Current through September 16, 2024
The proposed operating plans for a facility must
include:
1. A description of the
mineral processing circuit which includes a flow chart of the facility and the
range of operating conditions for which the process components were
designed.
2. A plan for the
management of process fluids which describes the methods to be used for the
monitoring and controlling of all process fluids. The plan must provide a
description of the means to evaluate the conditions in the fluid management
system so as to be able to quantify the available storage capacity for meteoric
waters and to define when and to what extent the designed containment capacity
has been exceeded.
3. A plan for
monitoring the facility which describes:
(a)
The water quality in the area;
(b)
The monitoring locations the applicant proposes to sample routinely in order to
evaluate surface and groundwater at the site that may be affected by the
operation of the facility;
(c) An
analytical profile of each surface and groundwater that may be affected by the
operation of the facility; and
(d)
The locations of the leak detection systems, the frequency for sampling these
systems and the analytical profile to be used for evaluation of the
samples.
4. A plan for
the management of waste rock which:
(a)
Presents representative characterization data and sample locations from the
waste rock that will be mined at the facility;
(b) Evaluates whether there is a potential
for the waste rock to degrade the waters of the State;
(c) Describes the size and location of all
proposed waste rock storage facilities;
(d) Describes the sampling and analysis
protocols that will be used to verify the character of the waste rock once it
is mined at the facility; and
(e)
If the information required pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive,
indicates that there is a potential for the waste rock to degrade the waters of
the State, describes the management protocols or engineered containment, or
both, which will be used to eliminate the potential degradation over both the
short term and long term.
5. A plan for responding to emergencies
which:
(a) Describes what actions must be
initiated and by whom as a result of various possible failures in the fluid
management system which would result in releases of pollutants; and
(b) Is designed to minimize the environmental
impact resulting from the release of process fluids.
6. A temporary closure plan resulting from
conditions described in subsection 1 of NAC
445A.444 which describes the
activities which must be maintained during the time of closure.
7. A tentative plan for the permanent closure
of the facility which describes the procedures, methods and schedule for
stabilizing spent process materials and all other sources at the facility. The
plan must:
(a) Include:
(1) Procedures for characterizing spent
process materials as they are generated;
(2) The procedures to stabilize all process
components and all other sources at the facility with an emphasis on
stabilizing spent process materials and the estimated cost for the procedures;
and
(3) Conceptual closure plans
for all sources at the facility with sufficient detail to support an initial
estimate of the cost of executing the plan for reclamation determined pursuant
to NAC 519A.360.
(b) Be updated and resubmitted to the
Department if the holder of the permit:
(1)
Submits a request to modify a plan for reclamation pursuant to NAC
519A.295 and the requested
modification will affect the conceptual closure plans. The revised plan must be
submitted with the request to modify the plan for reclamation.
(2) Makes any other change to the facility or
operating plans that requires submitting new information to the Department
pursuant to NAC
445A.392,
445A.420 or
445A.427.
Added to NAC by
Environmental Comm'n, eff. 9-1-89-Substituted in revision for NAC 445.24296; A
by
R046-18A,
eff. 8/21/2018; A by
R046-18AP,
eff. 8/30/2018; A by
R018-20A,
eff. 8/26/2020
NRS
445A.425,
445A.465
