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Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
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Chapter445A Water Controls |
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MINING FACILITIES |
| General Provisions |
| NAC 445A.350. Definitions. |
| NAC 445A.351. “Area of review” defined. |
| NAC 445A.352. “As-built drawings” defined. |
| NAC 445A.353. “Beneficiation” defined. |
| NAC 445A.354. “Best engineering judgment” defined. |
| NAC 445A.355. “Commission” defined. |
| NAC 445A.356. “Contaminant” defined. |
| NAC 445A.357. “Degrade” defined. |
| NAC 445A.358. “Department” defined. |
| NAC 445A.359. “Facility” defined. |
| NAC 445A.360. “Fluid management system” defined. |
| NAC 445A.361. “Groundwater” defined. |
| NAC 445A.362. “Liner” defined. |
| NAC 445A.363. “Meteoric waters” defined. |
| NAC 445A.364. “Mining” defined. |
| NAC 445A.365. “Modify materially” defined. |
| NAC 445A.366. “Ore” defined. |
| NAC 445A.367. “Permanent closure” defined. |
| NAC 445A.368. “Permit” defined. |
| NAC 445A.369. “Person” defined. |
| NAC 445A.370. “Pilot facility” and “testing facility” defined. |
| NAC 445A.371. “Placer mining” defined. |
| NAC 445A.372. “Point source” defined. |
| NAC 445A.373. “Pollutant” defined. |
| NAC 445A.374. “Pond” defined. |
| NAC 445A.375. “Process component” defined. |
| NAC 445A.376. “Process fluid” defined. |
| NAC 445A.377. “Small-scale facility” defined. |
| NAC 445A.378. “Source” defined. |
| NAC 445A.379. “Stabilized” defined. |
| NAC 445A.380. “Storm event” defined. |
| NAC 445A.381. “Tailings impoundment” defined. |
| NAC 445A.382. “Temporary closure” defined. |
| NAC 445A.383. “WAD cyanide” defined. |
| NAC 445A.384. “Waters of the State” defined. |
| NAC 445A.385. “Zero discharge” defined. |
| NAC 445A.386. Adoption of publication by reference. |
| NAC 445A.387. Scope; effect of noncompliance. |
| NAC 445A.388. Appeal of action taken by Department. |
| Permits for Facilities |
| NAC 445A.390. Permit required; operation under existing permit. |
| NAC 445A.391. Application for permit: Preliminary meeting with representative of Department. |
| NAC 445A.392. Application for permit: Construction or modification of process component; abbreviated application. |
| NAC 445A.393. Application for permit: Definition of site conditions, process materials, characteristics of waste and impacts. |
| NAC 445A.394. Application for permit: Submission; contents. |
| NAC 445A.395. Contents of application: Assessment of area of review. |
| NAC 445A.396. Contents of application: Meteorological report; analysis of samples. |
| NAC 445A.397. Contents of application: Engineering design report; specifications for fluid management system. |
| NAC 445A.398. Contents of application: Proposed operating plans. |
| NAC 445A.399. Preparation of plan for seasonal closure of process components. |
| NAC 445A.400. Initial review of application and notification of applicant; failure to provide information; submission of incorrect information. |
| NAC 445A.401. Action by Department upon application. |
| NAC 445A.402. Notice of intent to issue permit or deny application. |
| NAC 445A.403. Request for hearing on application; submission of comments on draft permit. |
| NAC 445A.404. Scheduling of public hearing on application. |
| NAC 445A.405. Notice of hearing: Publication; contents. |
| NAC 445A.406. Submission of testimony at hearing. |
| NAC 445A.407. Issuance of statement responding to comments on draft permit. |
| NAC 445A.408. Action by Director of Department after period for public comment. |
| NAC 445A.409. Issuance and maintenance of permit; maximum term and renewal of permit. |
| NAC 445A.410. Permit for small-scale facility: Contents of application; limitation on holding; applicability of minimum design criteria. |
| NAC 445A.411. Pilot facility or testing facility: Conditions for issuance of permit. |
| NAC 445A.412. Pilot facility or testing facility: Contents of application for permit. |
| NAC 445A.413. Pilot facility or testing facility: Construction of application indicating need to conduct testing beyond 2 years. |
| NAC 445A.414. Permit for facility using physical separation methods. |
| NAC 445A.415. Granting of permit which allows lower level of engineered containment than required by minimum design criteria. |
| NAC 445A.4155. Conditions pursuant to which modification to design of facility with existing permit does not require new public notice; extension of term of existing permit disallowed. |
| NAC 445A.416. Minor modification of existing permit; modification of operating plans. |
| NAC 445A.417. Major modification of existing permit. |
| NAC 445A.418. Fee for modification of permit. |
| NAC 445A.419. Transfer of permit to new owner or operator. |
| NAC 445A.420. Renewal of permit; operation of facility pending issuance of new permit. |
| Operation and Design of Facilities |
| NAC 445A.424. Limitations on degradation of water; exemptions. |
| NAC 445A.425. Process components in existence on September 1, 1989: Standards; additional monitoring. |
| NAC 445A.426. Notice of intent to commence active operation of process component. |
| NAC 445A.427. Duties of holder of permit upon construction or modification of process component. |
| NAC 445A.428. Level of containment required for placer mining or flotation facilities. |
| NAC 445A.429. Procedures required to prevent release of contaminants; requirements concerning impoundments. |
| NAC 445A.430. Stabilization of spent ore. |
| NAC 445A.431. Stabilization of tailings. |
| NAC 445A.432. Minimum design criteria: Generally. |
| NAC 445A.433. Minimum design criteria: Universal requirements; areas where groundwater is near surface; proximity of new process components to dwellings; liability for degradation of water. |
| NAC 445A.434. Minimum design criteria: Leach pads and other nonimpounding surfaces designed to contain and promote horizontal flow of process fluids. |
| NAC 445A.435. Minimum design criteria: Ponds. |
| NAC 445A.436. Minimum design criteria: Vats, tanks and other containers which confine process fluids. |
| NAC 445A.437. Minimum design criteria: Tailings impoundments. |
| NAC 445A.438. Minimum design criteria: Liners. |
| NAC 445A.439. Program required to control quality of construction of liner systems. |
| NAC 445A.440. Monitoring: Site of facility. |
| NAC 445A.441. Monitoring: Procedure upon variation in parameter or element being monitored. |
| NAC 445A.442. Monitoring: Process components. |
| NAC 445A.443. Monitoring: Beneficiation process. |
| NAC 445A.444. Examples of planned and unplanned temporary closures. |
| NAC 445A.445. Procedure upon unplanned temporary closure of process component. |
| NAC 445A.446. Permanent closure of facility. |
| NAC 445A.447. Plans for permanent closure; sources not classified as process components. |