Nevada Revised Statutes Section 459.320 - Public Health and Safety

Prerequisites to issuance of license. Before a license for the processing or extraction of ores primarily for obtaining their content of source material and disposing of by-product material is issued, the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources shall:

1. Hold a hearing.

2. Provide a written analysis of the effect of the activity on the environment which must include:

(a) An assessment of the radiological and nonradiological effects on the public health;

(b) An assessment of any effect on any waterway and ground water;

(c) A summary of any alternatives to the activity being considered; and

(d) A summary of the long-term effect of the activity.

Last modified: February 26, 2006