Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 444 - Sanitation
DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
Standards of Practice
Section 444.8686 - Open burning of hazardous waste
An operator shall not openly burn hazardous waste except for the open burning and detonation of waste explosives. For the purposes of this section, waste explosives include waste which has the potential to detonate and any bulk military propellants which cannot safely be disposed of through other treatment. For the purposes of this section, detonation is an explosion in which chemical transformation passes through the material faster than the speed of sound. An operator who openly burns hazardous waste or detonates waste explosives shall do so in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part 264, Subpart X, as adopted by reference in NAC 444.8632, and the following table and in a manner that does not threaten human health or the environment.
|
Pounds of Waste Explosives or Propellants |
Minimum Distance From Open Burning or Detonation to the Property of Others |
|
0 to 100 ................................. |
................................. 204 meters |
|
101 to 1,000 ................................. |
................................. 380 meters |
|
1,001 to 10,000 ................................. |
................................. 530 meters |
|
10,001 to 30,000 ................................. |
................................. 690 meters |
Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 11-22-82; A 9-19-90-Substituted in revision for NAC 444.9290; A by R091-16A, eff. 11/2/2016
NRS 459.485, 459.490
