Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 445B - Air Pollution
NRS 445B.780 - Program for regulation of emissions from heavy-duty motor vehicles; equipment used to measure emissions; waiver from requirements of program.

1. The Commission shall, by regulation, establish a program for the regulation of smoke and other emissions by inspection of heavy-duty motor vehicles that are powered by diesel fuel or motor vehicle fuel.
2. The Commission shall adopt regulations concerning:
(a) The equipment used to measure smoke and other emissions of heavy-duty motor vehicles.
(b) The granting of a waiver if compliance involves repair and equipment costs which exceed the limits established by the Commission. The Commission shall establish the limits in a manner which avoids unnecessary financial hardship to owners of heavy-duty motor vehicles.
3. As used in this section, "heavy-duty motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 14,001 pounds or more. The term does not include a passenger car.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2018; A 2003, 599; 2009, 1326)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 445B - Air Pollution

NRS 445B.100 - Declaration of public policy.

NRS 445B.105 - Definitions.

NRS 445B.110 - "Air contaminant" defined.

NRS 445B.115 - "Air pollution" defined.

NRS 445B.120 - "Commission" defined.

NRS 445B.125 - "Department" defined.

NRS 445B.130 - "Director" defined.

NRS 445B.135 - "Federal Act" defined.

NRS 445B.137 - "Greenhouse gas" defined.

NRS 445B.140 - "Hazardous air pollutant" defined.

NRS 445B.145 - "Operating permit" defined.

NRS 445B.150 - "Person" defined.

NRS 445B.155 - "Source" and "indirect source" defined.

NRS 445B.200 - Creation and composition; Chair; quorum; compensation of members and employees; disqualification; technical support.

NRS 445B.205 - Department designated as State Air Pollution Control Agency.

NRS 445B.210 - Powers of Commission.

NRS 445B.215 - Notice of public hearing on regulations of Commission.

NRS 445B.220 - Additional powers of Commission.

NRS 445B.225 - Power of Commission to require testing of sources.

NRS 445B.230 - Powers and duties of Department.

NRS 445B.235 - Additional powers of Department; deposit of money collected from sale of emission credits or allocations; Department to develop regulations concerning public participation in determination of amount of emission credits or allocations a...

NRS 445B.240 - Power of representatives of Department to enter and inspect premises.

NRS 445B.245 - Power of Department to perform or require test of emissions from stacks.

NRS 445B.275 - Creation; members; terms.

NRS 445B.280 - Attendance of witnesses at hearing; contempt; compensation.

NRS 445B.300 - Operating permit for source of air contaminant; notice and approval of proposed construction; administrative fees; failure of Commission or Department to act.

NRS 445B.305 - Commission to adopt regulations prescribing additional fee imposed on operators of mines with potential to emit mercury; amount of additional fee; operators of mines with potential to emit mercury to pay additional fee.

NRS 445B.310 - Limitations on enforcement of federal and state regulations concerning indirect sources.

NRS 445B.320 - Approval of plans and specifications required before construction or alteration of structure.

NRS 445B.330 - Notice of regulatory action: Requirement; method; contents of notice.

NRS 445B.340 - Appeals to Commission: Notice of appeal.

NRS 445B.350 - Appeals to Commission: Hearings.

NRS 445B.360 - Appeals to Commission: Appealable matters; action by Commission; regulations.

NRS 445B.380 - Report of Department concerning greenhouse gas emissions; consultation with certain entities concerning report; submission of information to Department; regulations.

NRS 445B.400 - Conditions and criteria for granting variance; power to revoke.

NRS 445B.410 - Renewal; protest and hearing on application for renewal.

NRS 445B.420 - Limitations on duration; annual review.

NRS 445B.430 - Granting and renewal discretionary.

NRS 445B.450 - Notice and order by Director; hearing; alternative procedures.

NRS 445B.460 - Injunctive relief.

NRS 445B.470 - Prohibited acts; penalty; establishment of violation; request for prosecution.

NRS 445B.500 - Establishment, content and administration of program; designation of air pollution control agency of county for purposes of Federal Act; powers and duties of local air pollution control board; notice of public hearings; delegation of a...

NRS 445B.503 - Local air pollution control board in county whose population is 700,000 or more: Cooperation with regional planning coalition and regional transportation commission; prerequisites to adoption or amendment of plan, policy or program.

NRS 445B.505 - Requirements for enacting ordinance or adopting regulation establishing fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants: Determination of cost effectiveness and feasibility; public meeting.

NRS 445B.508 - Reduction or mitigation of increases in emissions; air pollution credits.

NRS 445B.510 - Commission may require program for designated area.

NRS 445B.520 - Commission may establish or supersede county program.

NRS 445B.530 - Commission may assume jurisdiction over specific classes of air contaminants.

NRS 445B.540 - Restoration of superseded local program; continuation of existing local program.

NRS 445B.560 - Plan or procedure for emergency.

NRS 445B.570 - Confidentiality and use of information obtained by Department; penalty.

NRS 445B.580 - Officer of Department may inspect or search premises; search warrant.

NRS 445B.590 - Account for the Management of Air Quality: Creation and administration; use; interest; payment of claims.

