NAC445A.856. Prohibited wells and injections; exceptions.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, Class I and Class IV injection wells are prohibited, and the Division shall not issue any permit to construct or operate such a well.

     2. Cesspools and other types of vertical injection wells or drywells used for the injection of sanitary waste, other than engineered leach fields approved by the Division or local health authority, are prohibited.

     3. The injection of any hazardous waste through a well is prohibited, except under conditions where injection wells are used to inject contaminated groundwater that has been treated and is being injected into the same formation from which it was drawn, if the subsurface emplacement of fluids is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, or this State, as required pursuant to the provisions for the cleanup of releases under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., or pursuant to NAC 445A.226 to 445A.22755, inclusive.

     4. Motor vehicle waste disposal wells that were not operational or under construction on or before April 5, 2000, are prohibited.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 7-22-87; A 10-21-87; R042-01, 10-25-2001; R189-08, 8-25-2009)