Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
Permits for Construction, Alteration or Expansion of Systems
Section 445A.9606 - Order limiting or prohibiting construction authorized in certain circumstances; designation of nitrogen management areas by Division

1. Whenever the Division or other administrative authority determines that the construction of an on-site sewage disposal system should be limited or prohibited in a specific area for reasons including, without limitation, high groundwater, shallow bedrock, extreme slope, or designation as a nitrogen management area or a nitrogen restricted area, the Division or other administrative authority shall issue an order limiting or prohibiting that construction. In addition, the Division or other administrative authority shall not permit the construction or operation of an on-site sewage disposal system where an area-wide management plan, prepared pursuant to section 208 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1288, prohibits such a system.

2. The Division is responsible for the designating of nitrogen management areas. New or altered nitrogen management area boundaries will be delineated only after the Division and the appropriate local government have met and concurred on the boundary description.

3. If the Division designates an area as a nitrogen management area:

4. Before the Division may designate an area as a nitrogen restricted area, the Division shall conduct a public hearing, for which 30 days' notice must be given to interested parties in the affected area.

5. If the Division designates an area as a nitrogen restricted area: