2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
NRS 445A.952 - Civil penalty and administrative fine against laboratories for certain violations; enforcement proceedings.
1. A laboratory for the analysis of water that:
(a) Violates any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 445A.863; or
(b) Violates or fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 445A.943,
is liable for a civil penalty, to be recovered by the Attorney General in the name of the Division, of not more than $5,000 for each day of the violation.
2. In addition to the civil penalty described in subsection 1, the Division may impose an administrative fine of not more than $2,500 per day for each violation described in subsection 1.
3. The civil penalty and administrative fine authorized by this section are in addition to any other penalties or relief prescribed by NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive.
4. In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the Division may compel compliance with any provision of NRS 445A.800 to 445A.955, inclusive, or of any permit, certificate, standard, regulation or final order adopted or issued thereto, by injunction or other appropriate remedy. The Division may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 210; A 2019, 3979)
