Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL |
Definitions |
NAC445A.835. “Subsidence” defined.
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- “Subsidence” means a lowering of the surface of natural land which is caused by:
1. The movement of the earth;
2. A lowering of the pressure of fluids;
3. The removal of underlying supporting material by mining or solution of solids, artificially or by natural causes;
4. A compaction of the soil because of wetting (hydrocompaction);
5. Oxidation of organic matter in soils; or
6. An increased load on the surface of the land.
(Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 10-21-87)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.42325)