Title 40

NRS 445A.280 Administration: Limitations on expenditures; imposition and collection of fees to defray costs. 1. The Administrator shall not: (a) Spend more than the amount or percentage authorized for administering the Account for the Revolving Fund and the Account for Set-Aside …

NRS 445A.285 Employment of expert services. The Administrator may employ any legal, fiscal, engineering and other expert services necessary to carry out his or her duties pursuant to NRS 445A.200 to 445A.295, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1825)

NRS 445A.290 Legislative findings and declarations; issuance of securities. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The construction, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of modern and efficient drinking water systems are essential for the public health of the reside…

NRS 445A.295 Environmental review: Regulations; preparation and review of environmental assessments. 1. The Commission shall adopt such regulations as are necessary relating to the environmental review required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. 2. Each public water system which rec…

NRS 445A.300 Short title. NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Water Pollution Control Law. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1707; A 1977, 1141)

NRS 445A.305 Legislative declaration. 1. The Legislature finds that pollution of water in this State: (a) Adversely affects public health and welfare; (b) Is harmful to wildlife, fish and other aquatic life; and (c) Impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and oth…

NRS 445A.310 Definitions. As used in NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 445A.315 to 445A.420, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1708; A 1977, 1141; 19…

NRS 445A.315 “Administrator” defined. “Administrator” means the executive head of the Division. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1141)

NRS 445A.320 “Commission” defined. “Commission” means the State Environmental Commission. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1708)

NRS 445A.325 “Contaminant” defined. “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter which is added to water. (Added to NRS by 1985, 762)

NRS 445A.330 “Department” defined. “Department” means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1708; A 1973, 1406; 1977, 1141)

NRS 445A.335 “Diffuse source” defined. “Diffuse source” means any source of water pollution which is diffused to the extent that it is not readily discernible and cannot be confined to a discrete conveyance. This term is intended to be equivalent to the term “nonpoint source” as …

NRS 445A.340 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department or the Director’s designee. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1708)

NRS 445A.345 “Discharge” defined. “Discharge” means any addition of a pollutant or pollutants to water. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1708)

NRS 445A.350 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1977, 1141)

NRS 445A.355 “Effluent limitation” defined. “Effluent limitation” means any applicable state and federal water quality standard or limitation which imposes any restriction or prohibition on quantities, rates and concentrations of chemical, physical, biological and other constitue…

NRS 445A.360 “General permit” defined. “General permit” means a permit issued by the Department pursuant to NRS 445A.475. (Added to NRS by 1991, 1741)

NRS 445A.363 “Hazardous waste” defined. “Hazardous waste” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.430. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2113)

NRS 445A.365 “Individual permit” defined. “Individual permit,” except as otherwise provided in NRS 445A.385, means any permit issued by the Department pursuant to NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, that is not a general permit. (Added to NRS by 1991, 1741)

NRS 445A.370 “Interstate agency” defined. “Interstate agency” means an agency of two or more states: 1. Established by or pursuant to an agreement or compact approved by the Congress of the United States; or 2. Having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the control of poll…

NRS 445A.375 “Municipality” defined. “Municipality” means: 1. Any city, town, county, district, association or other public body created by or pursuant to the law of this State and having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes; or 2. An Indian tri…

NRS 445A.380 “Package plant for sewage treatment” defined. 1. “Package plant for sewage treatment” means any plant which: (a) Consists of units or modules designed for construction, assembly, connection and installation at the site for treatment of sewage; and (b) Is privately ow…

NRS 445A.385 “Permit” defined. “Permit” includes a general permit, individual permit or temporary permit. The term does not include a permit issued pursuant to NRS 445A.615 or 445A.625. (Added to NRS by 1991, 1741)

NRS 445A.390 “Person” defined. “Person” includes the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law, the State or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality or other political subdivision of this State or any interstate body. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1708; A 1985, …

NRS 445A.395 “Point source” defined. “Point source” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel …

NRS 445A.400 “Pollutant” defined. “Pollutant”: 1. Means dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and indus…

