NAC503.820. Expiration, scope, use, transferability and cancellation of permit.

     1. A dredging permit:

     (a) Expires on December 31 of the year in which it was issued;

     (b) May authorize the use of not more than three separate dredges; and

     (c) Will only authorize the operation of a dredge which has a maximum intake that is 4 inches or less in diameter.

     2. A dredging permit may include authorization to operate a dredge in not more than 10 different bodies of waters.

     3. The period authorized for dredging on each body of water will be determined by the Department within the following dates, based upon the spawning season of the species of fish present in that body of water:

     (a) If there are no species of fish present in the body of water, between January 1 and December 31.

     (b) If the body of water contains species of fish that spawn in both spring and fall, between June 1 and September 30.

     (c) If the body of water contains species of fish that spawn only in the spring, between June 1 and December 31.

     (d) If the body of water contains species of fish that spawn only in the fall, between March 1 and September 30.

     4. The Department will not authorize dredging in a body of water or any portion of a body of water which contains species of fish classified by the Federal Government as endangered, threatened or sensitive, or classified by the Department as protected, if the Department determines that the dredging may be deleterious to the species of fish.

     5. A holder of a dredging permit shall immediately return substrata gravel and sands removed during the dredging to the streambed from which the gravel or sand was removed and restore, as closely as possible, the original contour of the streambed.

     6. A dredging permit:

     (a) Is not transferable; and

     (b) May be cancelled at any time by the Department for a violation of any term, condition or restriction of the permit.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 8-21-97)