NAC459.9537. Estimation of population potentially affected.

     1. The owner or operator shall estimate the population within a circle that has its center at the point of the release and a radius that is the equivalent of the distance to the endpoint determined pursuant to NAC 459.95364. In making the estimation of the population, the owner or operator shall take into account the presence of institutions, such as schools, hospitals, prisons, parks and recreational areas, and major commercial, office and industrial buildings within the circle.

     2. The owner or operator may use the R.M.P. Guidance for Off-Site Consequence Analysis, which is adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 459.95528, to calculate the values required in this section.

     3. The owner or operator may use the most recent census data or any other updated information to estimate the population potentially affected.

     4. The owner or operator shall estimate the population to two significant digits.

     5. The owner or operator shall maintain at his or her facility the current estimate of population made pursuant to this section.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R121-98, eff. 5-27-99; A by R137-04, 2-15-2005)