Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS AND POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECTS › Environmental Review of Proposed Projects › Section 445A.748 - Review of completed facility plan; environmental assessment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division shall review the completed
				facility plan with particular attention to the environmental information
				document and its use in the development of alternatives and the selection of a
				preferred alternative. An adequate environmental information document must be
				part of any facility plan submitted. The environmental information document
				must be of sufficient scope to enable the Division to approve or deny any
				request to partition the environmental review process and to prepare an
				environmental assessment.
2. The
				process of environmental assessment must cover all potentially significant
				environmental impacts. The Division shall prepare a preliminary environmental
				assessment in sufficient detail to serve as an adequate basis for an
				independent environmental review and for the decision to prepare and issue a
				finding of no significant impact or an environmental impact statement. The
				Division may require the submission of supplementary information before
				approving any facility plan. Each of the following areas must be reviewed to
				identify potentially significant environmental concerns and all potential
				impacts must be addressed in the environmental assessment:
(a) For the area delineated in the facility
				plan, the existing environmental conditions relevant to the analysis of
				alternatives or to determining the environmental impacts of the proposed
				action.
(b) The relevant future
				environmental conditions without the project.
(c) The purpose of and need for the facility.
				This must include a summary discussion and demonstration of the need for
				wastewater treatment in the area encompassed by the facility plan, with
				particular emphasis on existing public health or water quality problems and
				their severity and extent.
(d) A
				comparative analysis of feasible alternatives, including the no action
				alternative. The alternatives must be reviewed with respect to:
(1) Capital and operating costs;
(2) Direct, indirect and cumulative
				environmental effects;
(3)
				Physical, legal or institutional constraints; and
(4) Compliance with regulatory requirements.
Special attention must be given to the environmental
				  consequences of long-term, irreversible and induced environmental impacts. The
				  reasons for rejecting any alternative must be presented in addition to any
				  significant environmental benefits precluded by rejection of an
				  alternative.
(e)
				A full range of relevant environmental impacts of the proposed action must be
				discussed, including measures to mitigate adverse impacts and any irreversible
				or irretrievable commitments of resources to the project. Any specific
				requirements, including conditions of financial assistance and the requirements
				of an areawide waste treatment management plan or nonpoint source management
				program, must be identified and referenced. In addition to these items, the
				Division may require that other analyses and data which are needed to satisfy
				environmental review requirements be included with the facility plan.