Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
MINING FACILITIES |
Operation and Design of Facilities |
NAC445A.446. Permanent closure of facility.
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1. The permanent closure of a facility must be initiated:
(a) Following the request of the holder of the permit;
(b) For a facility which is under a temporary closure, no later than at the end of one renewal of a 5-year permit which has been issued pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC 445A.420; or
(c) When the end of the design life of that process component is reached.
2. Permanent closure is complete when the requirements contained in NAC 445A.429, 445A.430 and 445A.431 have been achieved.
3. The time required for monitoring the facility following permanent closure depends upon the particular site and process characteristics, but in no event may the time required exceed 30 years.
(Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 9-1-89)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.24386)