Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Discharge Permits
Section 445A.234 - Public notice regarding permit; contents

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 445A.234

Current through September 16, 2024

1. Public notice of every complete application for a discharge permit, except for a temporary permit or a permit for pretreatment discharge or the poisoning of trash fish, must be:

(a) Unless otherwise required by federal law, published on an Internet website designed to give general public notice; and

(b) Mailed to any person or group on the mailing list maintained by the Department or upon request.

2. The Director shall add the name of any person or group upon request to a mailing list to receive copies of notices for permit applications.

3. The Director shall provide a period of not less than 30 days following the date of the public notice during which time interested persons may submit their written views on the tentative determinations with respect to the application. All written comments submitted during the 30-day comment period must be retained by the Director and considered in the formulation of his or her final determinations with respect to the permit application. The period for comment may be extended at the Director's discretion.

4. The contents of the public notice of applications for permit must include at least the following:

(a) The name, address and phone number of the Department;

(b) The name and address of each applicant;

(c) A brief description of each applicant's activities or operations which result in the discharge described in the application, for example, municipal waste treatment plant, steel manufacturing or drainage from mining activities;

(d) The name of the waterway to which each discharge is made and a short description of the location of each discharge on the waterway, indicating whether such discharge is existing or new;

(e) A statement of the tentative determination to issue or deny a permit for the discharge described in the application;

(f) A brief description of the procedures for the formulation of final determinations including the required 30-day comment period and any other means by which interested persons may influence or comment upon those determinations; and

(g) The address and phone number of the premises at which interested persons may obtain further information, request a copy of the draft permit prepared pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC 445A.233, request a copy of the fact sheet and inspect and copy relevant forms and documents.

Environmental Comm'n, Water Pollution Control Reg. § 2.3.1, eff. 5-2-78; §§ 4.2.1-4.2.3.7, eff. 2-26-75-NAC A 12-3-84; R020-99, 9-27-99; A by R186-18A, eff. 1/30/2019

NRS 445A.425, 445A.465 and 445A.590

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