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NV Rev Stat § 445A.465 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|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 Commission, it is unlawful for any person to:  (a) Discharge from any point source any pollutant into any waters of the State or any treatment works.  (b) Inject fluids through a well into any waters of the State.  (c) Discharge from a point source a pollutant or inject fluids through a well that could be carried into the waters of the State by any means.  (d) Allow a pollutant discharged from a point source or fluids injected through a well to remain in a place where the pollutant or fluids could be carried into the waters of the State by any means.  2. The Commission shall adopt regulations which provide a simplified procedure for approval by the Department of permits that are required by subsection 1 for work related to clearing and maintaining the channel of a navigable river, including, without limitation, dredging or filling, bank stabilization or restoration, channel clearance, construction of irrigation diversions or the clearance of vegetation, debris or temporary obstructions. The regulations must include a limitation on the time allowed for the processing of an application for such a permit to not more than 60 days after receipt by the Department of a completed application and any required fees, unless the Administrator determines that it is in the public interest to hold a public hearing regarding the application and promptly notifies the applicant of that determination.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1711; A 1985, 765; 1991, 857, 1742, 1743; 1997, 1262)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.470 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|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 injection of material into a well to facilitate production of oil or gas or an injection to dispose of brine, water or other fluids which were brought to the surface in connection with the production of oil or gas, if the well is used either for facilitating production or for disposal and if the Department determines that this injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of underground or surface water.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 763)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.475 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|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 injection;  3. Requires the same limitations or conditions in a permit;  4. Requires the same or similar monitoring; or  5. In the opinion of the Department, is more appropriately regulated by a general permit rather than an individual permit.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1741)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.480 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|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 limitation:  (a) If the discharge or injection of fluids through a well is not in compliance with the conditions of the general permit.  (b) If a change in circumstances has occurred and the general permit is no longer applicable.  (c) If the Department determines that the discharge or injection of fluids is a significant or potentially significant contributor of pollutants. In making this determination, the Department may consider:  (1) The location of the discharge or injection;  (2) The size of the discharge or injection; and  (3) The quantity and nature of the pollutants discharged or injected.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1741)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.485 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|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)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.490 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.490 - Permits: Issuance prohibited in certain cases.

No permit may be issued which authorizes any discharge or injection of fluids through a well into any waters of the State:  1. Of any radiological, chemical or biological warfare agent or high-level radioactive waste;  2. Which would substantially impair anchorage and navigation in any waters of the State;  3. Which would result in the degradation of existing or potential underground sources of drinking water;  4. Which is inconsistent with an applicable areawide plan for management of the treatment of waste; or  5. Which the Director determines is inconsistent with the regulations and guidelines adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, including those relating to standards of water quality and injections of fluids through a well.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1711; A 1985, 766)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.495 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.495 - Permits: Term; renewal.

The Department may issue permits for fixed terms not to exceed 5 years, but a permit to operate a package plant for sewage treatment must be reviewed annually by the Department. In compliance with the regulations adopted by the Commission, the Department may issue a new permit upon expiration of an existing permit if:  1. The holder of the permit is in full or substantial compliance with all the requirements and schedules of compliance of the expired permit;  2. The Department has current information on the nature and frequency of the discharge or injection of fluids through a well by a holder of a permit, either pursuant to the submission of new forms and applications or pursuant to continuing observation of records and reports submitted to the Department by the holder of the permit; and  3. The discharge or injection of fluids through a well is consistent with applicable effluent limitations, standards of water quality and other applicable requirements set forth in NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1712; A 1979, 1917; 1985, 766)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.500 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.500 - Permits: Conditions; notice of application.

  1. Each permit issued by the Department must ensure compliance with the following factors whenever applicable to the discharge or the injection of fluids through a well for which the permit is sought:  (a) Effluent limitations;  (b) Standards of performance for new sources;  (c) Standards for pretreatment;  (d) Standards for injections of fluids through a well; and  (e) Any more stringent limitations, including any necessary to meet or effectuate standards of water quality, standards of treatment or schedules of compliance developed by the Department as part of a continuing planning process or areawide plan for the management of the treatment of waste under NRS 445A.580 or in furthering the purposes and goals of NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive.  2. Each permit must specify average and maximum daily or other appropriate quantitative limitations for the level of pollutants or contaminants in the authorized discharge or injection.  3. If an application is made to discharge from a point source into any waters of this State which flow directly or ultimately into an irrigation reservoir upstream from which are located urban areas in two or more counties and if each county has a population of 55,000 or more, the Department must give notice of the application to each city, county, unincorporated town and irrigation district located downstream from the point of discharge. Notice to an unincorporated town must be given to the town board or advisory council if there is one.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1712; A 1981, 1581; 1985, 766; 1989, 1927; 2001, 1991; 2011, 1261)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.505 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.505 - Permits: Report by holder of permit of new or increased discharges; reapplication.

  1. A holder of a permit for a publicly owned treatment works shall notify and supply the Department with information concerning any new or increased introduction of pollutants into the treatment works.  2. All holders of permits issued under NRS 445A.465 to 445A.510, inclusive, whose production increases, or whose process modifications or facility expansion result in new or increased discharges or injections of fluids through a well shall report such changes by submitting a new application for a permit to the Department.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1712; A 1985, 767)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.510 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.510 - Permits: Collection of fee.

In accordance with the schedule of fees prescribed by the Commission, the Department shall charge each applicant a fee for an application for a permit.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1712; A 1985, 716; 1989, 488)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.515 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.515 - Compliance with conditions of permit required.

If any discharge does not comply with the provisions of NRS 445A.500 and 445A.505, the Department shall require the permit holder to take specific steps to comply therewith.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1713)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.520 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.520 - Standards of water quality.

  1. The Commission shall establish water quality standards at a level designed to protect and ensure a continuation of the designated beneficial use or uses which the Commission has determined to be applicable to each stream segment or other body of surface water in the State.  2. The Commission shall base its water quality standards on water quality criteria which numerically or descriptively define the conditions necessary to maintain the designated beneficial use or uses of the water. The water quality standards must reflect water quality criteria which define the conditions necessary to support, protect and allow the propagation of fish, shellfish and other wildlife and to provide for recreation in and on the water if these objectives are reasonably attainable.  3. The Commission may establish water quality standards for individual segments of streams or for other bodies of surface water which vary from standards based on recognized criteria if such variations are justified by the circumstances pertaining to particular places, as determined by biological monitoring or other appropriate studies.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1713; A 1979, 1028)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.525 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.525 - Effluent limitations: Establishment; enforcement.

  1. Effluent limitations shall be established and enforced for point sources, including publicly owned treatment works, which require the application of the best practicable control economically achievable.  2. In the case of a discharge into a publicly owned treatment plant in existence on July 1, 1977, or federally approved prior to June 30, 1974, effluent limitations shall be established and enforced which comply with applicable pretreatment requirements or are based upon secondary treatment as federally defined.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1713)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.530 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.530 - Effluent limitations: Additional limitations.

If more stringent limitations are needed, including those necessary to meet water quality standards, treatment standards or schedules of compliance established pursuant to the laws of this State or any other federal law or regulation, or are required to implement any applicable water quality standard established by the Commission pursuant to NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730, inclusive, such limitations shall be established and enforced.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1713)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.535 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.535 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Exemption from provisions of NRS 445A.540 to 445A.560, inclusive.

Any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada which is providing sewerage on June 7, 1979, is exempt from the provisions of NRS 445A.540 to 445A.560, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1913; A 1987, 717; 1997, 1995)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.540 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.540 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Conditions for issuing permit.

A permit to discharge water from a package plant for sewage treatment may not be issued unless all of the following conditions are met:  1. Neither of the following is available:  (a) Sewerage provided by a public utility; or  (b) Sewerage provided by a municipality or other public entity.  2. The applicant fully complies with all of the conditions of NRS 445A.465 to 445A.515, inclusive.  3. The local governing body assumes:  (a) Responsibility in case of default by the builder or developer for the continued operation and maintenance of the plant in accordance with all of the terms and conditions of the permit.  (b) The duty of assessing the lands served as provided in subsection 5.  4. The applicant furnishes the local governing body sufficient surety in the form of a bond, certificate of deposit, investment certificate or any other form acceptable to the governing body, to ensure the continued maintenance and operation of the plant:  (a) For 5 years following the date the plant is placed in operation; or  (b) Until 75 percent of the lots or parcels served by the plant are sold,  whichever is later.  5. The owners of the lands to be served by the package plant for sewage treatment record a declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, which is an equitable servitude running with the land and which must provide that each lot or parcel will be assessed by the local governing body for its proportionate share of the cost of continued operation and maintenance of the plant if there is a default by the applicant or operator of the plant and a sufficient surety, as provided in subsection 4, is not available.  6. The declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions recorded by the owners further provides that if the local governing body determines that:  (a) The plant is not satisfactorily serving the needs of its users; and  (b) Sewerage provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity is reasonably available,  the local governing body may require all users of a package plant for sewage treatment to connect into the available sewers provided by a utility or a municipality or other public entity, and each lot or parcel will be assessed by the local governing body for its proportionate share of the cost of connecting into those sewers. These assessments are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.  7. Provision has been made for disposition of the plant and the land on which it is situated after the local governing body requires all users to connect into available sewers provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1913; A 1987, 717; 1997, 1995)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.545 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.545 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Assessment lien.

