NAC444A.350. Design and construction; attendants; equipment; final use of waste tires deposited at facility.

     1. The owner or operator of a facility for the management of waste tires shall:

     (a) Design and construct the facility to ensure that:

          (1) Runoff of water from the surface of the property is directed away from the area used to store tires; and

          (2) Waters of the State are protected from potential runoff resulting from extinguishing a fire at the facility. As used in this subparagraph, “waters of the State” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.415.

     (b) Control vectors to protect public health and welfare. As used in this paragraph, “vector” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 444.630.

     2. If a facility for the management of waste tires receives tires from a person other than the operator of the facility, an attendant must be present when the facility is open for business.

     3. Before the operator of a facility for the management of waste tires may begin operation of the facility, he or she shall ensure that each area where waste tires are cut, chipped, ground or otherwise altered has the equipment which is necessary to process waste tires in operating condition.

     4. A facility for the management of waste tires must have a final use for the waste tires deposited or an available market for the material produced from processing the waste tires to ensure that at least 75 percent of the waste tires deposited are used or removed from the facility as processed material for recycling or disposal within 12 months after receipt.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 12-15-94)