Nevada § 534B.110 - Applicability of procedures for appropriation of water
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 534B.110 — Applicability of procedures for appropriation of water, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 534B.110. Applicability of procedures for appropriation of water
1. The appropriation procedures of chapters 533 and 534 of NRS do not apply to the
reasonable loss of water of not more than 5 acre-feet during the testing and sampling
of water pumped within a dissolved mineral resource exploration project. 2. Any water pumped in excess of 5 acre-feet within a dissolved mineral resource exploration
project is subject to the appropriation procedures of chapters 533 and 534 of NRS. An operator of a dissolved mineral resource exploration project must ensure that
the project is in compliance with the appropriation requirements of chapters 533 and
534 of NRS before the project exceeds the threshold of 5-acre-feet. 3. As used in this section, “ dissolved mineral resource exploration project ” means a project, which may consist of one or more dissolved mineral resource exploration
wells or boreholes or both, that is conducted on: (a) Private land owned or controlled by a natural person or an exploration or mining
company; or (b) A mining claim on public land that is identified in an approved notice or plan
required pursuant to 43 C.F.R §§ 3809.300 to 3809.336 , inclusive, or 3809.400 to 3809.434 , inclusive.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 534B.110 ("Applicability of procedures for appropriation of water") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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