NAC445A.3473. Notification required as soon as practicable.

     1. Any person who owns or operates a facility, or the person’s designated agent, shall notify the Director as soon as practicable after he or she notifies any emergency response agencies, if required, and initiates any action required to prevent or abate any imminent danger to the environment or the health or safety of persons after the person has knowledge of a release of a hazardous substance that involves the facility if the release:

     (a) Is in a quantity equal to or greater than that which is required to be reported to the National Response Center pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 302;

     (b) Involves any amount of a hazardous substance that is released to surface water; or

     (c) Threatens a vulnerable resource.

     2. A release which is required to be reported to the Director pursuant to this section is not required to be reported to the Director pursuant to NAC 445A.347.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R125-07, eff. 1-30-2008)