No lien for the assessments provided by the covenants, conditions and restrictions described in NRS 445A.540 is binding upon the property until the local governing body, after a hearing, establishes the costs, apportions them to each lot or parcel and records a notice of lien in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the property is located.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1914)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.550 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.550 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Deposit and expenditure of proceeds of assessments; refund of surplus.

  1. The proceeds of any assessments upon lots or parcels must be deposited with the treasurer of the local governing body which received them, and they may be expended only for the following purposes:  (a) Continued maintenance and operation of the package plant for sewage treatment;  (b) Replacement of the plant if necessary; and  (c) Payment of the costs of connection to any sewer provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity that becomes reasonably available.  2. If any surplus exists in the proceeds of assessments after all purposes of the assessments have been fully met, the surplus must be refunded to the persons who paid the assessments, in the proportion that their respective assessments bear to the gross proceeds of all assessments collected by the local governing body.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1914)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.555 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.555 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Remedy for violation of conditions of permit; assumption of control of plant by local governing body.

  1. If the Department has found that any of the conditions of a permit to discharge water from a package plant for sewage treatment are being violated and has notified the holder of the permit that the holder must bring the plant into compliance, but the holder of the permit has failed to comply within a reasonable time after the date of the notice, the local governing body may take the following actions independently of any further action by the Department:  (a) Give written notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the plant and the owners of the property served by the plant that if the violation is not corrected within 30 days after the date of the notice, the local governing body will seek a court order authorizing it to assume control; and  (b) After the 30-day period has expired, if the plant has not been brought into compliance, apply to the district court for an order authorizing the local governing body to assume control of the plant and assess the property for the continued operation and maintenance of the plant as provided in subsection 5 of NRS 445A.540.  2. If the local governing body determines at any time that immediate action is necessary to protect the public health and welfare, it may assume physical control and operation of a package plant for sewage treatment without complying with any of the requirements set forth in subsection 1. The local governing body may not maintain control of the plant pursuant to this subsection for a period greater than 30 days unless it obtains an order from the district court authorizing an extension.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1914)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.560 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.560 - Package plant for sewage treatment: Regulation by local governing body.

No provision of this chapter prevents:  1. A local governing body or a health district from imposing its own conditions for approval of the operation of any package plant for sewage treatment located within its jurisdiction, which may be more stringent than those authorized by this chapter.  2. A local governing body from requiring the prior approval of proposed package plants for sewage treatment by a local committee created for this purpose.  3. A local governing body from converting connections to package plants for sewage treatment into connections to sewers provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1914)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.565 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.565 - Protection of surface waters of higher quality; treatment of and control over discharges constituting new or increased sources of pollution.

  1. Any surface waters of the State whose quality is higher than the applicable standards of water quality as of the date when those standards become effective must be maintained in their higher quality. No discharges of waste may be made which will result in lowering the quality of these waters unless it has been demonstrated to the Commission that the lower quality is justifiable because of economic or social considerations. This subsection does not apply to normal agricultural rotation, improvement or farming practices.  2. Any person who plans to discharge waste from any public or private project or development which would constitute a new or increased source of pollution to waters of the State whose quality is high shall, as part of the initial design of the project or development, provide:  (a) If the discharge will be from a point source, the highest and best degree of waste treatment available under the existing technology, consistent with the best practice in the particular field under the conditions applicable, and reasonably consistent with the economic capability of the project or development.  (b) If the discharge will be from a diffuse source, such measures, methods of operation or practices as are reasonably calculated or designed to prevent, eliminate or reduce water pollution from the source, under the circumstances pertaining to the particular place, in order to achieve control over water pollution which is reasonably consistent with the economic capability of the project or development.  3. This section does not limit a municipal sewage treatment plant in disposing of its solid sludge on land if the sludge is properly spread and incorporated into the soil.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1029)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.570 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.570 - Controls for diffuse sources: Conditions; delegation of administration to county or city.

  1. The Commission may prescribe controls for diffuse sources as follows:  (a) To any diffuse source existing on July 1, 1979, if the Director determines that the source is significantly causing or adding to water pollution in violation of a water quality standard.  (b) To any diffuse source created after July 1, 1979, if controls are necessary to prevent the degradation of any water of high quality in the waters of the State.  2. The Department shall delegate, to each county or city which so requests, other than a county to which NRS 244A.571 and 244A.573 apply or a city within such a county, the Administration of the Department’s controls of diffuse sources, if the Director finds that the county or city has the necessary money and staff to administer the program effectively. If such a delegation is made both to a county and to a city within it, the city has authority within its corporate limits and the county has authority outside those limits.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1029)
NV Rev Stat § 445A.575 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 445A - Water Controls|NRS 445A.575 - Unlawful discharge of radiological, chemical or biological warfare agent or high-level radioactive waste.

It is unlawful to discharge any radiological, chemical or biological warfare agent or high-level radioactive waste into any waters of the State.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1713)