Nevada § 459.520 - Regulations governing permits

§ 459.520. Regulations governing permits

1. The Commission shall adopt regulations for the granting, renewal, modification,

suspension, revocation and denial of permits. 2. If the local government within whose territory a facility for the treatment, storage

or disposal of hazardous waste is to be located requires that a special use permit

or other authorization be obtained for such a facility or activity, the application

to the Department for a permit to operate such a facility must show that local authorization

has been obtained. This requirement does not apply to an application for a permit to construct a utility

facility that is subject to the provisions of NRS 704.820 to 704.900 , inclusive. 3. Permits may contain terms and conditions which the Department considers necessary

and which conform to the provisions of regulations adopted by the Commission. 4. Permits may be issued for any period of not more than 10 years. 5. A permit may not be granted or renewed if the Director determines that granting

or renewing the permit is inconsistent with any regulation of the Commission relating

to hazardous waste or with the plan for management of hazardous waste developed pursuant

to NRS 459.485 . The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a permit granted or under review

before July 1, 1987. 6. The Department may suspend or revoke a permit pursuant to the Commission's regulations

if the holder of the permit fails or refuses to comply with the terms of the permit

or a regulation of the Commission relating to hazardous waste. 7. A permit may not be granted, renewed or modified for a facility for the disposal

of hazardous waste that proposes to construct or operate a landfill unless the Director

determines that the landfill is or will be constructed to include at least one liner

and a leachate collection and removal system designed to prevent the migration of

waste or leachate to the adjacent subsurface soils, groundwater and surface water. 8. As used in this section: (a) “ Landfill ” means a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardous waste is placed

in or on land and which is not a pile, a land-treatment facility, a surface impoundment,

an underground-injection well, a salt-dome formation, a salt-bed formation, an underground

mine or a cave. (b) “ Leachate ” means any liquid, including any suspended components in the liquid, that has percolated

through or drained from a landfill. (c) “ Leachate collection and removal system ” means a layer of granular or synthetic materials installed above a liner and operated

in conjunction with drains, pipes, sumps and pumps or other means designed to collect

and remove leachate from a landfill. (d) “ Liner ” means a continuous layer of artificially created material installed beneath and

on the sides of a landfill which restricts the downward or lateral escape of hazardous

waste, hazardous waste constituents or leachate, and prevents the migration of waste

to the adjacent subsurface soils, groundwater and surface water.