Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 445B.319 Operating permits: Administrative amendment; fee. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The holder of an operating permit may request or the Director may initiate an administrative amendment of an operating permit to: (a) Correct typographical errors; (b) Identify a change in …

NAC 445B.325 Operating permits: Termination, reopening and revision, revision, or revocation and reissuance. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. A Class I operating permit must be reopened and revised to incorporate any additional applicable requirement adopted pursuant to the Act if, on…

NAC 445B.326 Operating permits: Assertion of emergency as affirmative defense to action for noncompliance. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. A holder of an operating permit may assert an affirmative defense to an action brought for noncompliance with a technology-based emission limitat…

NAC 445B.3265 Operating permits: Revocation and reissuance. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. An operating permit may be revoked if the control equipment is not operating. 2. An operating permit may be revoked by the Director upon determining that there has been a violation of NAC 445B…

NAC 445B.327 Fees; late penalty. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a stationary source is not subject to the permitting requirements of 40 C.F.R. § 52.21, as adopted by reference in NAC 445B.221, the fees for an operating permit are as f…

NAC 445B.331 Request for change of location of emission unit; fee. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) A request for a change of the location of an emission unit must be made in writing to the Director and submitted with the fee of $200 for each emission unit at least 10 days before each ch…

NAC 445B.3361 General requirements. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. To establish a new Class I stationary source or modify an existing Class I stationary source, the owner or operator of a proposed new Class I stationary source or the existing Class I stationary source must: (a) Appl…

NAC 445B.3363 Operating permit to construct: Application. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 445B.33637, in addition to the information required pursuant to NAC 445B.295, an application for a Class I operating permit to construct or for a revision of …

NAC 445B.33637 Operating permit to construct for approval of plantwide applicability limitation: Application. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 1 of NAC 445B.297, an application for a Class I operating permit to construct for the …

NAC 445B.3364 Operating permit to construct: Action by Director on application for issuance or revision; publication and contents of notice; public comment and hearing; approval or denial; objection by Administrator. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except for sources that are subject…

NAC 445B.3365 Operating permit to construct: Contents; noncompliance with conditions. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 445B.33656: 1. The Director shall cite the legal authority for each condition contained in an operating permit to construct. 2. An op…

NAC 445B.33656 Operating permit to construct for approval of plantwide applicability limitation: Contents; noncompliance with conditions. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The Director shall cite the legal authority for each condition contained in a Class I operating permit to construc…

NAC 445B.3366 Expiration and extension of operating permit to construct; expiration and renewal of plantwide applicability limitation. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. If construction will occur in one phase, an operating permit to construct for a new or modified stationary source exp…

NAC 445B.3368 Additional requirements for application; exception. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The information otherwise required by this section is not required if the owner or operator applied for an operating permit to construct and no changes have been made to the facility. Th…

NAC 445B.3375 Class I application: Filing requirement. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6 of NAC 445B.3361, an owner or operator of a stationary source must file a Class I application, on a form provided by the Director, and obtain a C…

NAC 445B.3395 Action by Director on application for issuance or revision of permit; publication and contents of notice; exception; public comment and hearing; approval or denial; objection by Administrator; expiration of permit; extension. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except for s…

NAC 445B.340 Prerequisites to issuance, revision or renewal of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) The Director may issue a Class I operating permit, or a revision of or a renewal of a Class I operating permit, if: 1. The Director has: (a) Received a complete application for a Class…

NAC 445B.3405 Required contents of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. In addition to the conditions set forth in NAC 445B.315, a Class I operating permit must include all applicable requirements and: (a) Include emission limitations and standards, including those operational req…

NAC 445B.342 Certain changes authorized without revision of permit; notification of authorized changes; fee. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The owner or operator of a stationary source operating in compliance with an operating permit may make changes which contravene an express term…

NAC 445B.3425 Minor revision of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. A minor revision may be made to a Class I operating permit if the revision: (a) Does not violate any applicable requirement; (b) Does not involve significant changes to the existing requirements for monitoring, r…

NAC 445B.344 Significant revision of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The holder of an operating permit may request a significant revision of a Class I operating permit if it does not qualify as a change that may be made pursuant to NAC 445B.342, or as an administrative amendm…

NAC 445B.3441 Administrative revision of permit to incorporate conditions of certain permits to construct. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. To modify a Class I stationary source in accordance with subsection 5 of NAC 445B.3361, the owner or operator of the Class I stationary source mu…

NAC 445B.3443 Renewal of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. All Class I operating permits must be renewed 5 years after the date of issuance. 2. A complete application for the renewal of a Class I operating permit must be submitted to the Director on the form provided by the Dir…

NAC 445B.3447 Class I general permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The Director may issue a Class I general permit covering numerous similar stationary sources. 2. A Class I general permit must set forth the criteria by which stationary sources may qualify for the Class I general …

