2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 445C - Environmental Requirements; Cleanup of Discharged Petroleum
NRS 445C.360 - Report of discharge from tank required; cleanup of discharge; demonstration required for certain coverage for cleanup.
1. The operator of every storage tank, and every person who for compensation puts petroleum into a storage tank, shall report to the Division every discharge from that storage tank of which the operator or other person is aware or has reason to believe has occurred. The Division shall undertake or contract for cleaning up the discharge unless the operator or another person is already acting properly to clean it up. If the Division cleans up the discharge, the operator shall reimburse the Division for the operator’s share of the costs. If, in cleaning up the discharge, the Division expends money from the Fund in accordance with NRS 445C.320, the Division shall, upon being reimbursed by the operator of the storage tank pursuant to this subsection, deposit that money in the Fund.
2. Before a storage tank is eligible for the coverage provided by NRS 445C.380, each operator who is required pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 445C.340 or who chooses to register a storage tank must, unless the storage tank has been tested for tightness under the federal standards embodied in 40 C.F.R. §§ 280.43(c) and 280.44(b) within the previous 6 months, demonstrate that:
(a) The storage tank is being monitored for a discharge; and
(b) A discharge has not occurred.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3605; A 2021, 1864)