NRS 445B.595 - Governmental sources of air contaminants to comply with state and local provisions regarding air pollution; permit to set fire for training purposes; planning and zoning agencies to consider effects on quality of air.

NRS 445B.600 - Private rights and remedies not affected.

NRS 445B.610 - Provisions for transition in administration.

NRS 445B.640 - Levy and disposition of administrative fines; additional remedies available; criminal penalty for failure to pay administrative fine.

NRS 445B.700 - Definitions.

NRS 445B.705 - "Approved inspector" defined.

NRS 445B.710 - "Authorized inspection station" defined.

NRS 445B.720 - "Authorized station" defined.

NRS 445B.722 - "Automobile wrecker" defined.

NRS 445B.724 - "Body shop" defined.

NRS 445B.725 - "Commission" defined.

NRS 445B.727 - "Consignee" defined.

NRS 445B.728 - "Consignment auction" defined.

NRS 445B.729 - "Distributor" defined.

NRS 445B.730 - "Evidence of compliance" defined.

NRS 445B.735 - "Fleet station" defined.

NRS 445B.736 - "Garage" defined.

NRS 445B.737 - Heavy-duty motor vehicle" defined.

NRS 445B.738 - "Licensee" defined.

NRS 445B.739 - "Lienholder" defined.

NRS 445B.740 - "Light-duty motor vehicle" defined.

NRS 445B.743 - "Manufacturer" defined.

NRS 445B.745 - "Motor vehicle" defined.

NRS 445B.747 - Motor vehicle fuel" defined.

NRS 445B.750 - "Passenger car" defined.

NRS 445B.755 - "Pollution control device" defined.

NRS 445B.7555 - "Rebuilder" defined.

NRS 445B.756 - "Registered owner" defined.

NRS 445B.7565 - "Salvage pool" defined.

NRS 445B.757 - Special fuel" defined.

NRS 445B.758 - "Used motor vehicle" defined.

NRS 445B.7585 - "Vehicle dealer" defined.

NRS 445B.759 - Inapplicability to military tactical vehicles, replica vehicles and registered retired military vehicles.

NRS 445B.760 - Authority of Commission to prescribe standards for emissions from mobile internal combustion engines; trimobiles; standards pertaining to motor vehicles to be approved by Department of Motor Vehicles.

NRS 445B.765 - Information concerning program for control of emissions from motor vehicles: Collection, interpretation and correlation; public inspection.

NRS 445B.767 - Authority of Commission, in larger counties, to adopt regulations to establish voluntary program of electronic monitoring of emission information; imposition and collection of annual fee.

NRS 445B.770 - Regulations of Commission: Control of emissions from motor vehicles; program for inspection and testing of motor vehicles.

NRS 445B.775 - Regulations of Commission: Requirements for licensing of stations by Department of Motor Vehicles.

NRS 445B.776 - Application for license must include social security number. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the profe...

NRS 445B.777 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department of Motor Vehicles. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to esta...

NRS 445B.7773 - Prohibition on denial of application based on immigration or citizenship status; alternative personally identifying number required by applicant with no social security number; confidentiality of social security or alternative persona...

NRS 445B.7776 - Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining license; fee; posting of requirements for license and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report.

NRS 445B.778 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establis...

NRS 445B.780 - Program for regulation of emissions from heavy-duty motor vehicles; equipment used to measure emissions; waiver from requirements of program.

NRS 445B.785 - Regulations of Department of Motor Vehicles: Licensing of stations; performance of inspection and issuance of evidence of compliance; diagnostic equipment; fee, bond or insurance; informational pamphlet; distribution.

NRS 445B.790 - Regulations concerning inspection of stations; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license of inspector or station.

NRS 445B.795 - Compulsory program for control of emissions: Limitations.

NRS 445B.798 - Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles, in larger counties, to conduct test of emissions from motor vehicle being operated on highway.

NRS 445B.800 - Evidence of compliance: Requirements for registration, sale or long-term lease of used vehicles in certain counties.

NRS 445B.805 - Evidence of compliance: Exemptions from requirements; requirements for notice and availability for inspection.

NRS 445B.807 - Consignment auction: Qualifying event; certification of auctioneer; regulations.

NRS 445B.810 - State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to provide assistance.

NRS 445B.815 - Evidence of compliance: Duty of employees and agents of Department of Motor Vehicles; submission by owner or lessee of fleet.

NRS 445B.820 - Installation and inspection of pollution control device.

NRS 445B.825 - Exemption of certain classes of motor vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles; waiver from provisions of NRS 445B.770 to 445B.815, inclusive.

NRS 445B.830 - Fees to be paid to Department of Motor Vehicles; Pollution Control Account; expenditure of money in Account; quarterly distributions to local governments; annual reports by local governments; grants; creation and duties of advisory com...

NRS 445B.832 - Surcharge for electronic transmission of information: Authority to impose; inclusion as separate entry on form certifying emission control compliance; definition.

NRS 445B.834 - Additional fee for form certifying emission control compliance; notification to Department concerning purposes of fee; uses of fee.

NRS 445B.835 - Administrative fine; hearing; additional remedies to compel compliance.

NRS 445B.840 - Unlawful acts.

NRS 445B.845 - Criminal penalty; enforcement of provisions by peace officer; mitigation of offense.