Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 444 - Sanitation
FACILITIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
General Provisions
Section 444.8456 - Stationary new or expanding facility for management of hazardous waste: Restrictions on location; exempt facilities
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 444.8456
Current through September 16, 2024
1. A stationary new or expanding facility for the management of hazardous waste must not be constructed within:
(a) One mile of:
(1) A dwelling, school, church or community
center;
(2) An area zoned solely
for residential use;
(3) A public
park;
(4) A wildlife management
area;
(5) An area identified by the
Department of Wildlife as a key habitat for wildlife or as a habitat for an
endangered or threatened species;
(6) An area where surface water or wetlands
occur;
(7) A natural or
artificially created geologic hazard which provides a potential for the
conveyance of hazardous constituents, as that term is defined in Appendix VIII
of 40 C.F.R. Part 261, as adopted by reference in NAC
444.8632, to surface or
groundwaters; or
(8) An existing
well which supplies public drinking water;
(b) An area identified by the Office of
Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources as an historical or archeological site that is eligible for listing
in the State Register of Historic Places or the National Register of Historic
Places, unless an approved mitigation activity has been completed on the
site;
(c) A 100-year floodplain;
or
(d) An area where the water
table seasonally rises to within 150 feet of the surface of the
ground.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a facility:
(a) For community recycling;
(b) For community storage;
(c) For the storage of hazardous waste which
is generated on the site of the facility; or
(d) Which qualifies for interim status
pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 270, Subpart G , as adopted by reference in NAC
444.8632.
Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 7-22-87; A 4-18-90; 3-1-94; R104-02, 10-18-2002; A by R091-16A, eff. 11/2/2016
NRS 459.485, 459.490
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