NAC459.95211. “Accidental release” defined.

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     1. “Accidental release” means:

     (a) An unintentional discharge from a process of any amount of a highly hazardous substance into the air, water or land, including, without limitation, any unintentional discharges within a building that encloses a process; or

     (b) A fire or an explosion at a facility involving a highly hazardous substance or explosive.

     2. The term does not include emissions of highly hazardous substances from piping component threaded connections, valve and equipment packing, or malfunctioning pollution control devices unless such an emission would qualify as a catastrophic release.

(Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R121-98, eff. 5-27-99; A by R041-01, 10-25-2001; R137-04, 2-15-2005)

                    
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