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NRS 445A.490

Permits: Issuance prohibited in certain cases

Known as the Nevada Water Pollution Control Law

The act spans §§ 445A.010 to 445A.955 (200 sections).

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1711; A 1985, 766)

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.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.