Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas
DRILLING
Section 522.255 - Collecting pits
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 522.255
Current through December 12, 2024
1. No operator who conducts oil or gas development and production may use unlined collecting pits for storage and evaporation of brines from the oil field. The division may approve the use of impervious collecting pits in conjunction with approved operations for disposal of salt water.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to burning pits which are used exclusively for the burning of the accumulated waste from the bottom of a tank.
[Div. of Mineral Res., § 200 subsec. 3, eff. 12-20-79]-(NAC A by Dep't of Minerals, 7-22-87)
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