NAC504.730. Application for permit; approval or denial of application; conditions and use of permit.

     1. An application for a permit to stock certified triploid grass carp must be made on a form provided by the Department.

     2. An application for a permit to stock certified triploid grass carp must include:

     (a) The name of the applicant;

     (b) If the property where the certified triploid grass carp are to be stocked is owned by a person other than the applicant, the name of the person who owns that property;

     (c) The physical and mailing addresses of the applicant’s residence and place of employment;

     (d) The telephone numbers of the applicant’s residence and place of employment;

     (e) The driver’s license number of the applicant, if he or she has been issued a driver’s license;

     (f) The address and legal description of the closed aquatic system to be stocked;

     (g) A description of the present use of the closed aquatic system;

     (h) Whether the outflow of water from the closed aquatic system will enter any other body of water or aquatic system;

     (i) The species of fish currently present in the closed aquatic system;

     (j) The applicant’s signature and the date on which the applicant signed the application; and

     (k) A fee of $50 for the permit.

     3. The Department will deny an application for a permit if the Department determines that stocking the closed aquatic system with certified triploid grass carp may have a negative impact on the wildlife in this State.

     4. Based on its evaluation of the application, the Department may make such stipulations and conditions on the use and scope of a permit as the Department determines appropriate. A violation of a stipulation or condition is cause for the revocation of the permit and the destruction or removal, or both, of all certified triploid grass carp from the aquatic system. The owner or lessee of the property where the aquatic system is located is liable for the cost of the removal or destruction, or both, of certified triploid grass carp pursuant to this section.

     5. A permit to stock certified triploid grass carp will be approved only if the aquatic vegetation of the closed aquatic system in which the carp will be stocked:

     (a) Interferes with the recreational, domestic, municipal, agricultural or industrial use of the water in that system; or

     (b) Impairs the quality of the water in that system.

     6. A person who possesses certified triploid grass carp in accordance with a permit issued pursuant to this section and NAC 504.720 and 504.725 may not move those fish from the closed aquatic system in which the person was permitted to stock the fish or transferred the fish to any other water system without prior written authorization from the Department.

     7. The issuance of a permit to stock certified triploid grass carp authorizes a representative of the Department to enter the property at any reasonable hour to evaluate the status of the carp and containment structures possessed and maintained under the authority of that permit.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 3-13-97; A by R168-99, 1-19-2000; R138-03, 1-20-2004)