Section 445A.398 - Contents of application: Proposed operating plansThe proposed operating plans for a facility must include:
1. A description of the mineral processing circuit which includes a flow chart of the facility and the range of operating conditions for which the process components were designed.2. A plan for the management of process fluids which describes the methods to be used for the monitoring and controlling of all process fluids. The plan must provide a description of the means to evaluate the conditions in the fluid management system so as to be able to quantify the available storage capacity for meteoric waters and to define when and to what extent the designed containment capacity has been exceeded.3. A plan for monitoring the facility which describes:(a) The water quality in the area;(b) The monitoring locations the applicant proposes to sample routinely in order to evaluate surface and groundwater at the site that may be affected by the operation of the facility;(c) An analytical profile of each surface and groundwater that may be affected by the operation of the facility; and(d) The locations of the leak detection systems, the frequency for sampling these systems and the analytical profile to be used for evaluation of the samples.4. A plan for the management of waste rock which:(a) Presents representative characterization data and sample locations from the waste rock that will be mined at the facility;(b) Evaluates whether there is a potential for the waste rock to degrade the waters of the State;(c) Describes the size and location of all proposed waste rock storage facilities;(d) Describes the sampling and analysis protocols that will be used to verify the character of the waste rock once it is mined at the facility; and(e) If the information required pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, indicates that there is a potential for the waste rock to degrade the waters of the State, describes the management protocols or engineered containment, or both, which will be used to eliminate the potential degradation over both the short term and long term.5. A plan for responding to emergencies which:(a) Describes what actions must be initiated and by whom as a result of various possible failures in the fluid management system which would result in releases of pollutants; and(b) Is designed to minimize the environmental impact resulting from the release of process fluids.6. A temporary closure plan resulting from conditions described in subsection 1 of NAC 445A.444 which describes the activities which must be maintained during the time of closure.7. A tentative plan for the permanent closure of the facility which describes the procedures, methods and schedule for stabilizing spent process materials and all other sources at the facility. The plan must:(a) Include: (1) Procedures for characterizing spent process materials as they are generated;(2) The procedures to stabilize all process components and all other sources at the facility with an emphasis on stabilizing spent process materials and the estimated cost for the procedures; and(3) Conceptual closure plans for all sources at the facility with sufficient detail to support an initial estimate of the cost of executing the plan for reclamation determined pursuant to NAC 519A.360.(b) Be updated and resubmitted to the Department if the holder of the permit: (1) Submits a request to modify a plan for reclamation pursuant to NAC 519A.295 and the requested modification will affect the conceptual closure plans. The revised plan must be submitted with the request to modify the plan for reclamation.(2) Makes any other change to the facility or operating plans that requires submitting new information to the Department pursuant to NAC 445A.392, 445A.420 or 445A.427.Nev. Admin. Code § 445A.398
Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 9-1-89-Substituted in revision for NAC 445.24296; A by R046-18A, eff. 8/21/2018; A by R046-18AP, eff. 8/30/2018; A by R018-20A, eff. 8/26/2020