NAC 445B.3453 Application: General requirements. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an owner or operator of any Class II source must submit an application for and obtain a Class II operating permit. 2. For a proposed Class II source or a pro…

NAC 445B.3457 Action by Director on application for issuance or revision of permit; fee; publication and contents of notice; public comment and hearing; approval or denial; expiration of permit; extension. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 445B.319 a…

NAC 445B.346 Required contents of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) In addition to the conditions set forth in NAC 445B.315, Class II operating permits must contain, as applicable: 1. Emission limitations and standards, including those operational requirements and limitations that…

NAC 445B.3465 Application for revision. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The owner or operator of a stationary source with a Class II operating permit may request, on an application form provided by the Director, a revision of the operating permit to allow for a modification to the st…

NAC 445B.3473 Renewal of permit. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. All Class II operating permits must be renewed 5 years after the date of issuance. 2. A complete application for renewal of a Class II operating permit must be submitted to the Director on the form provided by the Direc…

NAC 445B.3477 Class II general permit: Action by Director; publication and contents of notice; public comment and hearing; approval or denial; request for stationary source to operate under permit; expiration and renewal. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) 1. The Director may issue a Class…

NAC 445B.3526 Required reports. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) The holder of a Class IV operating permit shall submit any reports required by NAC 445B.001 to 445B.390, inclusive, and any other reports deemed necessary by the Director to the Director in accordance with the reporting pro…

NAC 445B.3611 Definitions. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) As used in NAC 445B.3611 to 445B.3689, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 445B.3613 to 445B.3649, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC b…

NAC 445B.3613 “De minimis mercury emissions” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “De minimis mercury emissions” means mercury emissions from a thermal unit that emits mercury which are determined by the Director pursuant to NAC 445B.3657 to be insufficient to require compliance wit…

NAC 445B.3615 “Existing thermal unit that emits mercury” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Existing thermal unit that emits mercury” means a thermal unit that emits mercury which was constructed before March 8, 2006. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R189-05, eff. 5-4-200…

NAC 445B.3617 “Mercury” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Mercury” means elemental mercury and all compounds of mercury. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R189-05, eff. 5-4-2006)

NAC 445B.3619 “Mercury co-product” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Mercury co-product” means any mercury which is collected from the site of a stationary source that conducts precious metals mining for shipment to another location to be sold or recycled. (Added to NAC by Envir…

NAC 445B.3621 “Mercury early reduction credit” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Mercury early reduction credit” means an extension of the time required to apply NvMACT pursuant to NAC 445B.3611 to 445B.3689, inclusive, which may be granted by the Director in his or her taking f…

NAC 445B.3623 “Mercury emissions” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Mercury emissions” means mercury which is released into the atmosphere. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R189-05, eff. 5-4-2006)

NAC 445B.3625 “Mercury operating permit to construct” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Mercury operating permit to construct” means a permit signed and issued by the Director for the operation, construction or modification of a thermal unit that emits mercury, which includes, w…

NAC 445B.3627 “Modified thermal unit that emits mercury” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Modified thermal unit that emits mercury” means a thermal unit that emits mercury for which an application is submitted on or after May 4, 2006, to change the method of operation of or to …

NAC 445B.3629 “Nevada maximum achievable control technology” and “NvMACT” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Nevada maximum achievable control technology,” abbreviated as “NvMACT,” means a standard, method of control or any other limitation which is applied to an existing thermal…

NAC 445B.3631 “New thermal unit that emits mercury” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “New thermal unit that emits mercury” means a thermal unit that emits mercury which has obtained, on or after May 4, 2006, an operating permit pursuant to NAC 445B.001 to 445B.390, inclusive, th…

NAC 445B.3633 “Phase-1 application” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Phase-1 application” means an application for a mercury operating permit to construct for an existing thermal unit that emits mercury. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R189-05, eff. 5-4-2006; A by R077…

NAC 445B.3635 “Phase-2 application” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Phase-2 application” means an application which is submitted in accordance with NAC 445B.3675 to revise a mercury operating permit to construct which was issued pursuant to a phase-1 application for an existin…

NAC 445B.3637 “Precious metals mining” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Precious metals mining” means the mining of gold or silver ore by the owner or operator of a stationary source that belongs to Industry Group 104, Gold and Silver Ores, of Major Group 10, Metal Mining, of t…

NAC 445B.3639 “Presumptive Nevada maximum achievable control technology” and “presumptive NvMACT” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Presumptive Nevada maximum achievable control technology,” abbreviated as “presumptive NvMACT,” means the technologies to control mercury emissions…

NAC 445B.3641 “Thermal unit” defined. (NRS 445B.210, 445B.300) “Thermal unit” means an emission unit which: 1. Is located at a stationary source that conducts precious metals mining; and 2. Uses direct or indirect sources of heat energy. (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R…