Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 534B - DISSOLVED MINERAL RESOURCES
PERMITS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR DRILLING
Exploration Boreholes
Section 534B.110 - Application for approval of notice of intent to drill; posting of approved application on Internet website of Division

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 534B.110

Current through December 31, 2024

1. A well driller shall not commence drilling a dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole until:

(a) The well driller or operator has submitted to the Division, on a form designated by the Division, an application for approval of the notice of intent to drill the borehole; and

(b) The notice of intent has been approved by the Division.

2. An application for approval of the notice of intent to drill must be submitted to the Division at least 5 days before the anticipated date that drilling will begin.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the application for approval of the notice of intent to drill must include, without limitation:

(a) The name of the person for whom the proposed borehole will be drilled;

(b) The name and address of the operator;

(c) The name of the well drilling contractor, if known;

(d) The date on which the drilling of the proposed borehole is expected to begin;

(e) The approximate location of the proposed borehole as described by public land survey;

(f) An indication of whether the proposed borehole will be drilled on public or private land;

(g) If the proposed borehole will be drilled on public land:
(1) The name of the federal agency that has approved the drilling of the proposed borehole;

(2) Any project identification number issued by a federal agency;

(3) A copy of the notice of intent or plan of operations that has been approved by a federal agency; and

(4) A copy of any map of the proposed location of the proposed borehole that has been approved by a federal agency;

(h) If the proposed borehole will be drilled on private land, a map of the proposed borehole location;

(i) The global positioning coordinates of the location of the proposed borehole which:
(1) Are identified by latitude and longitude using decimal degrees or coordinates of the Universal Transverse Mercator system; and

(2) Specify whether North American Datum of 1983 or the World Geodetic System of 1984 was used; and

(j) The drilling method, diameter and anticipated final depth of the proposed borehole.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if an application for approval of a notice of intent to drill a dissolved mineral resource exploration borehole does not include all of the information required pursuant to subsection 3, the Administrator or Division must not consider whether to approve the application until the well driller or operator submits a revised application with all of the required information. The Administrator or Division may consider an application submitted without the information required pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3, but that information must be submitted to the Administrator or Division before drilling may begin.

5. The Administrator shall notify the well driller or operator who submitted the application whether the application is approved. If the Administrator or Division denies the application, the Administrator must notify the well driller or operator of the reasons for the denial.

6. The Division shall provide the application form for a notice of intent on the Internet website maintained by the Division. A well driller or operator may submit to the Division an application for a notice of intent in an electronic format if the Division approves this manner of submission.

7. The Division shall post any approved application for a notice of intent on the Internet website of the Division.

8. As used in this section, "public land survey" has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 534.185.

Added to NAC by Comm'n on Mineral Resources by R109-17AP, eff. 5/16/2018

Section 20 of Assembly Bill No. 52, chapter 507, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 3414 (NRS 534B.120)

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