impractical, a stepped network of trenches utilizing relief lines b…

NAC 444.8378 Stepped network of trenches utilizing relief lines: Design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The size of the required absorption area for a stepped network of trenches utilizing relief lines must be calculated based on percolation testing and must conform to the re…

NAC 444.8381 Stepped network of trenches utilizing relief lines: Inspections. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. An engineer shall: (a) Inspect each trench of a stepped network of trenches utilizing relief lines before the trench is covered; and (b) Verify that the elevation of each dispo…

NAC 444.8382 Capping fill trench: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. A capping fill trench may be used where conditions relating to high groundwater preclude the installation of a standard absorption trench. 2. A capping fill trench must be designed by an engineer. (…

NAC 444.8384 Capping fill trench: Design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The soil surrounding and beneath the bottom of a capping fill trench must have a percolation rate that is greater than 2 minutes per inch, but less than or equal to 120 minutes per inch. The required are…

NAC 444.8386 Capping fill trench: Inspections. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. An engineer shall inspect the construction of a capping fill: (a) Upon the completion of the installation of the distribution lines in the absorption trenches. (b) When the fill area has been scarified. The …

NAC 444.8388 Elevated mound system: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. An elevated mound system consists of: (a) A suitable fill material; (b) An absorption area and distribution network; and (c) A soil cap. 2. With an elevated mound system: (a) The effluent must be …

NAC 444.839 Elevated mound system: Design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. An elevated mound system must not be constructed on a slope that is: (a) Greater than 6 percent, if the soils comprising the slope have percolation rates that are slower than 60 minutes per inch; or (b)…

NAC 444.8392 Elevated mound system: Inspections. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. The construction of an elevated mound system must be inspected and verified by an engineer when: (a) The basal area of the elevated mound has been scarified; (b) The distribution lines have been placed in …

NAC 444.8394 Pressure distribution system: General requirements. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. A pressure distribution system may be used in conjunction with an elevated mound, absorption bed or absorption trench system. 2. An individual sewage disposal system that uses a pressure di…

NAC 444.8396 Pressure distribution system: Design criteria. (NRS 439.200, 444.650) 1. A pump must be used to pressurize a pressure distribution system. A siphon may be used in lieu of a pump if adequate elevation head is available. The active dosing volume must be approximately 1…

NAC 444.842 Definitions. (NRS 459.485) As used in NAC 444.842 to 444.8482, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 444.8422 to 444.8444, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Environmental Co…

NAC 444.8422 “Administrator” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.84225 “Class 3 modification” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Class 3 modification” has the meaning ascribed to it in Appendix I of 40 C.F.R. § 270.42, as adopted by reference in NAC 444.8632. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 3-1-94; A by R126-03, 4-13-2004)

NAC 444.8423 “Commission” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Commission” means the State Environmental Commission. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 4-18-90)

NAC 444.84235 “Delisted waste” defined. (NRS 459.485, 459.490) “Delisted waste” means waste that the EPA removed from the list of hazardous wastes located in 40 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart D, as adopted by reference in NAC 444.8632, as a result of a successful petition for a regulat…

NAC 444.8424 “Disposal” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Disposal” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.425. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8426 “Division” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8427 “Facility for community recycling” defined. (NRS 459.485, 459.490) “Facility for community recycling” means a facility for recycling hazardous waste which has a yearly capacity that is not more than twice the amount of the type of hazardous waste proposed to be recyc…

NAC 444.84275 “Facility for community storage” defined. (NRS 459.485, 459.490) “Facility for community storage” means a facility for the storage and consolidation of hazardous waste which has a yearly capacity that is not more than twice the amount of hazardous waste that is gene…

NAC 444.8428 “Facility for the management of hazardous waste” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Facility for the management of hazardous waste” includes the contiguous land, any structures, other appurtenances or improvements on the land and any mobile units for the treatment of hazardous …

NAC 444.84285 “Facility for the recycling of hazardous waste” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Facility for the recycling of hazardous waste” includes the contiguous land and any structures, other appurtenances or improvements on the land which are used for the recycling of hazardous wast…

NAC 444.843 “Hazardous waste” defined. (NRS 459.485, 459.490) 1. “Hazardous waste” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.430. 2. The term includes any: (a) Hazardous waste or constituent of hazardous waste which is subject to regulation under 40 C.F.R. Part 261, as adopted by…

NAC 444.8432 “Management of hazardous waste” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Management of hazardous waste” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.435 and includes, but is not limited to, the open burning of hazardous waste, open detonation of hazardous waste, and incineration of haza…

NAC 444.8433 “Mobile unit for the recycling of hazardous waste” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Mobile unit for the recycling of hazardous waste” means any transportable equipment which is used to perform recycling of a hazardous waste and is not permanently stationed at a single facilit…

NAC 444.84335 “New or expanding facility for the management of hazardous waste” defined. (NRS 459.485, 459.490) “New or expanding facility for the management of hazardous waste” means a facility for the management of hazardous waste: 1. For which a permit is required pursuant to …

NAC 444.8434 “Person” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Person” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.445. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8436 “Polychlorinated biphenyl” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Polychlorinated biphenyl” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 444.9435. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8437 “Recycling” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Recycling” means any process which uses hazardous waste to produce products or energy or to recover materials. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 4-18-90)

NAC 444.84375 “Remediation waste” defined. (NRS 459.485, 459.490) “Remediation waste” has the meaning ascribed to it in 40 C.F.R. § 260.10, as adopted by reference in NAC 444.8632. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R208-03, eff. 4-16-2004; A by R091-16, 11-2-2016)

NAC 444.8438 “Storage” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Storage” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.450. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8442 “Treatment” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Treatment” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.455. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8444 “Waste containing polychlorinated biphenyl” defined. (NRS 459.485) “Waste containing polychlorinated biphenyl” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 444.945. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87)

NAC 444.8446 Fee for processing and review of certain applications: Payment; amount; deposit; return of excess. (NRS 459.485, 459.500, 459.520) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the: (a) Owner or operator of a facility for the management of hazardous waste, for whi…

NAC 444.8447 Fees for emergency permit; waiver. (NRS 459.485, 459.490, 459.500, 459.520) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an owner or operator of a facility for the management of hazardous waste who applies for an emergency permit pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 270.61, a…

NAC 444.8448 Fees for modification or renewal and reissuance of existing permit. (NRS 459.485, 459.500, 459.520) 1. An owner or operator of a facility for the management of hazardous waste who applies for a modification or a renewal and reissuance of an existing permit issued by …

NAC 444.845 Annual permit fee; penalty for unpaid fee. (NRS 459.485, 459.490, 459.500) 1. The owner or operator of a facility for the management of hazardous waste shall, on or before March 1 of each year, pay the following annual permit fee to the Division to offset partially th…