Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
MINING FACILITIES
Permits for Facilities
Section 445A.396 - Contents of application: Meteorological report; analysis of samples

1. A summary of the historical monthly averages of rainfall obtained from the nearest recording station to the site adjusted for conditions at the site;

2. The 24-hour storm events with an interval of recurrence of 10 years, 25 years, 100 years and 500 years;

3. The diurnal temperature variation from the nearest recording station to the site adjusted for conditions at the site;

4. Results from testing samples from the facility's mine site which are representative of the overburden, waste rock and ore at the proposed mine site that have characterized and evaluated the samples for their potential to release pollutants using the following analytical procedures:

5. If the results from testing samples pursuant to subsection 4 indicate a humidity cell test is also required, results from the humidity cell test conducted using ASTM D5744-18, "Standard Test Method for Laboratory Weathering of Solid Materials Using a Humidity Cell," available from ASTM International, P.O. Box C700, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2959, by telephone at (877) 909-2786 or at the Internet address https://www.astm.org, for the price of $72, or the most recently promulgated version thereof that is approved in writing by the Department and scientifically demonstrated as achieving equivalent performance to the ASTM D5744-18 method or another procedure, version or method approved in writing by the Department and scientifically demonstrated as achieving equivalent performance to the ASTM D5744-18 method in evaluating the potential of a sample to release pollutants.