Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB276: Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750)
Status: Chaptered, May 31, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to water; establishing provisions governing the reporting and sharing of certain information relating to water by certain governmental entities and Indian tribes; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law sets forth various requirements to control water pollution in this State, including providing for the issuance of a general permit or an individual permit for discharges into the waters of the State…
From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:
AN ACT relating to water; establishing provisions governing the reporting and sharing of certain information relating to water by certain governmental entities and Indian tribes; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law sets forth various requirements to control water pollution in this State, including providing for the issuance of a general permit or an individual permit for discharges into the waters of the State. (NRS 445A.475, 445A.480) Existing law requires: (1) the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with certain exceptions, to notify each interested person, appropriate governmental agency and affected Indian tribe of each complete application for such a permit and provide them with an opportunity to submit written views and recommendations on the permit; and (2) the State Environmental Commission, with certain exceptions, to provide by regulation an opportunity for each permit applicant, interested agency, city, county, Indian tribe or irrigation district located downstream from the point of discharge, or any person, to request a public hearing with respect to a permit application. (NRS 445A.590, 445A.595) Section 3 of this bill requires any city, county, unincorporated town, general improvement district, wastewater district or water authority of this State: (1) in the event of an incident resulting in the discharge of sewage or industrial waste or any other unauthorized discharge …