NRS 445A.405 “Pollution” defined. “Pollution” means the artificially made or artificially induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1709)

NRS 445A.410 “Treatment works” defined. “Treatment works” means: 1. Any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection syst…

NRS 445A.415 “Waters of the State” defined. “Waters of the State” means all waters situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon this State, including but not limited to: 1. All streams, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, marshes, water courses, waterways, wells, springs, …

NRS 445A.420 “Water quality standard” defined. “Water quality standard” means the degree of pollution of water or the physical, chemical or biological condition of water, as expressed numerically or descriptively, used for controlling the quality of water in each segment of a str…

NRS 445A.425 Powers and duties of Commission; regulations. 1. Except as specifically provided in NRS 445A.625 to 445A.645, inclusive, the Commission shall: (a) Adopt regulations carrying out the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, including standards of water quali…

NRS 445A.427 Analysis to detect hazardous waste or regulated substance to be performed by certified laboratory; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any analysis performed to detect the presence of hazardous waste or a regulated substance in soil or water a…

NRS 445A.428 Commission to provide standards for certification of laboratories for analysis of water; certified laboratory required to perform certain analyses; evaluation. 1. The Commission shall provide by regulation standards for the certification of laboratories for the analy…

NRS 445A.430 Fees: Establishment by Commission; disposition. 1. The Commission shall prescribe a schedule of reasonable fees for applications for permits under the provisions of NRS 445A.465 to 445A.510, inclusive, to defray the costs of processing applications for permits and ad…

NRS 445A.435 Publication of notice of hearing on regulation which provides standard of water quality or discharge of waste. If a regulation which is to be considered by the Commission provides a standard of water quality or waste discharge, notice of the hearing on the regulation…

NRS 445A.440 Department designated as State Water Pollution Control Agency. The Department is: 1. Designated as the State Water Pollution Control Agency for this State for all purposes of federal water pollution control legislation except that the Commission has the exclusive pow…

NRS 445A.445 Duties of Director. The Director shall: 1. Administer and enforce the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, all regulations adopted by the Commission, and all orders and permits issued by the Department; 2. Examine and approve or disapprove plans and spe…

NRS 445A.450 Powers of Director. The Director may: 1. Perform any acts consistent with the requirements of state and federal legislation concerning the control of the injection of fluids through a well and the control of water pollution and conditions thereof relating to particip…

NRS 445A.455 Disqualification of Director; exception. 1. The Director shall not be a person who receives or has during the previous 2 years received a significant portion of his or her income, as defined by any applicable state or federal law, directly or indirectly from one or m…

NRS 445A.460 Administrator: Qualifications; disqualification; exception. 1. The Administrator shall be selected with special reference to his or her training, experience, capacity and interest in the field of environmental protection and ability to administer and direct the work …

NRS 445A.465 Injection of fluids through well or discharge of pollutant without permit prohibited; regulations. 1. Except as authorized by a permit issued by the Department pursuant to the provisions of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, and regulations adopted by the Commissio…

NRS 445A.467 Notification of discharge of sewage or industrial waste into water; information provided to Indian tribe; prohibition on prevention of ability to provide such notification. 1. In the event of an incident resulting in the discharge of sewage or industrial waste or any…

NRS 445A.470 Restrictions on regulation concerning injection of fluid through well or permit issued for injections. Any regulation concerning injections of fluids through a well or any permit issued for the purpose of such an injection may not interfere with or impede the injecti…

NRS 445A.475 Permits: Issuance of general permits. A general permit may be issued for a category of discharges or injections of fluids through a well which: 1. Corresponds with an existing geographical or political boundary; 2. Involves the same or similar types of discharge or i…

NRS 445A.480 Permits: Authority of Department to require individual permit. 1. The Department may require the holder of a general permit to apply for and obtain an individual permit. 2. An individual permit may be required by the Department in any of the following cases, without …

NRS 445A.485 Permits: Issuance of temporary permits. The Department may issue a temporary permit for the discharge of pollutants or the injection of fluids through a well. The permit is valid for not more than 180 days. (Added to NRS by 1991, 1741; A 1993, 2790)