2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands
NRS 321.736 - Hearings and recommendations of local planning agencies.

1. Upon receipt of an application by the United States for consent to a use of public land, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall give written notice of the application to the planning agencies of the local governments within 1 week after its receipt of the application.

2. Each planning agency so notified shall within 45 days after the notice is sent hold a public hearing on the application at the place where it normally meets. If the land is located within the jurisdiction of two or more planning agencies, each of those agencies must hold a hearing.

3. Each planning agency shall notify the public by publication in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in each of the counties in which the land is located. The notice must be published at least 20 days before the date set for the hearing and set forth a description of the land and the use for which consent is sought as stated in the application. The cost of publishing the notice must be borne by the United States or by someone in its behalf.

4. Each planning agency shall deliver its written recommendation on the application, including the reasons for its recommendation, to the State Land Use Planning Agency within 15 days after the conclusion of its hearing on the application.

5. The application must contain such information and supporting documents as are prescribed in regulations adopted by the State Land Use Planning Agency and approved by the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 921)