NAC519A.315. Manner for abandonment of site; selection of appropriate activities for reclamation of site.

     1. The abandonment of a site must be conducted in a manner which ensures public safety, encourages techniques to minimize adverse visual effects and establishes a safe and stable condition suitable for the productive postmining use of the land.

     2. In selecting appropriate activities for reclamation for a particular site, techniques which minimize adverse visual impact must be considered.

     3. As used in this section, “ensures public safety” includes minimizing hazards in areas to which the public may have legal access by, if applicable:

     (a) Removing or burying structures, equipment, reagents or scrap;

     (b) Sealing or securing shafts, tunnels and adits pursuant to NAC 513.390;

     (c) Plugging drill holes;

     (d) Leaving slopes in a structurally stable condition; and

     (e) Restricting access to areas which cannot practicably be made safe.

     4. As used in this section, “stable condition” means a condition that is resistant to excessive erosion and is structurally competent to withstand normal geologic and climatic conditions without significant failure that would be a threat to public safety and the environment.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 9-19-90)