NAC459.96958. Scope of certification.

     1. A laboratory may obtain certification pursuant to the provisions of NAC 459.96902 to 459.9699, inclusive, to perform analyses for the purposes of NRS 459.400 to 459.600, inclusive, 459.610 to 459.658, inclusive, and 459.800 to 459.856, inclusive, to identify whether waste is hazardous waste or to detect the presence of hazardous waste or a regulated substance in soil or water.

     2. The scientific disciplines for which a laboratory may obtain certification are:

     (a) Chemistry;

     (b) Microbiology; and

     (c) Radiochemistry.

     3. A laboratory may obtain certification pursuant to the provisions of NAC 459.96902 to 459.9699, inclusive, for any program relating to the analysis of a waste sample approved by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal Act.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the approved methods of testing for which a laboratory may obtain certification are set forth in:

     (a) Title 40 C.F.R. § 136.3 and Appendices A, C and D to 40 C.F.R. Part 136;

     (b) Title 40 C.F.R. § 260.11;

     (c) Appendix I to 40 C.F.R. Part 261;

     (d) Appendix IX to 40 C.F.R. Part 266;

     (e) Appendices A and B to 40 C.F.R. Part 425;

     (f) Title 40 C.F.R. § 434.64;

     (g) Appendices 1 and 2 to 40 C.F.R. Part 435, Subpart A;

     (h) Table 7 to 40 C.F.R. Part 455;

     (i) Title 40 C.F.R. § 465.03(c);

     (j) Title 40 C.F.R. § 503.8; and

     (k) The publications specified in NAC 459.96952, paragraphs (h) to (r), inclusive, and (u) and (v) of subsection 1 of NAC 459.96948, NAC 459.9695 and subsections 1, 2 and 4 of NAC 459.96954.

     5. A laboratory may obtain certification to use a performance-based measurement system or any other alternative method of testing if the laboratory:

     (a) Complies with the provisions of subsection 5 of NAC 459.96962;

     (b) Obtains approval for that method of testing from the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the provisions of 40 C.F.R. § 403.7(b)(2)(v), 403.12(b)(5)(vi) or 403.12(g)(4);

     (c) Complies with the requirements for application set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 136.4; and

     (d) Provides proof and evaluates the performance-based measurement system or other alternative method of testing in accordance with the provisions of:

          (1) Appendix E of chapter 5 of the Standards;

          (2) “Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants: Flexibility in Existing Test Procedures and Streamlined Approach for Approving New Test Methods,” set forth in Volume 62 of the Federal Register at pages 14975 et seq., March 28, 1997; and

          (3) “Performance Based Measurement System,” set forth in Volume 62 of the Federal Register at pages 52098 et seq., October 6, 1997.

     6. To be certified to conduct an analysis of an analyte using an approved method of testing specified in subsection 4, the analyte must be listed by the Division in the approved method of testing pursuant to that subsection.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n by R061-04, eff. 10-7-2004)