NAC444.678. Location restrictions: Generally.

The location of a Class I site must:

     1. Be easily accessible in all kinds of weather to all vehicles expected to use it.

     2. Prevent pollutants and contaminants from the municipal solid waste landfill units at the site from degrading the waters of the State.

     3. Prevent uncontrolled migration of gas at the site.

     4. Have an adequate quantity of earth cover that is workable and compactible and does not contain organic material of a quantity and distribution conducive to harboring and breeding disease vectors.

     5. Conform with land use planning of the area.

     6. Not be within one-fourth mile of the nearest inhabited dwelling or place of public gathering or be within 1,000 feet of a public highway, unless special provisions for the beautification of the site and the control of litter and vectors are included in the design and approved by the solid waste management authority.

     7. Meet with the approval of the solid waste management authority.

     8. Comply with the requirements set forth in NAC 444.6765 and 444.6783 to 444.6795, inclusive.

     9. Unless approved by the solid waste management authority, not be within 1,000 feet of any surface water or 100 feet of the uppermost aquifer if the site is approved after September 2, 1992.

     [Environmental Comm’n, Solid Waste Mgt Reg. §§ 5.1-5.1.1.7, eff. 9-21-77]—(NAC A 9-2-92; 11-8-93; 3-1-94)