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)