NAC444.6885. System to control runon and runoff.

     1. The owner or operator of a Class I site shall provide a system to control runon and runoff.

     2. The owner or operator of a Class I site shall design, construct and maintain:

     (a) A system to control runon to prevent flow onto the active portion of the landfill during the peak discharge from a 25-year storm; and

     (b) A system to control runoff from the active portion of the landfill to collect and control at least the volume of water resulting from a 24-hour, 25-year storm,

Ê as those durations and frequencies for storms are defined in the “Precipitation Frequency Atlas of the Western United States,” vol. VII-Nevada, prepared by the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. The publication may be obtained from the Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center, Office of Hydrology, National Weather Service, 1325 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, at a cost of $9.

     3. Runoff from the active portion of the landfill must be handled in accordance with NAC 444.6887.

     4. As used in this section, “active portion” means that part of a municipal solid waste landfill unit which has received or is receiving wastes and which has not been closed in accordance with NAC 444.6891, 444.6892 and 444.6893.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 11-8-93; A by R202-97, 3-5-98)