Section 445A.414 - Permit for facility using physical separation methods1. An applicant for a permit to construct, operate and close permanently a facility which utilizes physical separation methods of concentrating ore such as placer mining methods and which uses only coagulants and flocculants submitted to and approved by the Department, must submit to the Department:(a) The information required by paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 2 of NAC 445A.394.(b) An abbreviated area of review which covers only the site and the adjacent area, including an identification of all surface water within 1/2 mile of the site and the depth and quality of all groundwater beneath the site .(c) A draft operating plan which describes the circuit for concentrating the ores and identifies all process components .(d) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a meteoric water mobility procedure and Profile I analysis conducted using ASTM E2242-13, "Standard Test Method for Column Percolation Extraction of Mine Rock by the Meteoric Water Mobility Procedure," available from ASTM International, P.O. Box C700, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2959, by telephone at (877) 909-2786 or at the Internet address http://www.astm.org , for the price of $46, or the most recently promulgated version thereof that is approved in writing by the Department and scientifically demonstrated as achieving equivalent performance to the ASTM E2242-13 method in determining Profile I constituent concentrations or another approved method of analysis which characterizes the ore body . Unless otherwise required by the Department based on specific concerns regarding the potential to degrade the waters of the State, such an analysis is not required for a facility that will process only uncrushed alluvium.(e) The results of an analysis of the process make up water and process water for the inorganic constituents listed in NAC 445A.453 and 445A.455 to determine which and to what extent the process water burden of these elements is increased .(f) A certification that the applicant will not utilize any chemicals in the process except those submitted to and approved by the Department.2. The use of a chemical not approved by the Department removes the facility from this category of operation and requires the holder of the permit to meet the requirements established in NAC 445A.394 to 445A.398, inclusive.Nev. Admin. Code § 445A.414
Added to NAC by Environmental Comm'n, eff. 9-1-89-Substituted in revision for NAC 445.24328; A by R046-18A, eff. 8/21/2018; A by R046-18AP, eff. 8/30/2018