Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 444 - Sanitation › DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Administrative Penalties › Section 444.8706 - Imposition and amounts

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to
				any other remedy provided by law for such a violation and except as otherwise
				provided in subsection 2, any person who violates any provision of
				NRS 459.400 to
				459.600,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to those sections, including the
				provisions of the federal regulations adopted by reference in NAC
				444.8632, may be required to pay
				an administrative penalty pursuant to
				NRS
				459.500 in an amount to be determined by the
				Division.
2. The administrative
				penalty may not exceed the amount specified in this subsection for a violation
				of any of the following provisions:
Section Violated
Nature of Violation
Maximum Penalty
40 C.F.R. §
																262.11
Failure to determine whether solid waste is
								hazardous.
$300
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.18(a)
Treatment, storage, disposal, transportation or
								offering for transportation of hazardous waste without identification
								number.
200
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.18(c)
Offering hazardous waste to transporter or facility
								which does not have identification number.
200
40 C.F.R. §
																262.20(a)
Failure to prepare manifest.
400
40 C.F.R. §
																262.20(b)
Failure to designate facility on manifest.
200
40 C.F.R. §
																262.20(d)
Failure to designate facility or instruct return of
								waste.
200
40 C.F.R. §
																262.22
Insufficient number of copies of manifest.
200
40 C.F.R. §
																262.23(a)(1)
Failure to sign manifest certification by
								hand.
100
40 C.F.R. §
																262.23(a)(2)
Failure to obtain signature of initial transporter
								and date of acceptance on manifest.
100
40 C.F.R. §
																262.23(a)(3)
Failure to retain copy of manifest.
100
40 C.F.R. §
																262.23(b)
Failure to give transporter remaining copies of
								manifest.
300
40 C.F.R. §
																262.23(d)
Failure to send required number of copies of dated
								and signed manifest for shipment by rail.
200
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.30
Failure to comply with regulations for
								packaging.
400 per load
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.31
Failure to comply with regulations for
								labeling.
200 per load
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.32(a)
Failure to comply with regulations for
								marking.
200 per load
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.32(b)
Failure to mark each container with required
								information.
200 per load
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.33
Failure to comply with regulations for
								placarding.
200 per load
40
								C.F.R. §§
																262.16(b) and
								262.17(a)
Accumulation of hazardous waste.
1,000
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.15(a)
Satellite accumulation of hazardous waste or
								acutely hazardous waste.
300
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.16(a)
Accumulation of hazardous waste for small quantity
								generators.
500
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.16(b)(1)
Accumulation of more than 6,000 kilograms (13,200
								pounds) of hazardous waste.
500
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.40(a)
Retention of copy of manifest.
200
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.40(b)
Retention of copies of reports.
200 per record
40
								C.F.R. §
																262.40(c)
Retention of records.
200
40 C.F.R. §
																262.41
Failure to submit properly completed biennial
								report.
500
40 C.F.R. §
																262.42(a)(1)
Determination by generator of status of
								waste.
100
40 C.F.R. §
																262.42(a)(2)
Submittal of exception report.
100
NAC
								444.8671
Failure to label container properly.
100
Added to NAC by
				  Environmental Comm'n, 9-19-90, eff. 12-1-90; A 5-27-92; A by
				  R084-19A,
				  eff. 8/26/2020
NRS 459.485,
				  459.490