1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Division shall collect for deposit in the Fund an annual fee not to exceed $100, set by the Board, for the registration of each storage tank.
2. No fee is to be collected, and no registration is required, with respect to a storage tank used to store heating oil for consumption on the same premises where the oil is stored, or a storage tank operated by a person not required to pay the fee for petroleum produced in or imported into this State.
3. The operator of a storage tank required to be registered pursuant to this section who fails to register that tank or to pay the annual fee when required shall reimburse the Division for any expense incurred by the Division in cleaning up a discharge from that storage tank and for any discharge of liability to a third person. If, in cleaning up the discharge from that storage tank, the Division expends money from the Fund in accordance with NRS 445C.320, the Division shall, upon being reimbursed by the operator of the storage tank pursuant to this subsection, deposit that money in the Fund.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3604)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 445C - Environmental Requirements; Cleanup of Discharged Petroleum
NRS 445C.020 - "Environmental audit" defined.
NRS 445C.030 - "Environmental requirement" defined.
NRS 445C.040 - "Regulated facility" defined.
NRS 445C.050 - "Regulated person" defined.
NRS 445C.060 - "Regulatory agency" defined.
NRS 445C.100 - Administrative or civil proceedings for violation: Burdens of proof.
NRS 445C.110 - Environmental audit: Privileged; exceptions.
NRS 445C.160 - "Board" defined.
NRS 445C.170 - "Department" defined.
NRS 445C.180 - "Diesel fuel of grade number 1" defined.
NRS 445C.190 - "Diesel fuel of grade number 2" defined.
NRS 445C.200 - "Discharge" defined.
NRS 445C.210 - "Division" defined.
NRS 445C.220 - "Fund" defined.
NRS 445C.230 - "Heating oil" defined.
NRS 445C.240 - "Motor vehicle fuel" defined.
NRS 445C.250 - "Operator" defined.
NRS 445C.260 - "Person" defined.
NRS 445C.270 - "Petroleum" defined.
NRS 445C.280 - "Storage tank" defined.
NRS 445C.290 - Legislative findings.
NRS 445C.350 - Transfer of portion of ending balance in Fund to certain accounts.
NRS 445C.400 - Pro rata reduction if balance of Fund insufficient for full payment.
NRS 445C.410 - Storage tanks exempted from certain provisions; optional coverage of exempted tank.